Fenugreek seeds, an ancient spice, with a slightly bitter taste, are small, hard, yellowish-brown, smooth and oblong shaped.The fresh tender green leaves of the fenugreek plant, called methi or kasoori methi, have a bitter-sweet flavor and used as a regular green vegetable in Indian cuisine like dals and vegetables General uses in Health: fenugreeks have been in use to cure digestive problems and improve breast milk secretion in the nursing mothers. Its seeds have been used in many traditional medicines as a laxative and as a remedy for cough and bronchitis. It is reduce the body heat and to reduce menstrual pain.