Health Benefits of Black Pepper (Kali Mirch): India’s Everyday Spice with a Powerful Punch

What is Black Pepper? Black pepper, or kali mirch, comes from the dried, unripe berries of the Piper nigrum vine, a plant native to the Malabar coast of Kerala. Once picked, the berries are boiled briefly and then sun-dried until they shrivel into the wrinkled black peppercorns we recognize, which are either used whole, cracked, […]