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    I am making nan bread to go with curry for dinner tonight. The recipe calls for onion seeds. Just wondered, do I have to buy special ones for cooking with or can I use the leftovers from my onion sowing?
    Happy Gardening,
    Shirley

  • #2
    No worries, made them without onion seeds.
    Happy Gardening,
    Shirley

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    • #3
      *wonders if my invite got lost in the post*

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      • #4
        If I am not mistaken the onion seeds often referred to in Indian recipes are nothing to do with onions but are in fact Nigella seeds.

        I wouldn't like to say if they are one and the same as the Nigella flower plant - but its name would suggest it is closely related!

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        • #5
          Seeds for sowing would probably be named varieties, thus more expensive. If you need them for cooking (also mustard seeds) try your local health food or ethnic shops.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Novice Gardener View Post
            *wonders if my invite got lost in the post*
            Blooming long drive for a curry

            Thanks for the advice folks, will ask my friendly local Indian restaurant owner if I can have a spoonful. Shouldn't be a problem as he gets most of my chilli production in the summer!
            Happy Gardening,
            Shirley

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            • #7
              Yes, the 'onion seeds' you use in your naan bread etc ARE nigella. To my mind they don't bear any relatonships - they aren't an allium - but the seeds have a lovely smoky aroma. They do look like onion seeds though! You can get them on supermarket spice shelves.
              Last edited by Flummery; 25-04-2008, 08:36 AM. Reason: sp
              Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

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              • #8
                don't put sowing seeds in your cooking - in case they are treated with fungicides etc
                All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
                  don't put sowing seeds in your cooking - in case they are treated with fungicides etc
                  Yes- exactly my thoughts!!!! - (or germination inhibitors)
                  "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

                  Location....Normandy France

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                  • #10
                    Are the Nigella seeds same as love-in-a-mist?
                    anyone ever used leek or onion seeds in cooking? just a thought really, as I wondered if they tasted of onion?

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                    • #11
                      I've used them - they don't taste of onions but have a lovely aromatic smell as Flummery says. I don't know if they are the same as love-in-a-mist, but the culinary ones are also known as kalonji as well as nigella and onion seed.

                      Dwell simply ~ love richly

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                      • #12
                        Yes, they are love in a mist. However, I'd only cook with the ones from the spice counter - unless I saved my own. You never know what the seed companies are treating them with.
                        Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

                        www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - Spring

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                        • #13
                          For those of you who make chutney, they are a tasty addition.

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