"Dee Randall" > wrote in message
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>
> "Rhonda Anderson" > wrote in message
> .5...
> > kalanamak > wrote in news:_fJse.43$BD.12080
> > @news.uswest.net:
> >
> >>
> >> Even more confusing, "black cumin" or kalajeera is a tiny seed the
shape
> >> of cumin but thinner, and more pungent. Kalajeera is not applied to
> >> charnushka...the spice that looks like little chunks of coal, but
"black
> >> cumin" sometimes is.
> >> blacksalt
> >
> > That black cumin (apparently also called black caraway) is Nigella
sativa.
> > Saw some at work - one of the guys at work had this packet of seeds
> > they'd
> > found in a parcel they were inspecting. They were labelled black cumin,
> > but
> > had no botanical name (which we need, to check if they're restricted or
> > not). Was able to use Gernot's website to identify it - that's one site
I
> > added to our list of useful links a long time ago! It's especially
useful
> > for the great photos.
> >
> > I haven't used Nigella. Might add it to my list of spices to try.
> >
> >
> > Rhonda Anderson
> > Cranebrook, NSW, Australia
>
> Is not Nigella sativa, a black onion seed?
> I've also seen them labeled 'onion seed."
> Dee

That's another incorrect term - they look like, but aren't onion seed/allium
of any kind (hence 'false black onion seed' as an oft used name).



Shaun aRe