BARKAH Agro Farms is the most reputed online seller of 100% Pure & Organic, Certified Grade A1 Saffron. Kashmiri Kesar, or Saffron, is one of the most widely used and appreciated spices in an Indian women's kitchen.
Pure Saffron or Kashmiri Kesar is one of the priciest spices available on 'Earth.' The price of 1 KG of saffron (Kesar) is around Rs.3,00,000. From antiquity to modern times, the history of saffron has been full of applications in food, drink, and traditional herbal medicine.
The major producers of antiquity, Iran, Spain, India, and Greece, continue to dominate world trade. Kashmiri Saffron, often called "Lachha" or "Guchhi," is world famous for its health benefits and fragrance.
The high price of Kashmiri Saffron is due to the difficulty of manually extracting large numbers of minute stigmas, which are the only part of the crocus with the desired aroma and flavor. An excessive number of flowers need to be processed in order to yield marketable amounts of saffron.
Obtaining 1 lb (0.45 kg) of dry saffron requires the harvesting of some 50,000 flowers, the equivalent of a football pitch's area. We at BARKAH Agro Farms take full care of Quality, standards, and adulteration-free strands for your well-being. This is one of the main reasons for the high price of Kashmiri saffron.
Health Benefits of Saffron
There are three main active components of saffron: Crocin, which gives a yellow color to saffron stigmas and also helps maintain body temperature on regular consumption. It acts as an anti-oxidant by removing free radicals in the body and protects cells and tissues against oxidation.
Picrocrocin, which gives saffron, has a bitter taste, and the Safranal compound gives an earthy flavor to saffron.
1. The active components in the pure saffron act as an antiseptic, antidepressant, anti-oxidant, digestive, and anti-convulsant.
2. It maintains body temperature and improves digestion, which is very important during pregnancy. Some clinical studies have also discovered that the use of saffron in pregnancy is helpful for Blood Pressure and relieves the mother from stress. A pinch of saffron (around 5-8 threads) in boiling milk is recommended during pregnancy.
3. It is a good source of copper, potassium, calcium, manganese, iron, selenium, zinc and magnesium. Potassium is important for cells and body fluids that help control heart rate and blood pressure. Iron is essential for red blood cell production.
4. It is rich in many vital vitamins, including vitamin A, folic acid, riboflavin, niacin, and vitamin C, which is essential for optimum health.
5. Saffron is used for asthma, cough, and to loosen phlegm.
6. It is useful for sleep problems, hardening of the arteries, intestinal gas, depression, Alzheimer’s disease, pain, heartburn, and dry skin.
7. Women use saffron for easing menstrual cramps and premenstrual syndrome. Men use it to prevent early orgasm (premature ejaculation) and infertility.
8. It is also used to increase interest in sex and to induce sweating. The saffron for premature ejaculation acts as a natural remedy if taken regularly with milk before sexual intercourse.
9. Some people apply saffron directly to the scalp for the prevention and cure of baldness (alopecia).
10. It is beneficial for hair as it helps stimulate hair growth.
11. It can be mixed with licorice and milk and applied to bald spots. This will combat hair loss and promote hair growth.
There are quite a few #simple and #genuine tests that you can do at home while buying saffron to the #test purity of saffron:
1. It contains Crocus compound (i.e., Crocin), which makes it taste not very pleasant. You can take 1 or 2 strands in between your teeth and taste for bitterness; hence, it serves as an active agent to maintain body temperature. Adulterated saffron may be sweet in taste.
2. once mixed with hot milk or water, it shall not leave its original (reddish color) color but should give a golden color. Adulterated saffron threads will turn white and give more color.
3. It should have low moisture and should not be dried and crisp. Excessive dried and crispy threads indicate matured and aged saffron, which had lost moisture due to improper storage.
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