Tag: Saffron

Saffron or ‘Kesar’ is a spice that grows as a plant called crocus sativus. Each plant contains seventy five thousand blossoms that look like thin threads. These blossoms are dried and used as spice for flavouring food. The plant is cultivated in Greece, South-west Asia, North America and Oceania. It is a rather expensive spice and, apart from being used in food for flavouring, it is also used in traditional medicines. 

Half a teaspoon of saffron contains 38% Vitamin C, 17% Iron, 18% Magnesium, 14 % each of Vitamin B6 and Potassium. Moreover, saffron contains more than 150 useful compounds like crocin, picrocrocin and carotenoids that give it strong taste, beautiful fragrance, intense colour and medicinal qualities. 

Saffron is known to have special properties that can give your baby enormous health benefits. Strengthens bones: Saffron boosts the absorption of calcium and helps in building strong bones in babies.