The term 'allspice' is given to a kind of a spice that resembles peppercorns. Allspice, also called Jamaica pepper, pepper, myrtle pepper, pimenta, Turkish Yenibahar, English pepper or newspice, is the dried unripe fruit (berries, used as a spice) of Pimenta dioica. It should not be confused with garam masala powder which is a blend of all different kind of warm (cinnamon, clove etc) and hot (red chillies, coriander, peppercorns) spices. Down South India the allspice is cultivated as a crop. Since this spice gives you a combined aroma of the cinnamon, clove and nutmeg it is named as 'allspice'. The spice however is not very commonly stocked in most supermarkets and costs a bomb for a small bottle, so you may skip it in the above recipe. I picked up my bottle of allspice from Carrefour supermarket for AED 30.