Fenugreek

Fenugreek is an annual plant of the bean family with three small oval leaflets, white to pale yellow flowers and long, slender, beaked pods containing small, golden-brown seeds. It probably originated in the Near East and is cultivated widely across India as a leaf and seed crop.

The seeds and leaves are used. Ayurveda calls it Methika and traditionally uses the seeds in digestive preparations and hair care, where soaked seed paste is applied as a hair pack. The leaves are a common vegetable.