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Cayenne pepper – also known as the Guinea spice, [24] cow-horn pepper, aleva, bird pepper, [25] or, especially in its powdered form, red pepper—is a red, hot chili pepper used to flavour dishes. Celery seed – Apium graveolens is a plant species in the family Apiaceae commonly known as celery or celeriac, depending on whether the petioles ...
New Mexico chile (Capsicum annuum 'New Mexico Group', also known as Hatch or Anaheim) which includes Big Jim, Chimayó, and Sandia, and other pepper cultivars. Nigella, black caraway, black cumin, black onion seed, kalonji (Nigella sativa) Njangsa, djansang (Ricinodendron heudelotii) (West Africa) Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans)
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.
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The sauces are made with spices including black pepper, cardamom, chili peppers, cinnamon, cloves, coriander, cumin, fennel seed, mustard seed, and turmeric. [51] As many as 15 spices may be used for a meat curry. [51] The spices are sometimes fried whole, sometimes roasted, sometimes ground and mixed into a paste. [51]
The spice trade developed throughout the Indian subcontinent [7] and Middle East by 2000 BCE with cinnamon and black pepper, and in East Asia with herbs and pepper. The Egyptians used herbs for cuisine and mummification. Their demand for exotic spices and herbs helped stimulate world trade. Cloves were used in Mesopotamia by 1700 BCE.
The name pepper comes from the similarity of piquance (spiciness or "heat") of the flavor to that of black pepper, Piper nigrum, although there is no botanical relationship with it or with Sichuan pepper. The original term chilli came from the Nahuatl word chīlli, denoting a larger Capsicum variety cultivated at least since 3000 BC. [7]