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Malaysian Herbs - Red chilly -Chili pepper (105)சிகப்பு மிளகாய்

http://www.sidhhaherbs.blogspot.com Chili pepper  - சிகப்பு மிளகாய் Chili peppers have been a part of the human diet in the Americas since at least 7500 BC. The most recent research shows that chili peppers were  domesticated  more than 6000 years ago in Mexico, in the region that extends across southern  Puebla  and northern  Oaxaca  to southeastern  Veracruz , and were one of the first  self-pollinating  crops cultivated in Mexico, Central and parts of South America. Christopher Columbus  was one of the first Europeans to encounter them (in the  Caribbean ), and called them "peppers" because they, like black and white  pepper  of the  Piper  genus known in Europe, have a spicy hot taste unlike other foodstuffs. Upon their introduction into Europe, chilies were grown as botanical curiosities in the gardens of Spanish and Portuguese monasteries. But the monks experimented with the chili culinary...

Malaysian Herbs-Piper sarmentosum-KADUK(104)-காட்டு வெற்றிலை

http://www.sidhhaherbs.blogspot.com Piper sarmentosum-- காட்டு வெற்றிலை Piper sarmentosum  is an erect herb with long creeping stems.  Its leaves are alternate, simple and heart-shaped. Young leaves have a waxy surface. Flowers are bisexual or unisexual, in terminal or leaf opposite spikes. Fruit is small, dry, with several rounded bulges. The plant has a characteristic pungent odour. It is found from the tropical areas of Southeast Asia, Northeast India and South China, and as far as the Andaman Islands. In Malaysia, the plant is usually found as a weed in villages and places with plenty of shade. It is also popular in urban landscape gardens as ground covering shrubs. சாதாரணமாக குழந்தைகளுக்கு வரும் இருமலுக்கு இதனை சாறு பிழிந்து கொடுக்கலாம். The common names are varied :  In Tamil it is called kaatu thipily or kaatu vetrilai .In Cantonese: 'Ka Lao' ; In Malay:  Kadok ; In Thai : Cha Plu ; In Lao : phak i leut or pak eelerd ; In Vie...