"Charles Gifford" > wrote in
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> "Shaun aRe" > wrote in message
> eenews.net...
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>> "sona" > wrote in message
>> oups.com...
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>> > jeera - 2 tea spoons
>>
>> Jeera = cumin seed for anyone wondering (or afraid of Google,
>> heheheh...).
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>> Cheers!
>>
>> Shaun aRe
>
> Actually, I believe that it is black cumin seed. Different than cumin.
>
> Charlie

According to Gernot Katzer's amazingly useful site (http://www.uni-
graz.at/~katzer/engl/), cumin is jeera or safaid jeera. He lists kala
jeera, shahi jeera, chahi jeera and kashmiri jeera as black cumin.

Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia