PEPPER

Pepper (Piper nigrum L.) is a plant spice seeds taken. Pepper very important component of world cuisine. In Indonesia, pepper mainly produced on the island of Bangka. Pepper can be regarded as the king of the kitchen because the kitchen is used around the world. In the past pepper seed trade is a commodity, the price is very expensive and one of the triggers of exploration Europe to East Asia to master the trade.

There are three kinds of pepper that can be encountered, but what sets it apart is the way to harvest and prepare it before it is marketed. White pepper, the peppercorns are picked when ripe. Then the skin is peeled by soaking in water for two weeks, after the pepper dried in the sun for three days. Black pepper, peppercorns are plucked while the skin is still green/young, not soaked and immediately dried in the sun. Green pepper is young pepper.

White pepper and black peppercorns are sold dried in the form of granules and powders. Green pepper rare and hard to be found. Black pepper flavored sharper and more pungent flavor. Cuisine archipelago generally more use of white pepper. Black pepper is widely used in the kitchen of Bali and Aceh. Usually pepper used in cooking fried chicken, vegetable soup, and many others. Select pepper grains with a large grain and smelling fresh, not stale.

The highest nutrient content in pepper is vitamin K, vitamin A, vitamin E and vitamin C. It also contains B vitamins, such as niacin, pyridoxine and riboflavin, as well as some of folate and choline. Pepper also contains fiber, carbohydrates and protein, but very low in cholesterol and sugar levels.

Basically pepper is used in cooking to give a spicy flavor that warms the body. The content of capsaicin in the peppers, make hot pepper has properties. This hot nature of the work to burn calories and fat, so that the pepper can help you lose weight. Preferably prior to use pepper roasted prior to produce sharper scent. Ground black pepper grains are widely used as a topping on dishes.