Product Description

This product is the dried seed of the herb Cuminum cyminum, a member of the parsley family. The cumin plant grows to ****0 cm (**2 ft) tall and is harvested by hand. It is hotter to the taste, lighter in colour and larger than caraway (Carum carvi), another umbelliferous spice that is sometimes confused with it. In Northern India and Nepal, it is known as jeera or jira, in Southern India it is called Jeerige or jeeragam.