[Hindustan Times]Cumin prices hit eye-watering ₹600/kg as spice inflation bites
NEW DELHI/AHMEDABAD: Inflation has set the spice route ablaze and cumin (jeera), a widely consumed condiment, is the costliest food ingredient in the Indian kitchen at ₹560- ₹600 a kg, thanks to the climate crisis. In Gujarat's Una, the nerve centre of India's spice trade, prices of cumin shot ...