Health benefits of Dry Siltimur:
Sil-timur usually grows in the wild largely in the eastern hilly regions of Nepal.
Both green and dried version is used as a spice.
It has a very strong citrusy flavour and mild numbing flavour as timur (Nepali pepper).
The green ones and dried ones can be ground together with roasted tomatoes to make achaar or used in curry.
The Nepalese use it as a pepper, cracking the berries with a pestle and mortar to season vegetable soups and rice dishes.
These berries will enchant your roasted fish, poultry fillets with herby cream sauce and pear tarts.
The berries have a gentle texture with a slightly bitter yet refreshing ending.
Sil-timur berries release delicate citrus notes of blood orange and pink grapefruit.
The Nepalese use it as a pepper, cracking the berries with a pestle and mortar to season vegetable soups and rice dishes.
