nalAmudhu Kalpasi | Dagad Phool | Stone Flower - 1.75 Ounce (50g)

Kalpasi or Dagad Phool or Stone Flower is a lichen. It has no taste, no smell and is light like paper. You cannot crush it or powder it - it has to be torn apart like say, cellophane tape. It is used extensively in Chettinad cooking, especially chicken curries etc., and in the maharashtrian 'Goda' masala.

• Stone flower or kalpasi - With its mild aromatic flavour, Kalpasi is used to add aroma to soup preparations and also as a soup thickener.
• kalpasi, is a species of lichen used as spice in India. The species occurs throughout the temperate Northern and Southern Hemispheres
• Kalpasi is generally used in combination with other spices like cardamom, cloves, bay leaves, cinnamon, nutmeg, star anise, saffron, peppers etc. for flavor.
• Kal Pasi or Dagad ka Phool or Patthar ka phool / Black Stone Flower / Kalu Pacchi / Ratthi pavalu / Kallu houvu is a particular variety of lichen used in Indian cooking.
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