Stimulates and tones. Warming oil during the cold winter season. Ideal for massaging on abdomen and muscles. Use in pre-sports or dance rub to help maintain suppleness.
The pepper as in "pepper and salt". The usual kind of pepper is black, but there's a white kind which tastes almost the same. Black pepper is used in hot and sour soups and is mixed with salt for dipping fried foods before eating.
The pepper plant is a climbing vine, native to India, Java and the Sunda Islands. The fruits ripen from green to red and finally to brown. Black pepper is whole red peppercorns, sold dried. They can be used whole, crushed or ground to add heat and flavour to a dish. Freshly ground peppercorns have much more flavour than bought ready-ground pepper.
Whole peppercorns of varying colours used as a seasoning.
Black Pepper or lada hitam is the spiciest pepper that comes from berries that are picked unripe. It has a sharp, pungent aroma and flavour.
climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam
pepper that is ground from whole peppercorns with husks on
A perennial woody vine with red to green berries. Properties: analgesic, antiseptic, antispasmodic, aphrodisiac, diaphoretic, diuretic, febrifuge, rubefacient, stomachic, tonic.
Green, white, and black peppercorns all come from the berries of the Piper nigrum plant; black peppercorns are the strongest of the three varieties. Pre-ground black pepper is sold is sold cracked and coarsely or finely ground, but loses its flavor quickly and should be stored in a cool dark place for no more than 3 months. Freshly ground black pepper is far superior.
Black peppercorns are the strongest of all peppercorns. You can buy black pepper as cracked or finely ground, but freshly ground pepper is always the best.
Black pepper (Piper nigrum) is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. The same fruit is also used to produce white pepper and green pepper.Green capsicum or bell pepper may also be called "green pepper"; it is an unrelated plant. Black pepper is native to South India and is extensively cultivated there and elsewhere in tropical regions.
