Black Pepper Powder is also known as Kali Mirch Powder or Kali Miri Powder . Black pepper comes from the pepper plant. It is a smooth woody vine that grow up to 33 feet in hot and humid tropical climates. It begins to bear small white clustered flowers after 3 to 4 years and develop into berries, which are known as peppercorns.

Black pepper is the most pungent and flavorful from all other types of peppers and it is available as whole, cracked peppercorns or a powder form.

Whole black peppercorns is considered as an important spice of whole garam masala. 2-3 whole peppercorns are sufficient to bring enough flavor in pulao, biryani, curries and gravy recipes. Ground pepper powder is often used for seasoning various salads and raita recipes. You can coat the steaks, skewed paneer or chicken with crushed peppercorns before cooking.

Black pepper is an excellent source of manganese, iron and vitamin K. Also it is good as a dietary fiber. It helps in improving our digestion power. Chewing 3-4 whole black peppercorns is a great treatment of conjusted throat and cough problems. Black pepper has a property of stimulating hydrochloric acid production. Black pepper has been recognized as a carminative, that is nothing but a substance, which helps in preventing the formation of intestinal gas. black pepper has diaphoretic that helps in promoting the sweating in the body. It also contains diuretic that helps in smooth and proper urination.