Long pepper
Long pepper is related to black, white, green, and red pepper It means it belongs to the pepper family. Like black pepper, long pepper is a climbing plant that grows in tropical countries. It is mainly produced in Indonesia and India, but it also grows in Cambodia. The long pepper from Indonesia is longer and thicker than the variety from India. In India, where it mostly grows wild, it is called pipali. It is usually harvested unripe and then dried like normal black pepper. In Cambodia, however, long red pepper is also produced. This is the fully ripened, long pepper and is even more difficult to obtain in Europe than…