
Saffron, a cultivated plant, is a perennial plant that blooms in autumn and is not found on its own in natural habitat.
According to botanical research, it first appeared in Crete. It is known as a bulbous cultivated plant of the crocus genus, 20-30 cm tall, and the spice obtained from this plant.
The spice saffron has a pungent taste and a hay-like odor, due to the chemicals picrocrocin and safranal found in it.
Saffron, which has the most expensive and valuable position among herbs and spices, is a plant that deserves this position with its rarity and chemical structure. Approximately 150 saffron flowers are used to obtain 1 gram of saffron.
A single leaf or two of this special plant will give your entire meal the flavor it needs.
