Plain Naan bread herb??????

[Jeanied]

Well, it will depend on where you get your naans from! I usually get mine in Southall.

[smallblueplanet]

Do Southall naans come with an ingredients list then? Mine came from Sohals in Derby...

[Jeanied]

Hi Manda - depends where I'm eating... but not at the mo 'cos I'm trying to lose weight!

[Snadger]

Edit - as well I've just been online shopping at Tesco's - they list all the products ingredients - check out their plain naans - kalonji seeds!

That's where I get em from!

Anybody grown kalomji then?

[smallblueplanet]

Nicky's sell 'em, don't sound tricky...Nigella Sativa

Nickys Herb Seeds Dandelion to Greenweed Dyers

[Snadger]

After a google kalonji seeds appear to be from the Black Cumin plant!

[smallblueplanet]

Nigella sativa - Plants For A Future database report

[HeyWayne]

I always knew them to be onion seeds - neighbours at my parents used to make them all the time when I was a kid.

[Rhona]

Caraway or fennel will give an aniseed flavour. For me, dill and cumin are not primarily aniseedy. I'm not entering the Nigella/kalonji/onion seed debate - I use whichever I've got and they taste fairly similar! I haven't ever come across cardamom seeds being used in naan, but hey, others might have!

And yep - pop them in to your breadmaker. I'm sure others sensibly follow guidelines, and perhaps even toast the seeds first, but I tend to put whatever I'm using in at the beginning of the cycle. Always tastes fine.

[HeyWayne]

Just had a thought - could they be ani-seeds?

[Snadger]

Just had a thought - could they be ani-seeds?

No.......they're mine!

[Snadger]

Caraway or fennel will give an aniseed flavour. For me, dill and cumin are not primarily aniseedy. I'm not entering the Nigella/kalonji/onion seed debate - I use whichever I've got and they taste fairly similar! I haven't ever come across cardamom seeds being used in naan, but hey, others might have!

And yep - pop them in to your breadmaker. I'm sure others sensibly follow guidelines, and perhaps even toast the seeds first, but I tend to put whatever I'm using in at the beginning of the cycle. Always tastes fine.

Come to think of it I used to grow bronze fennel which popped up all over the place. I used to chew the black seeds of this and it was reminiscent of the flavour in the naan bread!

[Flummery]

The Nigella are usually called onion seeds. I add them when I make naan bread. You can get them in the herbs dept of any supermarket. I've got 2 on the go - I forgot I'd still got some and bought more. Old age is a terrible thing!

[Snadger]

The Nigella are usually called onion seeds. I add them when I make naan bread. You can get them in the herbs dept of any supermarket. I've got 2 on the go - I forgot I'd still got some and bought more. Old age is a terrible thing!

Just came back from Tesco's with some Black Onion Seed, also known as Nigella Sativa and Kalonji (among about another 1000 other names)

*Wonders if they will grow?*

I'll let you all know and hopefully this will be another addition to my herb bed!

Thanks for all the replies folks!

[smallblueplanet]

Just came back from Tesco's with some Black Onion Seed, also known as Nigella Sativa and Kalonji (among about another 1000 other names)...

Doh! Kalonji, that was the name I was trying to remember!

Look forward to seeing them in bloom Snadge.