Compound Asafoetida ( Hing )

Asafoetida has been held in great esteem amongst indigenous medicines from the earliest time in india. asafoetida is dirty yellow in colour with a pungent smell. It is used as a flavouring agent and forms constituent of many spice mixtures. It is also use in an essential ingredient for most of the digestive powders. compound asafoetida is a compound (combination) of asafoetida, wheat flour, edible gum and it use in every day cooking like "vagar" and "tadka". It is also used to flavour curries, meatballs, dall and pickles.