Nigella. The small, black, bitter seeds of a relative of "love-in-a-mist". Nigella is often incorrectly called wild onion seed or black onion seed. The seeds have a sharp, pungent flavour with a hint of a smell of strawberries and are used for flavouring confectionary and liquors.

Water amaranth or sessile joyweed. A type of amaranth which grows vigorously, providing nutritious greens. Use only tender new shoots as old leaves can leave a bitter taste in the mouth.

Wheat flour

Cubeb pepper. Resembling large, hollow green peppercorns. Like peppercorns they should be ground before use. They can be used as a substitute for peppercorns, but have a more bitter flavour.

Pastries made from whole-wheat flour and filled with a cooked mixture of grated coconut and sugar.

Safflower. A thistle-like plant which is a major producer of a high polyunsaturated, flavourless, colourless oil which is good for deep frying and in salad dressings. The flowers are reddish-orange and the styles are sometimes sold as saffron.