Five-spice powder Five-spice powder Five-spice powder is a spice mixture of five or more spices used predominantly in Chinese and Taiwanese cuisine and also used less commonly in other Asian and Arabic cuisines. Five-spice powder is used for cocktails as well. While there are many variants, a common mix is: Other recipes may contain anise seed, ginger root, nutmeg, turmeric, "Amomum villosum" pods (砂仁), "Amomum cardamomum" pods (白豆蔻), licorice, Mandarin orange peel or galangal. In Southern China, "Cinnamomum loureiroi" and Mandarin orange peel are commonly used as substitutes for "Cinnamomum cassia" and cloves respectively, producing a slightly different flavour profile for southern
Paprika Paprika Paprika (US English more commonly , British English more commonly ) is a ground spice made from dried red fruits of the larger and sweeter varieties of the plant "Capsicum annuum", called "bell pepper" or "sweet pepper". The most common variety used for making paprika is "tomato pepper", sometimes with the addition of more pungent varieties, called "chili peppers", and cayenne pepper. In many languages, but not English, the word "paprika" also refers to the plant and the fruit from which the spice is made. Although paprika is often associated with Hungarian cuisine, the peppers from which it is