indian spices

 

                                            Indian spices

Spices firstly develop by  indian sub continent and middle east by 2000 bc with cinnmom and black pepper, and in east asia with herbs and pepper. The Egyptians used herbs for cusine and mummificatin. Their demand for exotic spices and herbs helped stimulate world trade. India is famous for its spices, India is a huge producer of spices.  Which exports spices to many countries.  You all must have read the names of some spices in your childhood but do you know the names of all the spices.  If not then there is no need to worry, you can be completely relaxed because today we are going to tell you through this article. The seeds, roots, fruits or barks that are added or added to food to enhance, color or preserve its taste are called spices.  There is a difference between spices and herbs. Herbs are also called herbs.  These are also added to food to enhance its taste.  Spices are used a lot in India, food is not cooked here without spices, India is very famous for spices in the world, India is the largest producer of spices in the world.

 

                                               Types of indian spices

1.      Seed type spices: Some common seeds that are used as spices are ajwain, anardana, fennel, coriander, cumin, Indian lentils, fennel, fenugreek, mustard, poppy or poppy seeds, etc.

2.      Leaf Type Spices: Some of the commonly used spices which fall in the leaf category are- Basil, Laurel Leaves, Bay Leaf, Curry Leaves, Peppermint Leaves, Mint, Parsley, Sage, Savory, Rosemary Leaves and others  .

3.       Flower/Fruit types of spices: Some common flowers that are used as spices are rose, caper, rhododendron, juniper, kokum, mace and nutmeg, vanilla, etc.

4.       Root types of spices: Roots used as spices are: galangal, garlic, ginger, onion, sweet flag, horse radish, stone leek, lovage, shallot and turmeric.

5.       Other spices: Some spices do not fall in any category of seeds, fruits etc. but still belong to the family of spices, like black pepper, long pepper, chabika, clove, dry mango powder, camphor, arrowroot and others.

                                                  spices name

1.      Red  chilli

2.      Ginger

3.      Cumin seeds

4.      Black peeper

5.      Black cardamom

6.      Coriander

7.      Green cardamom

8.      Turmeric

9.      Onion

10.   Garlic

11.   Salt

12.   Sago

13.   Saffron

14.   Bay leaf

15.   Basil seeds

16.   Basil leaves