elchi
[
Gujarati
]
Black or brown cardamom. An inferior version used only in savoury dishes.
Synonyms in other languages
Bengali
বরো এলাচ (
boro alach
)
বরো এলাচ (
boro elaichi
)
English
black cardamom
false cardamom
Gujarati
elcho
moti illachi
Hindi
bigillachi
moti illaichi
काली इलाइचि (
kali elaichi
)
बडी इलाइचि (
badi elaichi
)
बडी इलाइचि (
bara elaichi
)
Latin names
Amomum subulatum
Marathi
masala velchi
veldode
Sanskrit
upakunchika
Telugu
యాలకులు (
yalakalu
)
Countries
India
Regions
Gujarat
Related terms
యాలకులు
veldode
elcho
upakunchika