Nigella Seed Cooking Tips

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• If making homemade flat breads, sprinkle a few teaspoons into your mix while kneading the dough. 
• Sprinkle over eggs or stir into omelette mixture before frying.
• Add to a whipped feta and yoghurt dip with a squeeze of lemon. 
• Sprinkle on to cooked beans or pulses with olive oil and a squeeze of lemon juice.
• Use in the Panch Phoran spice mix.
• Boil then fry potatoes in small pieces & add nigella seeds to pan for a couple of minutes before serving.
• Stir into dhal before serving.
• Add to vegetarian curry made with aubergine or squash.
• Sprinkle into homemade coleslaw to give colour and added crunch

• Homemade flatbreads
• Indian-style beans with egg & potato wedges
• Panch phoran (Indian Five Spice)

• Potato salad with nigella seeds

• Spice Flavour Profile

Nigella seeds are a bitter spice but are not overly bitter. They share similar flavour compound to oregano so also have a herb-like flavour to them. They have a warm toasty flavour so similar in some ways to sesame as well.

• Spice Pairings

The Panch Phoran mix gives a good indication for some of the spices nigella seeds pair well with; cumin, fenugreek, mustard, fennel. Caraway & citrus fruit peels also work well with nigella seeds as the fruity flavours compliment each other.