Uses For Ground Cardamom. If you wish to use cardamom pods and grind them yourself for a more intense flavor, use 30 whole pods per finely ground tablespoon. It is sometimes ground and used in curry powder but often used in braising liquids and aromatic soups like judy’s braised beef noodle soup (红烧牛肉面).

Cardamom is the third most expensive spice by weight, just behind saffron and vanilla. I like mine more like chocolate chip cookies which uses 2 1/4 cups of flour ( i also add 1/4 c. The rest of the whole seeds go into a small pot with the milk.