Shahijeera is the Indian name for a spice also called "black cumin", which is related to cumin but is more delicate in flavor than the jeera cumin that is also used in Indian cooking. It is not the same as Nigella, with which it is frequently confused.

Categories: Spice
Also known as:
Bengali: Elwendia persica
English: black cumin
Farsi: zireh kuhi
Hindi: kala zeerashahi jeerashahi zeerakaala jeerashah jeera
Malayalam: Karinjeerakam
Tajik: siyoh dona
Urdu: syah zirahkaala zirahzirah kuhi
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