Cardamom (also spelled cardamon) is primarily from Ceylon and South India and is a perennial plant of the ginger family. It is a popular ingredient in Scandinavian meats and pastries, East Indian curry, and for flavoring coffee in the Arab countries.
In some Middle Eastern countries, coffee and cardamom are often ground in a wooden mortar and cooked together in a mihbaz, an oven using wood or gas, to produce mixtures that are as much as forty percent cardamom.
Try 1/4 tsp. in muffins or pies. Wonderful in spice rubs or marinades with pork.