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Contact SupplierWidely popular for their distinctive spice flavor, cumin seeds are commonly featuring ingredients in the North African, Middle-East, Western Chinese, Indian, Cuban and North Mexican cuisine. The spice is native to Middle-East Asian region, and today, grown all over the world for its pleasantly aromatic seeds. Cumin is a small flowering herbaceous plant belonging in the Apiaceae, family, in the genus; Cuminum. Its scientific name is Cuminum cyminum. The cumin plant flourishes well in sandy, fertile soil, assisted with hot summer weather conditions. It bears small, gray-yellow, oblong shaped seeds with vertical ridges on their outer surface. The seeds closely resembles caraway seedsin appearance.
Cumin seeds impart distinctive strong flavor, and warm perception on taste buds. This comes from certain group of essential oils in them. The chief constituent and important aromatic compound in cumin is cuminaldehyde (4-isopropylbenzaldehyde). Black cumin (Bunium persicum), also popular as wild or shahi jeera in the Persian and Indian sub-continent, is related variety of regular cumin. Its seeds feature long, slender, curved, dark-brown pods with distinctive earthy flavor.
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Selection and storage :
Cumin spice can be readily available around the year in the market. You can buy its seeds as well as ground powder in ready made packs. Good-quality cumin should release pleasant yet peppery flavor when squeezed between index.
Principle | Nutrient Value | Percentage of RDA |
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Energy | 375 Kcal | 0.19 |
Carbohydrates | 44.24 g | 0.34 |
Protein | 17.8 g | 0.32 |
Total Fat | 22.27g | 0.74 |
Cholesterol | 0 mg | 0 |
Dietary Fiber | 10.5 g | 0.26 |
Vitamins | ||
Folates | 10 µg | 0.03 |
Niacin | 4.58 mg | 0.29 |
Pyridoxine | 0.435 mg | 0.33 |
Riboflavin | 0.32 mg | 0.25 |
Thiamin | 0.628 mg | 0.52 |
Vitamin A | 1270 IU | 0.42 |
Vitamin C | 7.7 mg | 0.13 |
Vitamin E | 3.3 mg | 0.22 |
Vitamin K | 5.4 µg | 0.05 |
Electrolytes | ||
Sodium | 1788 mg | 0.38 |
Potassium | 68 mg | 0.11 |
Minerals | ||
Calcium | 931 mg | 0.93 |
Copper | 0.867 mg | 0.96 |
Iron | 66.36 mg | 8.29 |
Magnesium | 366 mg | 0.91 |
Manganese | 3.3 mg | 1.45 |
Phosphorus | 499 mg | 0.71 |
Zinc | 4.8 mg | 0.44 |
Phyto-nutrients | ||
Carotene-ß | 762 µg | -- |
Crypto-xanthin-ß | 0 µg | -- |
Lutein-zeaxanthin | 448 µg | -- |