Capsicum

 Capsicum

Capsicum /'kaeps?kam/ (generally called bell peppers or peppers') is a genus of flowering plants.
Today, it has turned into an integral component in several regional cuisines, and is cultivated globally. Besides make use of as food vegetables and spices, Capsicum species also have seen use in medications.

The fruit possess various names depending on kind and position. The piquant (hot) varieties are usually called chili peppers, or just "chilies". The fruit is known as paprika in a few other states (although paprika may also refer to the powdered spice produced from various capsicum fruit).

The first Mexican term, chilli (now chile) came from xilli or the Nahuatl word chilli, referring to a bigger Capsicum variety cultivated at least as evidenced by remains discovered from Oaxaca and Puebla.

Peppers and capsicum fruits may be eaten uncooked or cooked. They may be ideal for stuffing with fillings like rice, meat, or cheese.

In addition, they are often used uncooked in salads and chopped, or cooked in stir fries or other dishes that were mixed.

They are sometimes maintained in pickling the shape or by drying, or freezing. Dehydrated peppers processed into flakes or powders, or could be reconstituted entire. Marinated peppers or pickled are often added to salads or sandwiches. Frozen peppers are employed in salsas, soups, and stews. Infusions integrated and might be made into hot sauces.

The Spanish conquistadores brought them back jointly with turkeys, potatoes, sweet potatoes, tobacco, maize, legumes, and cocoa, and shortly became conscious of their culinary properties. It was also brought by them whence it spread to Asia. They were brought by the Portuguese to their African and Asiatic properties like India.