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ASAFOETIDA POWDER
- Also known as Hing, asafoetida is a staple of Northern Indian spice in vegetarian cooking.
- Asafoetida is the dried sap or gum resin obtained from the roots of Ferula plants.
- It is commonly dried, ground into a coarse, yellow powder, and used for either culinary or medicinal purposes.
- It is used widely all over the world as a flavoring spice in a variety of foods.
- Asafoetida has a pungent smell, as reflected in its name, lending it the trivial name of “stinking gum”.
