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Ingredients

Finely ground brown allspice mounded in a cream bowl with a blue patterned inner rim, on pale stone beside a linen cloth.

Allspice

A single warm-aroma spice ground from dried berries; not a mixed blend.

Closed green cardamom pods on a small saucer beside an open cloth spice bag.

Cardamom pods

Whole pods holding small aromatic seeds that scent drinks and some dishes.

Fine rust-brown ground cinnamon piled on a shallow porcelain saucer with blue sea softly blurred behind it.

Cinnamon (ground)

Ground dried cinnamon bark, sprinkled on drinks as a finishing spice.

Brown cinnamon sticks with curled bark ends piled on a shallow cream plate.

Cinnamon sticks

Dried cinnamon bark in sticks for flavoring simmered drinks, fruit and pumpkin.

Whole dried cloves filling a blue floral bowl, with softly blurred blue water and greenery behind it.

Cloves

Whole dried clove buds that give spiced drinks and compotes a strong aroma.

A mound of fine tan ground cumin in a ceramic dish

Cumin (ground)

Ground cumin seed for seasoning dishes such as red lentil soup.

Knobbly tan ginger rhizomes with a cut section and pale yellow slices

Ginger

Mature fresh ginger rhizome with yellow flesh, sliced, minced or grated.

Small black nigella seeds in a blue-rimmed white dish beside a metal spoon.

Nigella seeds

Tiny black seeds with a distinctive aroma, sprinkled over pastries.

Fine brick-red paprika powder with small natural clumps in a shallow cream bowl with a green rim.

Paprika (sweet)

Dried sweet red peppers ground to a powder with mild sweetness.

Fine ground black pepper in a small ceramic dish

Pepper (black)

Culinary black pepper, used whole or ground to season dishes.

A naturally uneven mound of golden-orange turmeric powder in a shallow terracotta dish on a bright coastal table.

Turmeric (ground)

Dried, ground turmeric rhizome; a golden spice for color and earthy flavor.