Cloves are a commonly used flavored spice in every Indian household. They are known for their medicinal and culinary purposes. Uses of clove both inside and outside the kitchen. Cloves add a strong flavor to your dishes and help in healing toothache, sore throat, obesity, etc. Let’s know the amazing uses of clove.

Cloves are a great source of calcium, iron and vitamin K. Healthy digestion, strengthening the immune system, liver protection, managing diabetes, preventing dental problems, enhancing blood circulation, enhancing respiratory health, reducing inflammation, stress relief, maintaining the strength of bones are the health benefits. This spice is used in Ayurvedic medicine for the treatment of stomach issues, hernia, fever and body pain. 

How Clove is Used in Recipes

Cloves are herbs that are sweet-spicy with a good aroma and flavor when added to the dishes. These qualities allow them to be used in all recipes to give a strong flavor. Let’s see how to use cloves in recipes.

Pickles: Adding some cloves to garlic, ginger, mango, tomato or any other pickles gives a unique flavor and taste to the dish.

Gravies: Cloves are an essential ingredient in any curry powder. Without clove powder, any garam masala will be incomplete. To flavor gravies whether vegetarian or non-vegetarian dishes cloves are. Also used in biryani, pulao rice, etc to give a strong aroma to the dish.

Dessert: Cloves are added to dessert to give spicy flavor and also used in fruit pies to give a strong flavor to the dessert. 

Now let’s see some of the other Uses of  clove:

Uses of Clove to Cure a Tooth Pain

Tooth pain can get serious at times. One can fight the discomfort by gargling your mouth with warm clove water. The active ingredients in cloves calm the nerves in the mouth, giving an immediate cure for tooth pain and gum problems.

Uses of Clove as an Air Freshener

To keep off bad smells in your house instantly use clove oil freshener spray which removes the odor. In a spray bottle add 5-10 drops of clove oil and spray. Before using it, shake properly. Boil some cloves in water and let it cook to avoid the smell in the kitchen by doing so the smells will disappear. Keep spraying the water until it is free from bad smell. In a wardrobe or other closed spaces, cloves help remove the musty odor. In a thin cotton cloth, just tie a few whole cloves and leave it in the wardrobe for a time.

Uses of Clove with Drinks

All Indians love to have a cup of tea daily. Sweet milk tea is a great treat of all but it is not healthy to take regularly. However, there are several ways you can make the tea drinking experience more enjoyable. Cloves are loaded with antioxidants that improve immunity and protect you free from illnesses. So let’s use cloves for tea making. 

Grind 1 tablespoon of whole cloves and add to a cup of water. Boil cinnamon water in a saucepan and allow to simmer for 2 or 3 minutes. Strain the drink and enjoy it hot. Also, you can try adding cloves to hot beverages such as hot chocolate or cider.

Hope you have gained the uses of clove and how to use cloves for a variety of purposes, it is good to have cloves at home. Purchasing high-quality and whole cloves is good as the powder will lose its flavor soon. Provide your family a taste of a healthy, nutritious and well-being lifestyle!

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