Zira(cumin) – the Queen of spices in Eastern cuisine. The composition of the ingredients for making real East pilaf comes with a few spices, but One of the main spices – cumin. It gives the pilaf a nice flavor and enriches this dish with healthy microelements. Zira(cumin) – the Queen of spices in Eastern cuisine. The composition of the ingredients for making real East pilaf comes with a few spices, but One of the main spices – cumin. It gives the pilaf a nice flavor and enriches this dish with healthy microelements. In India cumin is used for seasoning vegetable dishes. In Tajikistan and Uzbekistan this spice adds in pilaf, in soups, cold snacks and pastries. Ground cumin seeds are added to the famous chili sauce.When you are cooking a real Eastern pilaf, you can't do it without cumin. The cumin gives the dish a tart flavor and a spicy-sweet taste. To make the smell of cumin stronger in pilaf or in other dishes, Oriental cooks recommend before adding the cumin in the dish, carefully grind its seeds between your hand