The trading form is either the pure resin or so-called compounded asafetida which is a fine powder consisting to more than 50% of rice flour and gum arabic to prevent lumping. The advantage of the compounded form is that is is easier to dose. Plant family Apiaceae (parsley...
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In its raw state, the resin or powder has an unpleasant smell, but this completely disappears when the spice is added to preparations. The odour of asafoetida is stronger and more tenacious than that of the onion, the taste is bitter and acrid; the odour of the gum resin depends on the...