Ajwain Seeds

It is widely used in the cuisine of the Indian subcontinent, a mixture of spices – sometimes with a little chopped garlic or onion – fried in oil or clarified butter, which is used to flavour a dish at the end of cooking. Ajwain's small, oval-shaped, seed-like fruits have a bitter and pungent taste, with a flavour similar to anise and oregano. They are aromatic and less subtle in taste, as well as being somewhat bitter and pungent. Even a small number of fruits tend to dominate the flavour of a dish.