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.
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Coriander is one of the oldest of herbs and spices. The fruit of the coriander plant contains two seeds which,…
While Ceylon Cinnamon sticks are all made the same way, they are graded according to color, density, blemishes, essential oil…