Jhunjha Unjha, Mahesana, Gujarat

Mustard seeds, particularly the yellow ones, can also be ground into flour, and mixed to a thick paste with a little water to make the condiment mustard. The ground mustard powder is usually mixed with ordinary flour to reduce the strength of the resulting condiment.

Other ingredients can be used to mix mustard, for example, sugar, honey, vinegar, wine, or milk. It is also possible to buy prepared mustard in many places.

Psyllium seed husks are indigestible in human beings and are often used as a source of dietary fiber. The inert bulk of the husks helps provide a constant volume of solid material irrespective of other aspects of the diet or any disease condition of the gut.

Mustard oil can be extracted from mustard seeds. It is formed from mustard oil glucosides (glucosinolates) immediately after crushing.

Fennel is a perennial herb. It is erect, glaucous green, and grows to heights of up to 2.5 m, with hollow stems.

Cumin is the dried seed of the herb cuminum cyminum, a member of the parsley family. The cumin plant grows to 30-50 cm (1-2 ft) tall and is harvested by hand.

In Indian cuisine, ajwain is almost never used raw, but either dry-roasted or fried in ghee or oil. This develops a much more subtle and complex aroma, somewhat similar to caraway but "brighter". Among other things, it is used for making a type of paratha, called 'ajwain ka paratha'.

Mustard oil can be extracted from mustard seeds. It is formed from mustard oil glucosides (glucosinolates) immediately after crushing. Different kinds of mustard give different mustard oils: black mustard gives a highly pungent mustard oil due to its content of sinigrin, while white mustard gives a much less pungent mustard oil due to its content of sinalbin.

Fenugreek seed is widely used as a galactagogue (milk producing agent) by nursing mothers to increase inadequate breast milk supply.Studies have shown that fenugreek is a potent stimulator of breastmilk production and its use was associated with increases in milk production of as much as 900%.