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2021-09-15

1. The origin of nutmeg is the spice islands in Indonesia. It is one of the precious spices. People used to regard it as a rare treasure. Nutmeg, as a food ingredient, can be appetizing and disinfecting, and make people appetite. In medicine, nutmeg can cure the intestines and stomach. When making chocolate, foreigners will grind nutmeg into powder and add it to chocolate to enhance the antidiarrheal function. Nutmeg is also a folk medicine, which is used by Indians to treat headache and insomnia. The extracted cardamom oil can drive away wind, improve digestive function and prevent flatulence. Cardamom cream has the effect of eliminating the swelling and pain caused by mosquito bites. The British colonial government planted nutmeg

1. The origin of nutmeg is the spice islands in Indonesia. It is one of the precious spices. People used to regard it as a rare treasure. Nutmeg, as a food ingredient, can be appetizing and disinfecting, and make people appetite. In medicine, nutmeg can cure the intestines and stomach. When making chocolate, foreigners will grind nutmeg into powder and add it to chocolate to enhance the antidiarrheal function.
Nutmeg is also a folk medicine, which is used by Indians to treat headache and insomnia. The extracted cardamom oil can drive away wind, improve digestive function and prevent flatulence. Cardamom cream has the effect of eliminating the swelling and pain caused by mosquito bites. After the British colonial government introduced the cultivation of nutmeg into Penang, nutmeg, nutmeg oil and nutmeg paste were all specialties of Penang.

▲ Nutmeg. Image source: Internet

2. Cloves are also from the Spice Islands. Clove is a dried flower made by drying the bud of lilac flower. It is indispensable for Chinese and Western cuisine, Indian, Malay cuisine or Nianga cuisine. Because clove has a strong taste, it only needs a small amount when cooking.
Besides being edible, cloves can also be used as medicine. The essence oil extracted from cloves can also cure toothache. There are some expensive essence on the market, which also contain clove ingredients. It can be seen that cloves are widely used.

▲ Cloves. Image source: Internet

3. Cardamom originated in India and is now grown in many countries. In terms of diet, Europeans like to add ground cardamom into desserts such as pudding, cakes, ice cream, etc. Cardamom powder is also one of the fashionable coffee condiments.

▲ Cardamom. Image source: Internet

4. Vanilla leaves are also called pandan leaves. The leaves will emit a clear fragrance. They are comfortable to smell and taste better. Vanilla leaves are often used in food cooking. Most of the food we eat everyday, such as Banlan cake, coconut bread jam, and oatmeal cake, are mainly made from the flavor of Vanilla leaves. Hainan chicken rice, one of Singapore's delicacies, is even more indispensable than vanilla leaves. It is indispensable for traditional Nianga cuisine, Thai Banlan chicken, Indian ginger rice and Malay coconut milk rice.

▲ Vanilla leaves

5. Laksa leaves is one of the most commonly used spices in Southeast Asia, and it must be indispensable for the Nianga cuisine of native Chinese. Laksha is a very authentic Nianga cuisine, which is cooked with red onions, ginger, southern ginger, yellow ginger, chili, dried chili, shrimp and coconut milk. The thick syrup is very delicious on the smooth coarse rice flour. Of course, Laksha leaves must be indispensable. The fresh Laksha leaves are cut into powder and directly added into the cooked Laksha to show the original taste of the bowl of Laksha.

▲ Laksha leaf. Image source: Internet

6. Pepper is a commonly used condiment and also has certain medicinal effects, which can play the role of dietotherapy. Pepper can be black and white. Different kinds of pepper are suitable for cooking different dishes. In fact, black and white pepper is the same kind of pepper, but the way of harvesting and processing is different. When the pepper fruit starts to turn red, cut off the ear and dry it to become dark brown, commonly known as black pepper. When all the fruits have turned red, harvest them, soak them with water for several days, wipe off the skin and dry them, then the surface and inside will be gray white, commonly known as white pepper.
The taste of white pepper is more spicy than that of black pepper, and it has better and stronger functions of repelling cold and strengthening stomach.

▲ Black pepper. Image source: Internet

7. When cooking with black pepper, we should pay attention to two points. First, the cooking time should not be too long, otherwise it will volatilize its unique spicy flavor; Second, the heat must be high enough to volatilize the strong smell of black pepper. Therefore, the iron plate tofu made from black pepper is particularly effective. Black pepper crab, one of Singapore's delicacies, is also cooked according to this principle. The taste of crab is not only spicy, but also sweeter.

▲ Black pepper crab. Image source: Internet

8. Curry leaves are native to India. The leaves themselves emit curry flavor and are important local spices. Indian curry fish head is one of Singapore's delicacies, and curry leaf is one of the main spices.

▲ Curry leaves. Image source: Internet

9. Lemongrass is also widely used. In addition to cooking delicious dishes, lemongrass can also be used as a drink, which is very effective for women's beauty and driving away wind. It is indispensable for the Thai cuisine of Dongyan soup and the curry ingredients of all ethnic groups. The Malay language of citronella is "sera". In the early days, there were many citronella gardens and processing plants in Yalong, so the Malays called that area Geylang Serai.

▲ Citronella. Image source: Internet

10. Cinnamon, also known as Cinnamon, is native to the tropical rainforest of Sri Lanka (formerly known as Ceylon). The bark of the trunk is dried to make cinnamon. Chinese traditional braised meat, meat and bone tea, steamed pork bun and raw fish. Indians use it for ginger rice, while Europeans add cinnamon to desserts and drinks. Now the fashionable coffee shop also has cinnamon powder for customers to freely add to the coffee to bring out the aroma of coffee beans. Cinnamon is also of high medicinal value, which can relieve stomachache and prevent cold and sore throat.