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Kerala spices

Kerala is also known as the Malabar coast, or as the spice coast, and it was the rich array of spices that attracted so many traders to this side of India... from Arabia, China, and eventually Europe. In these photos I share some of the spices we saw on a short walk through a plantation. See blog at https://davidkotz.org/2008/12/17/kerala-part-3-the-hills/
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    Kerala

    Mara shows me coffee beans, bunched at the bottom of photo. (Spice tour in the Kerala hills.)

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    Kerala

    pepper vine! white pepper:stays on vine for a long time, boil it, strip husk, dry. black pepper: remove from vine earlier, dry in sun. green pepper; remove earlier still, harden in cold water, dry in electric fire. (Spice tour in the Kerala hills.)

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    Kerala

    The guide splits the stem of this plant, and when Andy blows through the sticky sap, bubbles float out! (Spice tour in the Kerala hills.)

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    Kerala

    We take a tour of a spice plantation in the hills of Kerala.

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    Kerala

    John inspects a cocoa pod. (Spice tour in the Kerala hills.)

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    Kerala

    cocoa nuts (crushed), from a pod. about a meter long, it is impressive. (Spice tour in the Kerala hills.)

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    Kerala

    Gardenia in Kerala. (Spice tour in the Kerala hills.)

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    Kerala

    henna bush? (Spice tour in the Kerala hills.)

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    Kerala

    pepper vine, often seen growing up oak trees in the midst of tea plantations. (Spice tour in the Kerala hills.)

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    Kerala

    Andy inspects nutmeg. (Spice tour in the Kerala hills.)

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    Kerala

    jackfruit; some grow to 24 kg! (Spice tour in the Kerala hills.)

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    Kerala

    nutmeg. (Spice tour in the Kerala hills.)

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    Kerala

    a berry that makes red dye. (Spice tour in the Kerala hills.)

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    Kerala

    cardamom grows from a tall plant, but the beans grow down near the roots. (Spice tour in the Kerala hills.)

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    Kerala

    elephant tracks! at left. (Spice tour in the Kerala hills.)

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    Kerala

    "shrimp" flower. (Spice tour in the Kerala hills.)

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    Kerala

    rubber sap drips from the wound. (Spice tour in the Kerala hills.)

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    Kerala

    collecting rubber sap. (Spice tour in the Kerala hills.)

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    Kerala

    after boiling the rubber is made into mats and left to dry. (Spice tour in the Kerala hills.)

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    Kerala

    allspice, pimento, five spice: all the same thing: ground up leaves of the allspice tree. (Spice tour in the Kerala hills.)

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    Kerala

    curry leaves used in south Indian cooking balance the cholesterol in coconut oil; help digestion. (Spice tour in the Kerala hills.)

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    Kerala

    okra flower. (Spice tour in the Kerala hills.)

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    Kerala

    okra, known as 'ladyfingers' here. (Spice tour in the Kerala hills.)

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    Kerala

    tumeric root. (Spice tour in the Kerala hills.)

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    Kerala

    vanilla bean. (Spice tour in the Kerala hills.)

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    Kerala

    cinnamon tree. (Spice tour in the Kerala hills.)

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    Kerala

    Pam choosing from the many spices to buy. (Spice tour in the Kerala hills.)

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    Kerala

    bringing a bale of tea. (Connemara Tea Plantation, in the Kerala hills.)

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    Kerala

    a truckload of tea leaves. (Connemara Tea Plantation, in the Kerala hills.)

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    Kerala

    Andy watches some of the tea processing. (Connemara Tea Plantation, in the Kerala hills.)

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    Kerala

    John, Mara, Andy, and Pam at the Connemara tea factory in the hills of Kerala.

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    Kerala

    Andy shows me the tea plantation in the hills of Kerala. Note the interspersed oak trees provide shade to the tea and structure for the pepper vines. (Connemara Tea Plantation, in the Kerala hills.)

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