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Dish of the week: Holubtsi

24 Cumin Recipes From 20 Cuisines.

Earthy, warm and slightly bitter, cumin is one of the few spices central to Mexican, Indian, Middle Eastern and North African cooking all at once. In Mexico it seasons adobos and taco meat; in India it crackles whole in hot oil as the first act of countless dishes. Toasting whole seeds and grinding them fresh gives a rounder, less dusty flavor than pre-ground jars ever manage.

24 recipes on this route

The recipes.

Charred beef heart skewers glazed with dark red ají panca marinade beside grilled potato and corn

Peru12 hr 45 min

Anticuchos de Corazón

Grilled Beef Heart Skewers

A bowl of pale Armenian harissa porridge with melted cumin butter pooling on its smooth surface

Armenia5 hr 5 min

Armenian Harissa

Wheat and Chicken Porridge

A pot of Trinidadian curry channa and aloo — golden chickpeas and soft potato chunks in thick rust-coloured gravy with chopped chadon beni

Trinidad and Tobago1 hr 5 min

Curry Channa and Aloo

Trinidadian Chickpea and Potato Curry

Baked Argentine beef empanadas with hand-crimped edges on a tray, one broken open showing juicy diced beef and egg

Argentina5 hr 15 min

Empanadas Salteñas

Baked Argentine Beef Turnovers

Wide bowl of warm crushed fava beans topped with olive oil, diced tomato and parsley beside flatbread

Lebanon25 min

Foul Mudammas

Warm Fava Bean Breakfast

Shallow bowl of mashed fava beans glossy with olive oil, topped with diced tomato, parsley and cumin, with lemon wedges and flatbread beside it

Egypt14 hr 40 min

Ful Medames

Egyptian Slow-Cooked Fava Beans

Carved Ecuadorian roast pork shoulder with shards of blistered crackling, hominy and potato patties on a plate

Ecuador17 hr 35 min

Hornado

Ecuadorian Slow-Roasted Pork with Crackling

Fish steaks poaching in a shallow pan of brick-red spicy tomato sauce, scattered with coriander and lemon wedges

Libya45 min

Hraimi

Libyan Fish in Spicy Tomato Sauce

Shaved spiced turkey shawarma piled into an open laffa flatbread with tahini, chopped salad, pickles and amba

Israel5 hr 40 min

Israeli Shawarma

Spit-Roast Turkey Thigh in Laffa

Dark browned pieces of cumin-coated lamb liver and lung in a steel pan with chilli and lemon

Sudan40 min

Kamounia

Sudanese Cumin Liver and Lung Fry

Squares of Algerian karantika, golden-topped chickpea flour flan dusted with cumin and served with harissa and bread

Algeria1 hr 30 min

Karantika

Oran Baked Chickpea Flour Flan

Charred flat Bulgarian kyufte patties on a grill grate with onion rings and bread beside them

Bulgaria8 hr 40 min

Kyufte

Bulgarian Grilled Cumin and Savory Meat Patties

Every recipe on this route.

All 24 of them, alphabetically, with the country each one comes from.

also known ascomino, ground cumin, cumin seeds

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