the Fruits of black pepper are used in cooking in General and ground form, as an independent spice, and in mixtures with other spices. For grinding pepper poroshkovogo use mill.

Creates the digestion and improves appetite. It is used for soups, gravies, sauces, vegetable salads, marinades, cooking all kinds of meat, fish, tomatoes, canned vegetables.

Black pepperis obtained from the immature fruit of the plant. In order to clean them and prepare for drying, the fruits are quickly boiled in hot water. Heat treatment destroys the cell wall of pepper, accelerating the work of enzymes responsible for "Browning". The fruits are then dried in the sun or by machines for several days. During this time, the shell of the fruit increases and darkens around the seed, forming a thin wrinkled layer of black. Dried fruits are called black pepper peas.