Spice Nigella

Nigella is a very small size spice. It is a well known spice to all. It is called black seed spices.  Oil is extracting from the seed, called black seed oil. Shown below two pictures of Nigella one is black seeds and another is black seed flower.

• Spice Name: Nigella
• Family Name: Ranunculoideae
• Botanical Name: Nigella Sativa

Spice nigella is native to the Southern Europe, North Africa, South Asia, Southwest Asia and Middle East. It is now cultivating more countries in the world for spices and herbal medicine. Also it is cultivating now commercially.

Nigella plant is soft and its flower is white or blue. It is an annual garden flower plant. It can easily grown within the small place. At the time of flowering the plant looks very nice. We can grow the plant at the yard or our home in a tub.

For long time people have been using nigella for better food taste and flavor. It contains Vitamin C and Vitamin B6. It is also contains Sodium, Potassium, Iron and Magnesium. It is used in baking industries for preparing breads, biscuits and many other baking products. It is used as spices and to prepare herbal medicine. 

Spice Pepper

Pepper is one of the most important spices to us. It is a fruit type of spice and well known to us for cooking purposes. Most essential spices pepper is small in size and its shape is round. There are many varieties of pepper. The spices pepper names and two pictures shown below, where one is for whole and another is for powder.

• Spice Name: Pepper
• Name of Family: Piperaceae
• Name of Botanical: Piper Nigrum L

Spice pepper is native to the Malabar Coast of India. It is spread to many countries in the world as it is more used and its properties. It is cultivating individually and commercially for its huge demand. Now it is produced in India, Brazil, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia, China and many other countries. 

There are many spices used for food taste and flavor, one of them is pepper. People have been using pepper as a spice for a long time. It tastes near to chili. It can be used as a whole or by grinding as powder.

The pepper plant is not so high and the body of it is soft. It can be grown on the tub for family use. A pepper plant can produce the spices for many years. Its body and leaves are green in color. 

Why do we use pepper for curry? Answer is, it makes our curry more delicious. The spice is well known to Indians and its nearest countries for cooking since long of food taste and flavor. It is also limited in preparation of medicine. It contains vitamin A, C, E and K and also contains potassium, folic acid and fiber.