Widely popular for their distinctive savory flavor, cumin seeds are one of the routinely featuring ingredients in the North African, Middle-East, Western Chinese, Indian, Cuban, and North Mexican cuisine. The spice is native to the Middle-East Asian region, and today, grown all over the world for its pleasantly aromatic seeds. The spice is an excellent source of minerals like iron, copper, calcium, potassium, manganese, selenium, zinc and magnesium.