Other herbs and spices: mango ginger to wasabi

Abstract

Abstract: In this second part of the chapter on underutilized spices, nine spices are discussed briefly. They are mango ginger, fragrant pandan, pink pepper, rue, sumac, savory and wasabi. Morphology, chemical composition, medicinal and culinary uses are given briefly in each of these spices. In addition short notes on 12 lesser known spices are provided; these are blue fenugreek, boldo leaves, chameleon plant, cicely, cresses, epazote, finger root, gale, lemon myrtle, Mexican pepper leaf, Tasmanian pepper and water pepper.