Carom Seeds commonly known as ajwain, ajowan caraway or mistakenly as bishop's weed, is a plant of India and the Near East whose seeds are used as a spice.Carom seeds are greyish brown in colour; they are aromatic and sligthly pungent in taste.
Raw ajwain smells almost exactly like thyme because it also contains thymol, but is more aromatic and less subtle in taste, as well as slightly bitter and pungent. It tastes like thyme or caraway, only stronger. Even a small amount of raw ajwain will completely dominate the flavor of a dish. In Indian cuisine, ajwain is almost never used raw, but either dry-roasted or fried in ghee or oil.
English: Carom Seeds
Tamil: Omam (ஓமம்)
Telugu: vaamu/ oma
Hindi: ajwain (अजवायन)
Malayalam: ayamodakam
Kannadam: ajwana
Raw ajwain smells almost exactly like thyme because it also contains thymol, but is more aromatic and less subtle in taste, as well as slightly bitter and pungent. It tastes like thyme or caraway, only stronger. Even a small amount of raw ajwain will completely dominate the flavor of a dish. In Indian cuisine, ajwain is almost never used raw, but either dry-roasted or fried in ghee or oil.
English: Carom Seeds
Tamil: Omam (ஓமம்)
Telugu: vaamu/ oma
Hindi: ajwain (अजवायन)
Malayalam: ayamodakam
Kannadam: ajwana
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