Description: Allspice takes its
name from its aroma, which smells like a combination of spices, especially
cinnamon, cloves, ginger and nutmeg. Whole dried allspice will keep
indefinitely when kept out of light in airtight jars.Botanical Name:&nbs..
Description: A Perennial, reed-like herb up to 4 metres high, with long, silky blade-shaped laves. Its long sheathing stems bear small yellowish flowers with purple tips, followed by oblong red-brown seeds. Decorticated cardamom consists of..
Description: The Greeks and Romans called it
"smallage" and harvested it in the wild for its medicinal properties.
The Romans used it more for cooking. When it was finally grown and harvested in
the middle ages it was found to be a wonderful ..
Description: Cinnamon comes from the inner bark of southeastern Asian evergreen trees. After harvesting cinnamon bark, it is laid out to dry in the sun, as it dries, it naturally curls in on itself giving cinnamon its “stick” shape. Cinnamon has..
Description: Cinnamon comes from the inner bark of southeastern Asian evergreen trees. After harvesting cinnamon bark, it is laid out to dry in the sun, as it dries, it naturally curls in on itself giving cinnamon its “stick” shape. Cinnamon has..
Description: Cloves are the aromatic flower buds of a
tree in the family Myrtaceae, Syzygium aromaticum. They are native to the
Maluku Islands in Indonesia, and are commonly used as a spice. Archeologists
have found cloves in a ceramic vessel..
Description: Coriander is native to regions spanning from southern Europe and northern Africa to southwestern Asia. It is a soft plant growing to 50 cm (20 in) tall.The leaves are variable in shape, broadly lobed at the base of the plant, and slender..
Description: Cumin (Cuminum cyminum) is a flowering
plant in the family Apiaceae, native from the east Mediterranean to South Asia.
Its seeds (each one contained within a fruit, which is dried) are used in the
cuisines of many different cultu..
Description: Fennel (Foeniculum
vulgare) is a flowering plant species in the carrot family. It is a hardy,
perennial herb with yellow flowers and feathery leaves. It is indigenous to the
shores of the Mediterranean but has become widely naturalize..
Description: Fenugreek (Trigonella
foenum-graecum) is an annual plant in the family Fabaceae, with leaves
consisting of three small obovate to oblong leaflets. It is cultivated
worldwide as a semiarid crop, and its seeds are a common ingredient in..
Description: Salvia officinalis perennial, evergreen subshrub, with woody stems, grayish leaves, and blue to purplish flowers. It is a member of the mint family Lamiaceae and native to the Mediterranean region, though it has naturalized in..
Description: Ginger (Zingiber officinale) is a flowering plant whose rhizome is widely used as a spice or a folk medicine. Ginger originated in the tropical rainforests from the Indian subco..
Description: Mustard
plants are any of several plant species in the genera Brassica and Sinapis. Brassica
is a genus of plants in the mustard family, the (Brassicaceae). The members of
the genus are informally known as cruciferous veget..
Description: Mustard plants are any of several plant species in the genera Brassica and Sinapis. Brassica is a genus of plants in the mustard family, the (Brassicaceae).The members of the genus are informally known as cruciferous vegetable..
Description; Nutmeg (also known as pala in Indonesia) is one of the two spices – the other being mace – derived from several species of tree in the genus Myristica. The most important commercial species is Myristica fragrans, an evergr..
Description: 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. When dried, the fruit is known as a peppercorn. When fresh and fully matur..
Description: 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. When dried, the fruit is known as a peppercorn. When fresh and fully matur..
Description: 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. When dried,
the fruit is known as a peppercorn. When fresh and fully ma..
Description: 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. When dried, the fruit is known as a peppercorn. When fresh and fully matur..
Description:
Rosmarinus officinalis, commonly known as rosemary, is a woody, perennial herb
with fragrant, evergreen, needle-like leaves and white, pink,
purple, or blue flowers, native to the Mediterranean region. It is a member of
the..
Description: Thyme is an evergreen herb with culinary, medicinal, and ornamental uses. The most common variety is Thymus vulgaris. Thyme is of the genus Thymus of the mint family (Lamiaceae), and a relative of the oregano genus Origanum.Bot..
Description: Turmeric
or tumeric (Curcuma longa) is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant of the
ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It is native to southern Asia, requiring
temperatures between 20 and 30 °C (68 and 86 °F) and a considerabl..
Description: Turmeric or tumeric (Curcuma longa) is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant of the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It is native to southern Asia, requiring temperatures between 20 and 30 °C (68 and 86 °F) and a considerable a..
Description:
Palmaria palmata, also called dulse, dillisk or dilsk (from Irish/Scottish
Gaelic duileasc/duileasg), red dulse, sea lettuce flakes, or creathnach, is a
red alga(Rhodophyta) previously
referred to as Rhodymenia palmata. It grows on t..