You can search for images of both caraway seeds and cumin seeds on the internet, or check in a botany or herb identification book. The main differences between the seeds are that caraway seeds are slightly curved with ridges, while cumin seeds are elongated and have a ridged surface.
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A black caraway is a Middle-Eastern spice plant related to buttercups with dark black aromatic seeds, or a spice plant from India, related to caraway and cumin.
Cumin is a thin spindle shaped seed that resembles a caraway seed. It's been used as a spice for ages. And it's made from grinding Cumin seeds.
Probably not. However cumin is sometimes a good substitute.
Yes, Cumin seeds come under PARSLEY family. Other PARSLEY family members are carrot, celery, dill, anise, coriander, caraway.
Cumin (Cuminium cyminum): the equivalent in the Romanian language is chimion turcesc (or chimion amar).Caraway (Carum carvi): the equivalent in the Romanian language is chimion (or chimen).
Cumin Coriander Cardamom Cinnamon Cloves Chives Caraway Cayenne Chervil Chili Powder Cilantro Curry
AnswerCumin seeds would be the most common, and the two are often confused in recipes and when translating from foreign languages. The flavour would be reminiscent of curry.Other flavours substitutes would include star anise, anise, and cardamom; these are all quite strongly flavoured and you should try half the amount suggested for caraway.Celery seed has a mild flavour that might be preferred to caraway in bread. Sesame and poppy seeds are used in both sweet baking and savory items.Just substitute whatever you like best, or leave it out entirely. It won't be the same as caraway, but it will still be good.
Caraway is the seed of the caraway plant.
Yes you can.
There are a number of products commonly made from caraway. Some products include the following: Arkravit, caraway Gouda, caraway Havarti and caraway crackers.