SPICES

Spices have a long history for having been used in traditional recipes in order to make food tasty and delicious.

A spice includes a seed, fruit, root, bark, salt, or other plant substances. Spices are essentially used for flavoring or coloring food. Traditionally, spices are used as flavors for food but nowadays, they are also consumed in medicine, cosmetics, or perfume production. Botanically, spices can be categorized based on their source of plant part as following:

Seeds or fruits: examples include fennel, nutmeg, coriander, fenugreek, mustard, black pepper, etc.

Leaves of aromatic plants: basil, bay leaf, rosemary, thyme, etc.

Bark: cinnamon, cassia, etc.

Bark of roots: such as include garlic, galangal, turmeric, ginger, etc.

SPICES IN PARADISE PLANTS BERLIN

• Anise
• Bay Laurel
• Black Cumin
• Caraway
• Cinnamon
• Clove
• Coriander Seeds
• Cumin Seeds
• Curry Leaves
• Fennel Seeds
• Ginger
• Mace
• Mack Khen / Indian Prickly Ash
• Nutmeg
• Pepper
• Red Chillies
• Saffron
• Sumac
• Turmeric Root
• Vanilla

THE SPICES’ HEALTH BENEFITS

Spice up your meal and build a healthy immune system with spices in your diet!

Spices not only bring an extra taste to your dishes. They also consist of a lot of great components such as antioxidants, minerals, phytonutrients, essential oils, and vitamins that are totally beneficial for our body. Spices are composed of plant-derived chemical compounds that are well-known for having properties to treat diseases and improve our health. Certain components in spices also have anti-inflammatory, carminative, anti-flatulent, and also anti-clotting functions which prevents strokes and coronary artery disease through easing blood flow. In fact, colds, influenza, mild fevers, indigestion, stomach upset, and painful menstruation are some of the diseases which are being treated with a decoction of certain healthy spices is used for.

Spices are mostly available in the form of powder. However, in Paradise Plants Berlin, we provide you high-quality spices in different sizes and forms with the taste of Western Asia’s nature.

CORIANDER

Coriander is a fragrant herb, rich in antioxidant that holds a lot of culinary uses and health benefits. The level of blood sugar may be reduced by these seeds and also, they fight infections, and improve your heart, brain, skin, and digestive health. As a consequence, it can be used for dietary purposes.