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The genus name Nigella is a diminutive of the Latin niger "black", referring to the seed color. [6] [7] The specific epithet sativa means "cultivated".[6]In English, Nigella sativa and its seed are variously called black caraway, black seed, black cumin, fennel flower, nigella, nutmeg flower, Roman coriander, [3] [6] black onion seed [8] and kalonji.
Nigella sativa, black caraway is also called kalonji or nigella, and more common in the Far East, Mideast, Bangladesh, India and Africa. The seeds vary in shape, are pure dark black, with no other visible colors.
Though English translation is black cumin, the term black cumin is also used as English translation of Nigella sativa, kalonji Vinegar: সির্কা Shirka Dried ginger: শুকানো আদা গুড়ো Shukano Ada Gura Mostly powdered Indian bay leaf: তেজ পাতা Tej pata Sesame seed: তিল Teel Heeng (Asafoetida)
Nigella ciliaris Nigella ciliaris flower and seed capsules Nigella damascena seed capsule. Nigella is a genus of 18 species [1] of annual plants in the family Ranunculaceae, native to Southern Europe, North Africa, South Asia, Southwest Asia and Middle East. Common names applied to members of this genus are nigella, devil-in-a-bush or love-in-a ...
Lactuca sativa, lettuce. Lepidium sativum, garden cress. Madia sativa, Chilean tarweed. Medicago sativa, alfalfa. Nigella sativa, a flower whose edible seeds are sometimes known as "black cumin" or "black caraway". Oryza sativa, rice. Pastinaca sativa., parsnip, a root vegetable closely related to the carrot and parsley; all belong to the ...
He generally opposed the use of cauterization for causing "pain and menace to a patient". [11] Other items with beneficial effects attributed to Muhammad, and standard features on traditional medicine in the Islamicate world, include olive oil; dates; miswak as a necessity for oral health and Nigella sativa or "black seed" or "black cumin" and ...
When using multiple ingredients in tempering, they are often added in succession, with those requiring longer cooking added earlier, and those requiring less cooking added later. In Oriya cuisine and Bengali cuisine , mixtures of whole spices called pancha phutaṇa or panch phoron , respectively, are used for this purpose.
Nigella arvensis, the field nigella or wild fennel flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae. [2] It is native to North Africa, central, southern and eastern Europe, the Caucasus region, and the Middle East as far as Iran, and has gone extinct in Switzerland and Crete. [1]