kalonji (nigella seeds)

Appears in
The Food of India: A Journey for Food Lovers

By Priya Wickramasinghe and Carol Selva Rajah

Published 2005

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Small teardrop-shaped black seeds with an onion flavour, used both as a spice in northern India and as a decoration for breads such as naan. It is used in panch phoron.