IndianJadiBooti Kali Mirch

Description:

• Black pepper is a spice used in many cuisines, but it's also a versatile ingredient that can be used as an herb in cooking and baking.
• Black pepper is obtained from the small dried berries (peppercorns) of the vine Piper nigrum.
• The name pepper is derived from the Sanskrit name of long pepper, pippali. That word gave rise to the Greek peperi and Latin piper.
• Pepper goes by many names in different languages such as hu jiao (Chinese), kali mirch (Hindi), pimienta (Spanish), fulful / filfil (Arabic), poivre (French), pepe (Italian), and pfeffer (German).
• Black pepper is native to Malabar, a tropical region on the Western Coast of Southern India (part of the Indian state of Kerala).
• The pepper vine is a perennial ivy-like climber which adheres itself to a support tree or man-made structure.
• The small (about 0.2 inches), round, berry-like fruits (known as “drupes”) grow in clusters called “spikes”. A dried drupe is known as a “peppercorn”