Cumin Seeds ( Cuminum Cyminum )
Origin India
Purity 98% or 99% or 100%
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Brown Color or As per speicies.
Moisture 9% Max
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Description
Cumin is the dried, white fruit with greyish brown colour of a small slender annual herb. The surface of the fruit has 5 primary ridges, alternatively has 4 less distinct secondary ridges bearing numerous short hairs. The plant is 15 to 50 cm high. The aromatic seed like fruit is elongated, ovoid, 3 to 6 mm long, slightly bitter and has a warm flavour. The flowers are white or rose coloured in small umbels.
Origin and Distribution
Cumin is indigenous to Northern Egypt, Syria, the Mediterranean region, Iran and India. It is also cultivated in Mexico, China, Sicily and Malta. Cumin is a tropical plant and is cultivated as a rabi crop in areas where atmospheric humidity during February-March is low.
Uses
Cumin seed have an aromatic odour and bitter taste. It is used as a condiment, and is an ingredient in curry powders, seasonings of breads, cakes and cheese. It is employed in native dishes of Central and South America. In medicine, it is used as a stimulant, carminative, stomachic and astringent. Cumin seed oil is used in perfumery and for flavouring liqueurs and cordials.
Botanical name - Cuminum cyminum L.
Family Apiaceae
Part Fruit
Indian Names
Telugu : Jidakara, Jikaka
Tamil : Ziragum or Jeeragam
Sanskrit : Jiraka, Jira
Sindhi : ZeroOriya : Jira, Jeera
Marathi : Jeregire
Malayalam : Jeerakam
Kashmiri : ZyurKannada : Jeeriege
Gujarati : Jiru or Jeeru
Bengali : Safaid jira or Zeera
Hindi : Jira, Jeera, Zira or Safaid jeera Or Zeera
Name in international languages
Chinese : Machin
Russian : Kmin
Portuguese : Cominho
Italian : Comino
Dutch : Komijn
Arabic : Kammun
Swedish : Spiskummin
German : Romischer Kummel
French : Cumin
Spanish : Comino
