I knew I had seen cumin in lots of recipes and always thought, "Nope. I can't make that, I don't have cumin." So now I have the spice, and I can't seem to recall why I needed/wanted it.
I quick search on the Internet and I find cumin is a common ingredient in Middle Eastern, Asian, Mediterranean and Mexican cuisines. That certainly explains why I wanted it. I love all those ethnic foods. And cumin is the second most popular spice in the world after black pepper.
With more searching, I think I finally figured out the latest "recipe" that inspired this spice purchase. It was Erie's Whole Foods Cooperative (it's Facebook page is more informative) citrus quinoa salad. I ate this cold salad at the Co-Op's 30th Birthday Bash. It was a quinoa base (but cous cous would have worked too) with peas, currants, chopped almonds, fresh parsley, and green onions. And the salad was tossed with a citrus dressing that included fresh squeezed orange juice (and maybe some lemon and tangerine), olive oil, salt and pepper, honey, and (I think, possibly) cumin.
Mind you, this entire list of ingredients is just taken from my senses. The salad was so delicious and the textures were a delight.
Maybe in the future I will try to replicate this salad, but in the meantime, do you have any favorite recipes that include cumin? Or do you have any recommendations of dishes I can use this spice in?
1 comments:
I don't have any recommendations :( we don't use cumin often, though I have it, as it's not a very friendly spice for us. I think it was in the homemade enchiladas recipe I made though. You'd like that!!
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