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Question
Now try and make your own riddles about two other spices. Ask those riddles in your class. Draw picture of the two spices in your notebook and write their names.
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Solution
Riddle - 1
I spread my fragrance far and wide.
I love exotic dishes like biryani.
I give yellow colour to the dish I look like fine hairs. T
ell me who am I?
Answer :
Saffron
Riddle - 2
Saffron I look like the bark of a tree.
I come in shape of small sticks
I am used in dishes for my fragrance
I am also used in chocolates, candies and chewing gums.
I am chocolaty brown.
Tell me who am I?
Answer :
Cinnamon
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