KOPABANA (10 Pods) Organic Alligator Pepper/dried Mbongo Pepper Spice Seed Pods/Non-GMO/Guinea Pepper -($15.50Value)

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Spice Up Any Dish Use Alligator Pepper in any dish of your choosing to wow your dinner guests, or simply spice up your everyday meals. Once you try this spice for the first time, you’ll understand just what all of your meals have been missing, and you’ll never be able to look back! Alligator Pepper is the bright, dynamic, punchy West African spice that works with every dish! Its name deriving from the reptilian-like bark on the seeds’ pod, you’ll be able to amaze all of your family and friends with the elevated meals you create with Alligator Pepper! THE QUALITY OF ALLIGATOR PEPPER: Alligator Pepper, one of the most luxurious yet popular spices in West Africa, is sold as an entire pod containing the pepper seeds. Native to the swampy habitats along the West African coast, Alligator Pepper adds a more dynamic flavor to dishes when compared to other, more common spices. AMAZING HEALTH BENEFITS: Not only does it add eccentric flavor to meals, but Alligator Pepper also provides as a good source of various minerals, such as calcium, magnesium, and zinc. Additionally, Alligator Pepper contains a surplus of antioxidants, providing numerous benefits to help reduce inflammation in the body! MULTIPLE USES: Alligator Pepper can be used as a spicy aroma in soups and stews, or added as flavoring to various rices. Additionally, since it is sold as a whole pod, you can grind the pepper to your preference, either finely or coarsely, allowing you to control the spice factor in any dish you cook. Finally, Alligator Pepper can be used as an excellent spice rub for fish and other meats — just toast the peppers in a pan first! INSTRUCTIONS: It is recommended to pound a single whole pod of Alligator Pepper in a pestle and mortar prior to adding to foods, but Alligator Pepper can be used in variety of flexible ways that best suit your cooking needs. Try crushing the seeds to release the most wonderful combination of flavor notes! -10 pods - dried pepper ,Alligator pepper (also known as mbongo spice or hepper pepper) is a West African spice made from the seeds and seed pods of Aframomum danielli, A. citratum or A. exscapum. It is a close relative of grains of paradise, obtained from the closely related species, Aframomum melegueta or "grains of paradise". Unlike grains of paradise, which are generally sold as only the seeds of the plant, alligator pepper is sold as the entire pod containing the seeds Alligator pepper seeds provides multiple health benefits that come from its abundance of nutritious compounds: it has minerals including calcium, magnesium, and zinc. It also a good source of amino acids and antioxidants. These antioxidants remove free radicals in the body that can cause inflammation.