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Contact SupplierBlack pepper is defined as a small and unripe fruit of Piper Nigrum, To get black pepper, the berries from the plant are picked when they are still not fully ripe, fermented and then dried in the sun till the time they dehydrate and turn brownish-black in colour.
Pepper is known as the "king of spices," and it shares a place with salt on most dinner tables. The word pepper originated from the Sanskrit word pippali, meaning berry. It is the third-most added ingredient in food among the wide range of spices.
Pepper is primarily used in cooking for the purpose of adding robust flavour to certain recipes. Because of its strong flavor and aroma, it is highly used as an added ingredient in food to make it tasty and delectable.
Owing to its strong influence on health, black pepper has been used in many traditional medicine-systems like Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha. Black pepper acts as an anti-depressant and also as an anti-oxidant that helps in lowering the cholesterol level to a great extent. The essential oil present in the black pepper helps in relieving muscular pain, fever, etc. and also helps in increasing blood circulation.