Weight loss to skin care, black pepper’s a wonder spice. 5 ways to include it in your diet

Black pepper helps in weight loss as it contains dietary fiber and kicks up your metabolism, which in turn helps in burning fat

By: Madhuli Trivedi |
January 31, 2018 12:04 pm

A pinch of black pepper can be used to great effect in any dish. It is a condiment that adds a flavour of its own to dishes. Not only does it enhances the taste, but also it is packed with Vitamin A, K, C, and minerals like calcium, potassium and sodium. It improves digestion, is great for our skin and even helps in weight loss as black pepper contains dietary fiber and improves up metabolism, which result in burning fat.

You can use black pepper in almost every dish from soups to chicken and vegetables. Check out some easy recipes here.

1. Black Pepper Sauce

Black pepper sauce can be made in just a few minutes, but make sure you eat it with something less spicy. It tastes great with grilled chicken, steaks, paneer, mushroom or any other stir-fried veggies.

Ingredients
Black pepper
Onion
Cooking oil
Ginger
Garlic
Oyster sauce
Tomato ketchup
Vinegar
Sugar
Dark soya sauce
Salt

2. Black Pepper Chicken

If you love spicy food, this is your dish. Though chicken is the main ingredient of the dish, black pepper adds a different level of flavour to it.

Ingredients
Chicken
black pepper
Turmeric
Lemon
Onions
Garlic cloves
Ginger
Olive oil
Sea salt

3. Crispy Salt And Pepper Vegetables

One of the popular Chinese starters, this dish is crisp and quick to prepare. It is assorted veggies dipped in a creamy batter and then fried.

Ingredients
Vegetables (cabbage, cauliflower, capsicum, carrot and more)
Flour (maida)
Cornflour
Salt
White pepper
Black pepper
Garlic paste
Water
Oil

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4. Pepper Rice

Pepper flavoured rice is not only delicious but healthy too. To make pepper rice, you need to roast black pepper before adding cooked rice to it.

Ingredients
Cooked rice
Black pepper
Sesame seeds
Curry leaves
Ghee
Cashew nuts
Mustard seeds
Cumin seeds
Salt

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5. Strawberry & black pepper sorbet

With just the hint of black pepper to contrast the sweetness of strawberries, the dessert is very easy to make.

Ingredients
Sugar
Water
Crushed black pepper
Strawberries
Lemon juice