Pepper powder – A closer look
Pepper powder is considered as “King of Spices”, which helps stimulate senses and taste. Not only serves culinary uses, pepper powder also provides benefits for health.
- Pepper powder overview information
Pepper powder is made from black and white pepper and each type will provide a different flavor. To produce pepper powder, peppercorns, after being collected, will be crushed slightly by rollers. Like other powdered spices, pepper powder helps preparing ingredients for dishes more time-saving due to the fast and evenly absorption.
- How to make pepper powder
Due to the essential in every household, pepper is quite easy to produce at home:
- Dry roast ½ cup of whole pepper for 5 minutes with low flame.
- Continue to roast until it pops out, aroma comes.
- Cool down completely in the jar.
- Grind it fine or coarse as preferred.
- Cool down for at least 2-3 hours.
- Store in a dry condition bottle
- Pepper powder culinary uses
Pepper powder is a familiar spice in Asia dishes. As the “King of spices” that can be used to stimulate the senses of dishes, from boiled, steamed, grilled, fried to stir-fried, etc. Not only does it create a delicious taste, but the aroma of pepper also creates a pungent sense of appetite, which improves anorexia.
- Pepper powder medical uses
- Benefits digestion
- Relieve cold
- Fast weight loss
- Anti-cancer, good for heart disease
- Enhance brain function
- Treatment of toothache and tooth decay
- Absorb nutrients efficiently