How do you use this ingredient in your day to day cooking? or household matters?
Any particular health benefits?
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I have heard my mother say it on a number of occasions that Cumin seed is really healthy, its got high iron content and minerals and so got advised to make it a common use in my cooking.
I use it in almost all the food I cook . In baking , I use it to make zeera cookies , they taste awesome.
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I love zeera!! It tops as one of my fav spices so it goes into basically anything desi that I make.
Perhaps this is for another thread, but what is shah (kala) zeera used for? I’ve only seen it used in pulao.
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I think Shah zeera is the roasted black cumin , its aroma is much more higher then the usual zeera ..
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I love zeera rice, always use them for tarka in kuri and daal, add them in achari keema and achari chicken
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Zeera smells lovely - but I don’t overuse it. I recently found out you can use it in the pakoras made for karri 
Other than that I use it in certain dishes like karahi chicken, or aloo green beans and tomato.
I use zeera powder a lot more I think. But sabat zeera smells the best
p.s. don’t like zeera cookies - reminds me of Pakistani bakeries - they were rubbish when I went in '06. Whatever happened to a good old chocolate cake?!
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I LOVE cumin seeds. And I go overboard with them when I cook. I put them in almost everything. Try adding cumin seeds in omelette and you’re gonna thank me for life.
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I use them in aloo ki bhujiya as well and little bit in my hot chaat
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oh Hadeel , you are so right. Zeera absolutely tastes heavenly in Omelette.
I think Zeera seeds have a really good combination with corriander seeds . Crush them both together and oh the aroma
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Though I must admit , I have never liked cumin seeds ka tarka. I dont know , why it starts tasting bitter 
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Zeera in bhagaar/tarka is a must in Hyderabadi cooking…can’t imagine any bhagaar without it!
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I just remembered , sprinkle lots of cumin in the paratha and then make a lightly salted paratha… it makes an awesome snack..
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my mom used to make zeera raita. basically yogurt with zeera, ate it with pulao parathas biryani etc.
I love zeera, but unfortunately my husband hates any whole spices in his food…so i rarely use the whole forms.
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me no like strong cumin flavor. its great when it goes with coriander but by itself its nasty..
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Everyone knows it is jeera.
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Sara, my mom used to give us Zeera raita with rice as well .. I think it goes really well in that combo..
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Just remembered my speciality that I havnt made in ages but I love it , zeera rice ..
Sprinkle about three tablespoons of zeera lightly crushed in oil , until they crackle. Then add in chopped green chillies, loads of fresh corriander , salt and add water enough for the rice to boil in. add Rice. When done, sprinkle a bit of food color , you do you in biryani .
Dum it. Then mix it and enjoy with daal . .awesome taste
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also add in any raita, pasta, dhai bhaly, when I was in pak I used to buy tht nestle zeera raita, it tastes awsum
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When I have a tummy ache, I chew cumin. It usually helps.
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oh. one thing that I remembered…since my husband hates whole spices, what I would do was bhoon the zeera and coriander seeds (separately) and then put them in the grinder. Once I grinded the zeera without bhooning it, and it had a very very different smell (more..minty than the typical zeera smell we’re used to).