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.
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.
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.
Spanish
: Comino French : Cumin German : Romischer Kummel Swedish : Spiskummin Arabic :
Kammun Dutch : Komijn Italian : Comino Portuguese : Cominho Russian : Kmin
Chinese : Machin Hindi : Jira, Jeera, Zira or
Safaid jeera Or Zeera Bengali : Safaid jira or Zeera Gujarati : Jiru or Jeeru
Kannada : Jeeriege Kashmiri : Zyur Malayalam : Jeerakam Marathi : Jeregire
Oriya : Jira, Jeera Sindhi : Zero Sanskrit : Jiraka, Jira Tamil : Ziragum or
Jeeragam Telugu : Jidakara, Jikaka
Specification:
Appearance : Oval seeds with Ridges
Color: Natural
Purity: 98% / 99% / 99.5%
**Foreign Matter: 2% / 1% / 0.5% Max
Moisture: 7-8% max
Flavor: Warm an Aromatic
Origin: India
**Foreign matter includes anything other than Cumin seeds e.g. sand, silica,
pebbles, and other edible/non edible seeds
Packaging Details : 25/50Kg, Poly Propylene (PP) Bags or As per clients
specific requirement