Rare Spices, Precise Uses 🌶️
Put your nose to unusual spices: origins, molecules, and little culinary traps
What this quiz asks
- 1Saffron comes from which part of Crocus sativus?
- 2Sichuan 'pepper' belongs to which botanical family?
- 3So-called 'Bourbon' vanilla mainly comes from which country?
- 4Which spice turns rice yellow in many South Asian dishes?
- 5What's sumac's main flavour profile?
- 6'Nigella,' often called black cumin, is the seed of which plant?
- 7Which compound gives fenugreek its maple-syrup-like aroma?
- 8In Indian tradition, long pepper (Piper longum) classically appears in which blend?
- 9'Mahleb,' used in Levantine pastry, comes exactly from which source?
- 10Which compound causes the numbing effect of Sichuan pepper?
