Five-spice powder five-spice powders. Five spice may be used with fatty meats such as pork, duck or goose. It is used as a spice rub for chicken, duck, pork and seafood, in red cooking recipes, or added to the breading for fried foods. Five spice is used in recipes for Cantonese roasted duck, as well as beef stew. It is used as a marinade for Vietnamese broiled chicken. The five-spice powder mixture has followed the Chinese diaspora and has been incorporated into other national cuisines throughout Asia. In Hawaii, some restaurants place a shaker of the spice on each patron's table. A
Curry powder of the chili pepper from Brazil and their mixing of other Asian spices enabled the development of 'curi'. 1 tablespoon of curry powder contains the following nutritional information according to the USDA: Curry powder Curry powder is a spice mix originating from the Indian subcontinent. The word "curry" is derived from the Tamil word "kari" meaning "sauce, relish for rice". Similar spice blends were found to be in use almost 4000 years ago, with key ingredients like ginger, garlic, and turmeric, during the days of Indus Valley Civilization. The chili pepper, a ubiquitous ingredient in curry today, was brought to