This ancient ingredient enhances everything from muffins and pastries to noodles, curries, and salad dressing.

Poppy seeds come from the opium poppy (or breadseed poppy), a flowering plant likely indigenous to lower Mesopotamia (Southwest Asia). These kidney-shaped, speck-sized dried seeds have no narcotic ...

(opium poppy, or literally ‘sleep-inducing’ poppy ... Scientifically, the heavily churned soil, tossed around by so many explosions, had provided the stimulation required for the seeds within the seed ...

Cream cheese, sour cream, poppy seeds and apples make the easiest and most delicious apple cheesecake. Apple cheesecake with poppy seeds is a unique take on traditional cheesecake that combines ...

One classic use is the lemon poppy seed muffin. Lemon zest complements the nutty flavor of the seeds. If you're new to baking, simply mix one to two tablespoons of poppy seeds into your dough or ...

Poppy cultivation in Manipur decreased by 32.13% during 2023-24 from the previous fiscal but the opium-yielding plant continues to be grown extensively in 12 of the State’s 16 districts ...

“In most areas of Manipur, the best season to plant and harvest opium poppy is from September to February. We usually acquire the LISS-IV-satellite imageries from National Remote Sensing ...

Law enforcement agencies are quick to destroy opium poppy plants if they’re found, even if the gardener intended them purely for ornamental purposes. In some cases, even possession of the seeds ...

As a way of adapting to their environment, several plants have evolved to produce certain chemical compounds called secondary metabolites. These, when ingested by humans, cause a variety of ...