Cumin Seeds

Ingredients:

    Cumin Seeds

Cumin is a most popular spice all over the world, especially in Latin America, North Africa and all over Asia,!.

Cumin is the pale green seed of Cuminum cyminum, a small herb in the parsley family. The seed is uniformly elliptical and deeply furrowed. Cumin is more frequently used in Indian, Mexican dishes which has a distinctive, slightly bitter yet warm flavor. An ancient spice, the cumin is native to the shores of the Mediterranean Sea and Egypt. Currently it is cultivated in many places, as it is rather easy to grow and adapts well to many climates.
 

Usage: A lot of Indian curries and dry vegetables are mostly flavored with either ground or the whole cumin seeds. Cumin is considered to have digestive properties and is also considered to have cooling properties. It is also a very important element in  ayurvedic cooking in India.