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Black cardamom: Very earthy and darkly aromatic. Often used in North Indian curries. Used as a tempering spice. (Hindi: Badi Elaichi बड़ी इलाइची) Black peppercorns: Pepper may be used whole or ground in Indian cuisines. The largest producer is the southern Indian state of Kerala. Used as a tempering spice.
The Spices Board of India has started an online campaign, called the Spice Train, to educate Indians about the country's rich spice heritage [2] Spices Board provides information on several spices grown and exported from India [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The Spice Park of Spices Board India for cardamom and pepper is situated at Puttady .
Black pepper (Piper nigrum) is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit (the peppercorn), which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. The fruit is a drupe (stonefruit) which is about 5 mm (0.20 in) in diameter (fresh and fully mature), dark red, and contains a stone which encloses a single pepper seed.
The International Pepper Exchange is an organisation headquartered in Kochi, India, that deals with the global trade of black pepper. [1] The exchange, established in 1997, [ 2 ] has been described as the world's only international pepper exchange.
NEWARK, DEL, Oct. 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The black pepper market is projected to be valued at approximately USD 2,476.4 million in 2024 and is expected to grow to around USD 5,432.5 million by 2034, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.20% throughout this period.
There is a record from Tamil texts of Greeks purchasing large sacks of black pepper from India, and many recipes in the 1st-century Roman cookbook Apicius make use of the spice. The trade in spices lessened after the fall of the Roman Empire, but demand for ginger, black pepper, cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg revived the trade in later centuries. [19]
Pepper stand at Central Market in Houston, Texas, showing its peppers ranked on the Scoville scale The ghost pepper of Northeast India is considered to be a "very hot" pepper, at about 1 million SHU. [1]
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