The kitchen is a happy and wonderful place, with a variety of spices, different ingredients are made into different delicacies, enriching life and satisfying appetites. In the kitchen will only make the method is not enough, but also have to learn to know a variety of seasonings, many seasonings look the same, the role difference is not the same, just like today to say cumin and cumin, it looks really like a sister flower, people who do not understand will think that it is the same ingredient, and people in Xinjiang even think that cumin is cumin, in fact, the substance is very different.
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Cumin differs from cumin
Cumin and cumin belong to the same common spices, often used in cooking to remove differences, increase the flavor of the fragrance, many people think that these two spices are the same, just use casually, but do not know that although it looks the same, in fact, the role, taste is very different, the use of the wrong will ruin the ingredients, the following will talk about the differences between these two spices.
1, the appearance is different, this is the cumin and cumin are the most similar, so that many people are difficult to distinguish, look like chaff, looks like the same, in fact, careful observation is still different, cumin looks coarse and full and slightly curved, cumin is relatively thin and not bent, general cumin is a little larger than cumin particles.
Cumin seeds in spoon
2, the color is different, the color is still very good to distinguish, cumin color is relatively light, looks light green, and the natural color is darker, brown, a look can be distinguished.
3, the fragrance is different, cumin as one of the commonly used five-spice spices, its fragrance is rich, smells a clear fragrance, the taste is slightly sweet, there is a unique licorice flavor, and cumin smells spicy and strong, slightly pungent, smells a peculiar fragrance, is one of the main spices of curry.
4, the composition is different, cumin and cumin belong to the umbrella family, but cumin is fennel plant, cumin is cumin celery genus, the same family of different genera, so the composition is also different, cumin contains fennel brain, anisoral, anisone and other active ingredients, and cumin contains volatile oils and fatty acids, and volatile oils are divided into subol, subtille, etc., the main components of fatty acids are fusilic acid, aloleic acid, etc., so the two contain completely different components.
5, the use of different, we all know that cumin is one of the five spices, often used in the brine of the position of the material, in addition to the brine, in the burning, stewing, stewing meat can also be used to increase the flavor, cumin although is also a spice, but generally used for barbecue, stir-frying, frying, frying meat, can also be used as brine to increase flavor.
Cumin and cumin remember not to mess around
Cumin and cumin are common seasonings, but remember not to put around, cumin aroma is strong, the taste is spicy, the fishy effect is very good, and in the case of high temperature, cumin aroma is getting stronger and stronger, so it is common in barbecue, fried meat and other cooking, but also one of the main ingredients for making curry, not suitable for cooking methods such as burning, stewing, stewing and so on.
Cumin contains fennel alcohol, fennel ether and other volatile oil substances, is one of the five spices, often do the material with other spices brine ingredients, has a good effect of defishing and increasing the fragrance, cumin aroma soothing and long-lasting, used to cook ingredients will have a clear fragrance, in the burning, stewing, stewing and making hot pot can be added to use, not suitable for frying, frying, roasting and other cooking methods.
summary
Fennel and cumin look very similar, but the substance is very different, whether it is the appearance, taste, color, composition or use are very different, we use these two flavor spices, should be selected according to the ingredients, remember not to use indiscriminately, not only the effect is not good, but also may be difficult to waste ingredients.
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