PenguiN wrote:

> Hi,
>
> In trying to learn indian cooking, I've seen recepies that take "onion
> seeds" and recepies that take "nigella" seeds, and from reading
> through old usenet posts and searching the web, I've gathered that
> they're the same thing.
>
> However, today I've come across a recepie that calls for both onion
> seeds *and* nigella seeds. What could this mean? I'm guessing I could
> just use the "onion seeds" I picked up at the indian grocery store for
> both quantities, but I really like to know what the recepie writer was
> *actually* going for. Is there another kind of spice other than
> nigella seed which is sometimes called "onion seed"?


Yes; seeds of the onion plant. They look very much like nigella seeds.

-Bob