Curry powder, spices cumin

As much as your taste allows, use colorful, rich spices as a sprinkling on sauces or meals prepared in a pot, such as pasta and tomato sauce. Curry powder, turmeric, cumin, and cayenne pepper, for example, not only lend terrific flavors and pleasant colors but also... 

Some of the most powerful traditional blends of spices are chili powder (capsicums, onion, paprika, garlic, cumin, oregano), five-spice powder (white or black pepper, cinnamon, anise, fennel, cloves), salsa (capsicums, onion, garlic, tomatoes, lime), and curry powder (tumeric [a potent antibacterial antifungal, antiparasitic, and antiviral herb], curry leaves [a potent antiamebic, antimalarial, and antidiarrheal herb], cumin, cardamom, ginger, mustard, coriander). 

Spices had TPC ranging from 11,319 to 24,390 for cloves, 7,500-11,900 for Ceylon cinnamon, 230-9,000 for cumin, 610-6,750 for caraway, 3,600 for capers, 148-2,420 for cardamom, 1,610-2,200 for nutmeg, 2,117 for dried turmeric, 1,600-2,020 for star anise, 300-1,700 for black pepper spice, 134—1,250 for coriander seed, 830 for fenugreek seed, 780 for white pepper spice, 317-630 for dried ginger, 380 for green pepper spice, 201-221 for fresh ginger, and 90 for dried horseradish. Curry powder had TPC of 1,075 among spice blends. 

A key component in both chili powder and curry powder, cumin is the dried seed of the herb Cuminum cyminum, a member of the parsley family. Cuminaldehyde is the principal contributor to the spice s aroma and flavor, which imparts a strong musty/earthy character, with green grassy notes contributed by p-1,3- and 1,4-men-thadienals. frfl 5-2-Dodecenal, possessing a persistent fatty-cifrus-herbaceous odor, is a character impact component of coriander, along with uf-linalool (15). 

Cumin Seed. Cumin spice is the dried ripe fmit of Cuminum cyminum L. (UmbeUiferae). The seed-Uke fmit is elongated about 0.31 to 0.63 cm and is yeUowish brown. It is native to upper Egypt and the eastern Mediterranean, but is now cultivated in Pakistan, Turkey, India, China, and Syria. It has a strong pecuhar aroma and flavor, pleasing to some and offensive to others. Cumin seed is used in chutney and curry, chili powders, chili con came, cheeses, and the pickling of cabbage. 

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