I am not sure on the origin of the old genus name Amomum and the modern form Cardamomum . To prepare coffee flavoured with cardamom, the freshly ground seeds may be added to the ground coffee or a few pods may be put in the coffee pot. For a Southern Indian rice dish, see coconut . In Sri Lanka, the pods are added to fiery beef or chicken curries, together with cinnamon . Cardamom-flavoured sweets are found all over the Indian subcontinent.
Green pods are significantly superior in fragrance to the yellow or white bleached ones.
Most frequently, the Nepalese cardamom is traded in the West.