Steenbergs Selim Pepper

Selim Pepper is a pepper-like spice from West Africa. It is, also, known as Kimba Pepper or Uda Pods.

Selim Pepper is made of 5 cm long, grey brown dry pods. They come from a 20m evergreen tree in the lowland rainforest and moist fringe forests of lowland savannah in West Africa. The pods picked when green and unripe, then dried in the sun to dark-brown.

The flavour is mostly in the pod not the seeds. So, use Selim Pepper whole or grind them down, removing the fibrous bits. Selim Pepper has a camphorous flavour that cuts through richer, fattier foods.

Axel’s Tasting Notes: Selim Pepper – Aroma: Resinous wood, furniture polish and burnt tyres, then boiled sweets and hints of smoky Yunnan tea. Flavour: Starts with dried broad beans followed by pleasant musky, boxwood flavour that is (perhaps) suggestive of pepper, but mildly bitter. No heat.

Food pairing: Crushed and add to soups or stews – meat and vegetables.