Long Pepper - Uses

Uses

Today, long pepper is a very rare ingredient in European cuisines, but it can still be found in Indian vegetable pickles, some North African spice mixtures, and in Indonesian and Malaysian cooking. It is readily available at Indian grocery stores, where it is usually labeled pippali.

The Ayurvedic texts list pippali as one of the most powerful Rasayana herbs, meaning it believed to be a longevity enhancer and is a remedy for throat irritation. Pippali is one of the most widely used Ayurvedic herbs.