In the culinary arts, a spice is a seed, fruit, root, bark, or other plant substance primarily used for flavouring or colouring food. Spices are distinguished from herbs, which are the leaves, flowers
Spices at a central market in Agadir, Morocco
A group of Indian herbs and spices in bowls
Spices of Saúde flea market, São Paulo, Brazil
"The Mullus" harvesting pepper. Illustration from a French edition of The Travels of Marco Polo.
Bumbu is the Indonesian word for a blend of spices and for pastes and it commonly appears in the names of spice mixtures, sauces and seasoning pastes. The official Indonesian language dictionary descr
Multiple bumbu and spices commonly used in Indonesian cuisine.
Multiple spices are traditionally stone-ground to create a bumbu.
Indonesian dishes such as Balinese nasi campur are rich with bumbu (herbs, spices, and seasoning)
Various Indonesian spices