Spices
Spices (relative to India) or al-Tahbisha (relative to Abyssinia) are a substance or group of substances that are usually added to food in small quantities and used to give flavor to different foods. Spices are made from all parts of plants such as seeds, fruits, leaves, bark and roots. Spices are used in areas other than food, such as food preservation in medicine, in some religious rituals, cosmetics, and perfumery, and they may be used merely as vegetables. Turmeric is also used as a preservative, for example; Clove is used in medicine as an anesthetic; Garlic as a vegetable etc. Spices must be distinguished from some herbs that are also used to flavor food, such as basil. While these herbs usually consist of parts of the plant as well, they are usually fresh and fresh, while the spices are usually in the form of a dry powder. Here it must be mentioned that salt, while salt is also a dry powder used to add flavor to food, but it is not a spice as it is not extracted from any vegetable matter, but rather a mineral substance.