Ingredients
500gm fresh green peppercorns
1kg brown sugar
1 litre water
juice of 1 lime
Method
1. Wash and drain the peppercorns.
2. Boil sugar with 1 litre of water. Add in the lime juice and boil till it forms a syrup. Let it cool. Add the peppercorns and leave for 2 days.
3. Then, remove the peppercorns and boil the syrup again. Let it cool. Put back the peppercorns and let it steep for another 2 days.
4. Repeat the process after 2 days.
5. The pickled sweet peppercorns is ready for serving after one week.
Pepper Vine
The plant is unisexual, with separate plants bearing male and female flowers. The berries are rounded and peppery and they turn from green to red.
Pepper Berries
Pepper is used in many Asian countries both as spice and a stimulant; to treat colic, rheumatism, headache, diarrhoea, dysentery, cholera and menstual pains; to remove excessive gas in the system; and to increase the flow of urine.
Pepper Farm
A typical pepper farm. Harvesting starts in April, reaches a peak in May and continues through to September.
Wild Pepper
This is an erect herb with long runners which develop into plantlets. Leaves are simple and heart shaped.The roots are used in chinese medicine to treat toothache. The leaves are used in Malaysia to treat headache and pains in the bones. In Indonesia, the rootlets are chewed with betel nut and the juice swallowed as a remedy for coughs and asthma.
