Spices articles from COWBERRY

How to check black pepper purity at home: FSSAI's black pepper adulteration test floats papaya seeds and sinks real berries in a glass of water. Plus the magnifying-glass, alcohol and powder tests, and what to look for on the label.

How rock salt is formed: sea water evaporates and leaves salt behind, and the pink sendha namak of Indian kitchens comes from the Himalayas. Formation, the two types, and what the record shows.

Turmeric vs curcumin: turmeric is the whole spice, curcumin is the yellow compound inside it. Absorption, the 2000 percent piperine finding, supplement safety and which one fits which need.

Hing vs compounded hing: hing is the oleo-gum-resin alone, the only form FSSAI rules let call itself pure, while compounded hing is hing with other materials mixed in, declared on the label.

Asafoetida nutritional value per 100g from IFCT 2017: 332 kcal, 6.34 g protein, 71.95 g carbs, 5.13 g fibre, 15.68 mg iron and 266 mg calcium, plus what a 1 g pinch of hing adds to a dish.

Turmeric nutrition facts per 100 g: 281 kcal, 7.66 g protein, 21.38 g fibre, 46.08 mg iron and 2374 mg potassium, worked out per teaspoon (3 g) and tablespoon (9 g), with peer comparisons and the missing GI.

Haldi in English is turmeric, and turmeric powder is the exact IFCT food name. The quick answer language by language, the botanical name, its names in 13 Indian languages in one table, what it is confused with and where it grows.

Hing in English is asafoetida, the resin of Ferula assa-foetida; in Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Bengali, Assamese and Urdu it is hing, in Odia and Kannada hingu, Telugu inguva, Tamil perugayam.

Turmeric for weight loss: one level teaspoon (3 g) adds about 8 kcal and 1.5 g of carbohydrate, neither curcumin review in the references names weight loss among its findings, and the drinks around haldi are where the calories live. The evidence and how to use it.

Asafoetida benefits and side effects, with every setting named: the traditional uses for asthma, gastrointestinal disorders and intestinal parasites, the preclinical laboratory findings, and the honest limits of both.

Is haldi good for diabetes? One level teaspoon (3 g) of turmeric powder holds about 1.5 g of carbohydrate and 8 kcal, no glycemic index is printed for the spice, and curcumin capsules need a doctor's clearance first. The numbers, the studies and how to use it.

Turmeric benefits and side effects, read plainly: what the curcumin reviews report, the nutrients a spoon actually carries, NCCIH's supplement cautions, the lead-chromate risk and how much a day has any backing.