noun
timur
noun
1
Rattan pepper, a spice made from the small reddish-brown fruit of a prickly ash tree, used in South Asian and Himalayan cooking for its sharp, numbing flavour.
"The chutney got its distinctive tingle from crushed timur seeds."
How to Use Timur
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA tongue-tingling Himalayan spice, similar in effect to Sichuan pepper.
Easily confused with
Sichuan pepper
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Etymology
Borrowed from the Nepali word timura for the same spice.