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Garlic has been used throughout recorded history for both culinary and medicinal purposes. It has a characteristic pungent and spicy flavour that mellows and sweetens considerably with cooking. A bulb of garlic, the most commonly used part of the plant, is divided into numerous fleshy sections called cloves. The cloves are used as seed, for consumption (raw or cooked) and for medicinal purposes. The leaves, stems and flowers on the head are also edible and most often consumed while immature and still tender. The papery, protective layers of ´skin´ over various parts of the plant and the roots attached to the bulb are the only parts not considered palatable.

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Pandiya, P. A.
Parthsarthi Pandya is Assistant Professor College of Agricultural Engineering & Technology, Junagadh Agricultural University. He perused M. Tech. Agricultural engineering with specialization in Soil and Water Engineering from Junagadh Agricultural University. He was awarded for Mahindra Samriddhi Scholarship for his post graduate research work.

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