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Cumin seed

Cuminum cyminum

Cumin seed is a spice with an earthy, warm aroma. Cooks use it in pickles and stews and as a seasoning; it pairs with coriander seed.

Part used
Seed
Family
Apiaceae
Cooked most in
The Americas
Top country
Mexico
Cumin seed, whole

Photo: Miansari66 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use cumin seed

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Pickle
  • Season
  • Stew

Goes well with

Flavour

Taste and texture

Aroma

  • Earthy
  • Warm spice

Shopping

Choosing and storing cumin seed

In season · Syria

  1. Janout of season
  2. Febout of season
  3. Marout of season
  4. Aprout of season
  5. Mayout of season
  6. Junin season
  7. Julin season
  8. Augout of season
  9. Sepout of season
  10. Octout of season
  11. Novout of season
  12. Decout of season

In seasonPeak

In season · Iran

  1. Janout of season
  2. Febout of season
  3. Marout of season
  4. Aprout of season
  5. Mayout of season
  6. Junin season
  7. Julin season
  8. Augout of season
  9. Sepout of season
  10. Octout of season
  11. Novout of season
  12. Decout of season

In seasonPeak

Nutrition

What 100 g of cumin seed holds

Per 100 g. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 21%Fat 26%Carbohydrate 52%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of cumin seed
Energy375 kcal · 1,567 kJ
Protein18 g
Fat22 g
of which saturated1.5 g
Carbohydrate44 g
of which sugars2.3 g
Fibre11 g
Sodium168 mg
Cholesterol0 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of cumin seed: minerals and vitamins
Potassium1,788 mg
Calcium931 mg
Iron66 mg
Magnesium366 mg
Zinc4.8 mg
Vitamin C7.7 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)64 µg
Folate10 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 170923), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where cumin seed is cooked

7 dishes in the catalogue use cumin seed. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list cumin seed among their ingredients.

On the table

Dishes made with cumin seed

6 of the 7 catalogued dishes that use it, spread across the countries they come from.

  • Hallaca

    Venezuela

  • Zibdieh

  • Falafel

  • Mexican rice

    Mexico

  • Zanahorias aliñadas

  • Hasip

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include cumin seed.

Cooked together

Ingredients that go into the same catalogued dishes.
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Around the world

What cumin seed is called

Names in 24 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    semilla de comino · comino

  • French

    graines de cumin · cumin

  • Italian

    seme di cumino · semi di cumino · cumino · grani di cumino

  • Portuguese

    sementes de cominhos

  • German

    Kreuzkümmel · Cumin

  • Dutch

    komijnzaad · komijnzaden · komijn

  • Russian

    тмин · зерно кумина · зира · кумин

  • Polish

    nasiona kminku · kmin rzymski

  • Arabic

    كمون

  • Hebrew

    זרעי כמון

  • Japanese

    クミンシード

  • Malay

    jintan putih

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  • Basque

    kumino pikor

  • Belarusian

    зіра

  • Catalan

    llavor de comí · comí

  • Czech

    římský kmín

  • Danish

    spidskommenfrø · spidskommen

  • Finnish

    roomankumina · juustokumina · jeera · juustokuminansiemen

  • Galician

    sementes de comiño

  • Hungarian

    köménymag

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    spisskummenfrø · spisskummen · spisskum · spisskarve

  • Romanian

    chimion · chimen

  • Swedish

    spiskumminfrö · spiskumminfrön · spiskummin

  • Ukrainian

    зерна куміна

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q57328174

Photos

Photo: Miansari66 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons