What is Grains of Selim?
[[File:Xylopiaaethiopica.jpg|thumb|right|285px|Grains of Selim seed pods]] '''Grains of Selim''' is a [[spice]]. It is made from the seeds of the shrub ''[[Xylopia aethiopica]]'', found in [[Africa]]. Other names include '''kimba pepper''', '''African pepper''', '''Moor pepper''', '''Negro pepper''', '''Kani pepper''', '''Kili pepper''', '''Sénégal pepper''', '''Ethiopian pepper''' and '''Guinea pepper'''. The seeds have a [[musk]]y flavor. Very often they are used as a replacement for [[black pepper]]. The spice is sometimes confused with [[grains of paradise]]. ==Related pages== * [[List of culinary herbs and spices]] * [[Grains of paradise]] == References == * ''The Oxford Companion to Food'', by Alan Davidson, Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|0-19-211579-0}} == Other websites == * [http://www.celtnet.org.uk/recipes/miscellaneous/fetch-recipe.php?rid=misc-peanut-soup Recipe for West African Peanut Soup incorporating Sénégal Pepper] * Gernot Katzer's Spice Pages [http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Xylo_aet.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130100531/http://uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Xylo_aet.html |date=2010-11-30 }} (accessed October 26 2005) * Celtnet Spice Guide [http://www.celtnet.org.uk/recipes/spice-entry.php?term=Senegal%20Pepper] (accessed July 19 2007) {{Herbs & spices}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Spices]]