Edi Gourmet Spice Ground Sumac Spice - 8 oz, Resealable Bag, 100% pure natural, No salt added, Traditional Middle Eastern sumak spices and Mediterranean seasonings

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About Edi Gourmet Spice Ground Sumac Spice - 8

Sumac also known as sumach, sumak, soumak, zumac and sumaq is a very traditional spice in Turkish, Persian, Lebanese, Arabian, Moroccan, North African and Iranian cuisine. The fruits (drupes) of Sumac are ground into a reddish-purple powder used as a spice in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisine to add a tart, lemony taste to soups, salads or meat. In Arab cuisine, it is used as a garnish on meze dishes such as hummus and tashi, it is also commonly added to falafel. Syria uses the spice also, it is one of the main ingredients of Kubah Sumakieh in Aleppo of Syria, it is added to salads in the Levant, as well as being one of the main ingredients in the Palestinian dish musakhan. In Afghan, Armenian, Bangladeshi, Iraqi, Indian, Iranian, Mizrahi, and Pakistani cuisines, sumac is added to rice or kebab. In Armenian, Azerbaijani, Central Asian, Syrian, Jordanian, Lebanese and Turkish cuisines, it is added to salads, kebab and lahmajoun.  Sumac is used in the spice mixture zaatar. Sumac is also very popular in Israel as being a Kosher food. Also tiger eyes and staghorn sumacs are smooth and can be used as beverage.