Épices Rœllinger French Spices | Raw Spices<Nigella

Wild nigella is native to the Middle East and nigella seeds were found in King Tut’s tomb in Egypt. It is also present in Turkey, Syria and Iraq.

Nigella seeds are one of the ingredients used in the Indian spice blend panch phoron. Pliny the Elder praised them as a bread seasoning almost 2,000 years ago and indeed, they are delicious in breads. Up until the 16h century, nigella seeds were the only spice used to add heat to dishes. Until then, true peppercorns (piper nigrum) were extremely rare and very expensive.