What is Kalonji?

Kalonji, which can also be called Nigella, concerns small black seeds grown on the Kalonji shrubs that are grown wide through India. The plant may have been originally grown in Turkey and/or Italy, but according to herbal tradition, it has been grown in India for several millennia. Kalonji is drying, added to a number of traditional foods and herbal drugs that were offered as a magic bullet for various properties. In food you will find the seeds of Kalonji in various recipes. They can be added to the traditional Indian Flatbread (Naan), any type of curry or goulash and DAL. Lovers of these small black seeds praise their walnut, somewhat pepper taste. To make this taste most obvious, Kalonji can be prepared first by baking in a pan. Due to the high oil content, it is not necessary to add additional oils during the baking process.

Sometimes seeds are used to make oil. It is rare to find such an oil outside India or Arab countries, but you can order it online. NormallyHe uses more as a herbal remedy than as cooking oil and can be present in different skin waters or ointments to treat skin conditions.

Some diseases that Kalonji allegedly treats include:

• Common Cold
• the baldness of the male pattern
• Face paralysis
• Kidney and bladder stones
• Earache
• asthma
• dysentery
• amnesia
• heart palpitations
• rabies

The list of anticipated drugs is extremely extensive and is said that Nigella will cure anything short death or plague. These are apparently inflated claims with little evidence that proves any truth about most of them. The use of these black seeds can be useful as a laxative due to their high oil content and oil made of seeds can be subject to dry skin treatment. In addition, most alleged herbal remedies are based on slim and unofficial importsDecays, with small Western medical evidence in the form of double -blind clinical trials to support the magic claims that the seeds offer.

Despite the doubtful demands on health benefits, these black seeds can be a tasty food supplement and, if they support health, it may be the ideal use of Kalonji. Consider the icing of bread with calonji, add a few seeds to soups or steamed meat, or mix them into hummus for the next texture.