Spices articles from COWBERRY

Kali mirch nutritional value per 100g (IFCT 2017): 218 kcal, 10.12 g protein, 33.16 g fibre, 11.91 mg iron, 405 mg calcium. Per teaspoon and tablespoon too, and black pepper against white pepper and cumin.

Kali mirch in English is black pepper, the dried berry of Piper nigrum. One table with every Indian name: Hindi Kalimirchi, Gujarati Mari, Marathi Mire, Bengali Golmarichi, Tamil Milagu, Telugu Miriyalu.

Mustard seeds types explained: black, brown and yellow mustard compared on size, heat and use, with the per 100 g numbers for the black seed and which rai fits pickles, tempering and curries.

Which fennel seeds are good? Fresh, bright-green, even-coloured whole seeds, matched to the use: small green saunf for cooking, plump saunf for chewing. Big saunf, lucknowi saunf, nutrition per 100 g and per teaspoon.

Black pepper benefits come in two sizes: the per-100 g numbers (10.12 g protein, 33.16 g fibre, 11.91 mg iron, IFCT 2017) and the per-pinch reality. Ten benefits with sources, the side effects, how much per day and how to eat it.

Tej patta vs bay leaf: one leaf in the kitchen, two trees in botany. The Hindi name, the Laurus nobilis vs Cinnamomum tamala split, which leaf the food tables record, and how to cook and buy each.

Bay leaf nutrition facts 100g: the USDA record prints 313 kcal, 75.0 g carbohydrate, 26.3 g fibre, 43.0 mg iron and 834 mg calcium per 100 g of the dried European leaf. The catch: the leaf comes out before serving, so the real serving is 1 g of ground leaf, about 3 kcal.

Tej patta in English is bay leaf. The Hindi name is tej patta, also written tejpat, the botanical name of the European bay leaf is Laurus nobilis, and the Indian leaf grows on Cinnamomum tamala. Every name with its source.

Is bay leaf good for diabetes? The honest answer: one small 2009 trial of ground bay leaf capsules lowered fasting glucose, total cholesterol and LDL in forty people over 30 days; its limits, and why the leaf in food is untested.

Tej patta benefits, honestly split: what the 2009 trial showed in forty people over 30 days, what traditional spice use adds, and the weight loss, hair and tea claims the studies do not test.

Difference between tamarind and malabar tamarind: tamarind (imli) is documented with a full IFCT entry and kokum is not. Nutrition, taste, cooking, cost, and where lemon fits as the third souring option.

Amchur vs tamarind: dry mango powder against soaked tamarind pulp — form, taste, measured nutrition (tamarind per 100 g) and which sour fits which dish.