Comments on: Peppercorns

By: Christie

Christie — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:40:32 +0000

Q: Does peppercorn cure inner ear infections?

I was in a airport struggling with a bad ear infection when an old Indian woman asked what was wrong. She told me to put peppercorn inside a cottonball into my ear for approx. 30 min. and it will draw the fluid away.

Have you heard of this?

Thank you.

Shilpa: No, haven’t heard of it.

By: Mrs Sumedha

Mrs Sumedha — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 06:34:46 +0000

In Goan Konkani it is “MIRI” or “MIRYA” and not kan is added to it.

By: Selvi

Selvi — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:05:48 +0000

Very nice post Aayi. I have one question, I live in US and miss all those plants which I had in my back yard back at home. So what I do is often plant the seeds in small pots and they do germinate (mango etc). But the pepper never germinates. I heard some one say the black pepper is boiled before packed for stores. Is that true? may be thats why it doesnt germinate?

Shilpa: Selvi, usually peppercorns are plucked before they are totally ripened to make black peppercorns. So they will not germinate. As I mentioned earlier, you have to plant a small piece of plant.

By: josh

josh — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:51:26 +0000

Hi..
I am a regular visitor to your blog..got connected through Sailu’s kitchen!!
Very nice write up here…
I never knew those little yellow and red seed like things to the trees here are pepper!!!
I love pepper for its varied medicinal value and use it in every preparation of mine…
Keep posting..
luv
Josh

By: Arun Shanbhag

Arun Shanbhag — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:06:43 +0000

Namaskar Mai:
Thank you for this wonderful tutorial on MirakaN; Love the look of the peppercorns; Your garden / Hital is such an amazing learning garden. You even taught me everything about the nutmeg on our last visit – really treasure that.

Thank you for sharing and looking forward to more such learning experiences.
Namaskar.

By: Aparna

Aparna — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:39:49 +0000

Hello Aayi,

A wonderful post and accompanying pictures.

One question though – How does the pepper plant propagate? If I plant store-bought pepper corns in soil, would they sprout and grow?

Thank you for a wonderful Read again!

Shilpa: Aparna, as far as we know, a small piece of the plant needs to be planted. They don’t grow out of seeds. Though sometimes when the seeds ripen and fall, small sprouts show up on the ground but they die very soon.

By: kunjal

kunjal — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:10:16 +0000

nice post
can u send the recipe for kaju katri

By: Aruna

Aruna — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:59:34 +0000

Very informative post, Varadpachi. I remember amma always making it a point to have pepper – turmeric milk, during those winter days or when we were down with cold and cough.

By: Anitha

Anitha — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:32:41 +0000

Very interesting post Mrs.Varada. Nice photography too…

By: Madhu

Madhu — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:29:16 +0000

Very inofrmative post about peppers, nice pics too.