Cumin Seeds in Indian Cooking:
Cumin is an essential condiment throughout Indian, which has a pungent flavor and rich in aroma. Cumin seeds considered as a seasoning ingredient and the ground cumin as a flavoring agent especially in the North & South Indian cooking.
If you are following Indian recipes, you might have noticed that every long-listed Indian recipe must be carrying cumin seeds. This shows how important in both North Indian and South Indian cooking.
Cumin has a strong, bold flavor usually fried in oil and added to the food in the beginning or at the end of the recipe.
There are many verities available like Shahi jeera, black cumin, green cumin. But Shahi jeera and black cumin are the universal verities that are generally used in Indian households.