Lada Hitam

Pepper is a climbing herb and need support to grow. It is usually grown commercially, for the fruit, in the state of Johor and Sarawak in Malaysia. It thrives in the area of high ground and hill terrain. Pepper originated from Malabar, India, and brought to Southeast Asia since 2000 years ago and since then it was planted in Malaysia and Indonesia. Then, it was been planted in Thailand, Vietnam, China and Sri Lanka. The part used as a spice is the fruit that has a very strong smell of pepper. There are two common types of pepper which are black pepper and white pepper. Both are produced from the pepper fruit, through two different processes. Black pepper is produced by drying the fruit under the sun and then the fruit was heated over low heat until the skins turn black. White pepper process is different; the almost ripe fruit is plucked and soaked to facilitate the stripping process. Stripping is done by scrubbing the fruit. After that the fruit was dried under the sun until it is completely dried up. White pepper has a stronger smell compare to black pepper.