Paprika ni a yaji made from dried and ground red peppers. It is traditionally made from Dankali iri-iri a cikin Longum rukuni, ciki har da barkono barkono. Paprika na iya samun matakan daban-daban zafi, amma barkono barkono da ake amfani da su don paprika mai zafi yakan zama mai laushi kuma suna da nama mai sira fiye da waɗanda ake samarwa. barkono barkono. In some languages, but not English, the word paprika Hakanan yana nufin shuka da 'ya'yan itacen da ake yin kayan yaji, da kuma barkono a cikin Grossum. rukuni (misali, barkono mai kararrawa).
Duk nau'ikan capsicum sun fito ne daga kakannin daji a ciki Amirka ta Arewa, musamman Tsakiyar Mexico, where they have been cultivated for centuries. The peppers were subsequently introduced to the Tsohon Duniya, lokacin da aka kawo barkono Spain a cikin karni na 16. Ana amfani da kayan yaji don ƙara dandano da launi ga nau'ikan jita-jita da yawa a cikin abinci iri-iri.
Kasuwancin paprika ya fadada daga Iberian Peninsula ku Afirka kuma Asiya[6]: 8 and ultimately reached Tsakiyar Turai ta hanyar Balkans, wanda a lokacin yana karkashin Ottoman mulki. Wannan yana taimakawa bayyana Serbo-Croatian asalin kalmar Ingilishi.
A ciki Mutanen Espanya, paprika da aka sani da pimentón tun daga karni na 16, lokacin da ya zama sinadari na yau da kullun a cikin abinci na yamma Estremadara.Duk da kasancewarta a tsakiyar turai tun farkon mamayar daular Usmaniyya, bata shahara a ciki ba Hungary until the late 19th century. Now, more than 70% paprika are planted and harvested from China origin.
Paprika can range from mild to hot – the flavor also varies from country to country – but almost all plants grown produce the sweet variety. Sweet paprika is mostly composed of the perikarp, tare da cire fiye da rabin tsaba, yayin da paprika mai zafi ya ƙunshi wasu tsaba, tsutsa, qwai, kuma calyces. The red, orange or yellow color of paprika is due to its content of carotenoids.