In the pantry · 110 uses
cumin
Earthy and slightly bitter, and it needs heat to open. Toasted in a dry pan or bloomed in oil it changes character completely; stirred into a finished dish it tastes dusty.
93
dishes and drinks that need it
17
more where it is worth adding
63%
of those are under 30 min
What it is usually standing next to
Onion is in 66% of the dishes that call for it — close enough to be a rule rather than a habit.
Counted off required ingredients across the whole corpus. A companion listed here is one these dishes are built from, not one we are recommending.
If you have twenty minutes
Built on it · 93
Take it out and the dish is something else. Fastest first.
- Cucumber raita10m
- Pinto bean salad10m
- Mojo shrimp skillet15m
- Muhammara15m
- Ropa vieja sandwich15m
- Turkey tacos18m
- Chermoula fish20m
- Cumin chickpeas20m
- Huevos rancheros20m
- Menemen20m
- Skillet pinto beans20m
- Beef and peppers skillet25m
- Black beans and rice25m
- Cauliflower pakora25m
- Cauliflower tacos25m
- Chicken burrito bowl25m
- Cumin potatoes25m
- Empanada skillet25m
- Greens shakshuka25m
- Keftedes25m
- Koobideh25m
- Palak with ricotta25m
- Pantry chickpea curry25m
- Pantry lentil tacos25m
- Pantry white bean chili25m
- Peas and ricotta in spiced tomato25m
- Pinto beans and rice25m
- Quinoa taco bowl25m
- Saag skillet25m
- Salsa chilaquiles25m
- Skillet chickpea cakes25m
- Spiced beef pita25m
- Turkey tortilla soup25m
- Turkish köfte skillet25m
- White bean shakshuka25m
- Black bean soup30m
- Butter chicken30m
- Cauliflower tahini salad30m
- Chicken shawarma skillet30m
- Chicken tikka skillet30m
- Chicken tinga30m
- Chicken tortilla soup30m
- Chickpea spinach curry30m
- Chili cumin carrots30m
- Coconut chickpea curry30m
- Couscous with vegetables30m
- Cumin roast carrots30m
- Dirty rice skillet30m
- Egg curry30m
- Lentil köfte30m
- Pepper shakshuka30m
- Picadillo skillet30m
- Shakshuka30m
- Spiced chickpea stew30m
- Spiced turkey keema30m
- Spinach lentil pot30m
- Tomato rice skillet30m
- Turkey skillet meatballs30m
- Zaalouk30m
- Aloo gobi35m
- Black bean chili35m
- Chana masala35m
- Chicken korma35m
- Crisp pork tacos35m
- Cuban black beans35m
- Kefta tagine35m
- Lemon lentil soup35m
- Red lentil soup35m
- Roasted carrot lentil salad35m
- Sheet-pan cauliflower tacos fixings35m
- Spiced pinto beans in tomato35m
- Spicy roasted chickpeas35m
- Yogurt cauliflower roast35m
- Albóndigas soup40m
- Arroz con pollo40m
- Beef empanada crimp40m
- Chicken enchiladas40m
- Cincinnati chili40m
- Dal tadka40m
- Harira40m
- Lemon olive chicken40m
- Mujadara40m
- Peruvian roast chicken40m
- Pinto bean chili40m
- Turkey chili40m
- Mojo pork45m
- One-pot biryani rice45m
- Pork chili45m
- Pork vindaloo45m
- Stuffed peppers45m
- Ropa vieja50m
- Birria55m
- Pork and corn stew with chili55m
Worth adding · 17
These work without it. They work better with it.
- Salted cucumber lassi5m
- Tahini yogurt sauce5m
- Warm hummus bowl15m
- Zucchini quesadilla18m
- Rajas con crema20m
- Cabbage butter noodles25m
- Coconut turmeric rice25m
- Pepper rice skillet25m
- Pork and cabbage skillet25m
- Charred cauliflower with tahini30m
- Roasted eggplant with tahini35m
- Baba ganoush40m
- Cabbage sausage soup40m
- Koshari40m
- Chile verde pork45m
- Pabellón criollo45m
- Paprika beef stew55m