Paprika has weak odor, but the taste is very pungent, sometimes more, sometimes less, but always sweet. Paprika, fairly common in the East, which is popular in Europe and very little known in Russia.
Paprika – it dried chopped red and green peppers, which was referred to as red gold. With that, the dried paprika like in South America, in India, in Spain, in Central Asia, no kitchen is complete without paprika in the world. Pepper stimulates appetite, improves the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract, strengthens the pancreas.
If you take the same amount of citrus and sweet pepper, paprika to contain more vitamin C. Paprika contains – alkaloid (alkaloid amide) 0.7% capsaicin, which causes irritating and pungent taste, sugar 8.4%, protein 1.5%; vitamin C 500 mg% to 14 mg carotene%, P, B1, B2, essential – 1.5% and fat in the seeds to 10% oil, steroidal saponins.