SPICE-PEDIA
Learn more about the beautiful world of spice, from Allspice to Vanilla.
Black Pepper is widely acknowledged as ‘The King of Spices’.
Chillies are best known for the heat they add to food
Annual plant with yellow flowers that grows up to around 5 feet tall. They flourish on all types of soil and are one of the easier crops to grow.
An evergreen tree related to the cinnamon tree which grows to around 7 metres tall. The leaf is similar in shape and colour to the more common Laurel bay leaf…
Ginger
Ginger plants grow to around one metre tall, with straight stems and long, thin leaves. It has purple flowers with cream blotches at the base, and produces red fruit.
Amchoor Powder
A species of Ferula native to Iran, the plant is an herbaceous perennial which grows to around 2m tall. The root is thick and carrot like and the leaves are around 40cm long.
Carom
A small erect branched shrub that grows to around 40cm tall. It has many branches of stems, each with many feathery leaves. White flowers and fruit October to March.
One of the most expensive spices, after saffron and cardamom.
Black Pepper is widely acknowledged as ‘The King of Spices’.
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