Cumin is the dried
seed of the herb Cuminum cyminum, a member of the parsley family. The cumin
plant grows to 30–50 cm (12–20 in) tall and is harvested by hand. It is an
annual herbaceous plant, with a slender, glabrous, branched stem that is 20–30
cm (8–12 in) tall and has a diameter of 3–5 cm (1+1⁄4–2 in). Each branch has
two to three subbranches. All the branches attain the same height, so the plant
has a uniform canopy. The stem is coloured grey or dark green. The leaves are
5–10 cm (2–4 in) long, pinnate or bipinnate, with thread-like leaflets. The
flowers are small, white or pink, and borne in umbels. Each umbel has five to
seven umbellets. The fruit is a lateral fusiform or ovoid achene 4–5 mm long, containing
two mericarps with a single seed. Cumin seeds have eight ridges with oil
canals. They resemble caraway seeds, being oblong in shape, longitudinally
ridged, and yellow-brown in colour, like other members of the family Apiaceae
(Umbelliferae) such as caraway, parsley, and dill.
Cumin seed is used
as a spice for its distinctive flavour and aroma. Cumin can be found in some
cheeses, such as Leyden cheese, and in some traditional breads from France.
Cumin can be an ingredient in chili powder (often Tex-Mex or Mexican-style) and
is found in achiote blends, adobos, sofrito, garam masala, curry powder, and is
used to flavor numerous commercial food products.
In India, the seeds are powdered and used in different forms like
kashaya (decoction), arishta (fermented decoction), and vati (tablet/pills),
and processed with ghee (a semifluid clarified butter). In traditional medicine
practices of several countries, dried cumin seeds are believed to have
medicinal purposes,although there is no scientific evidence for any use as a
drug or medicine. In southern Indian states, a drink, jira water, is made by
boiling cumin seeds.
one teaspoon of
whole cumin seeds contains: 7.88 calories 0.37 g of protein, 0.47 g of fat,
0.93 g of carbohydrate. The same amount of cumin seeds also provides 19.6 mg of
calcium, 1.39 mg of iron,
and 7.69 mg of magnesium. Cumin also contains antioxidants, which may be
responsible for some of its associated benefits.
- In South Asian cooking it is often combined with coriander seeds in a powdered mixture
- It provides the benefit of strong immunity as per Ayurvedic medicine.
- No cholesterol and trans fat
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