Cumin is the dried, white fruit with grayish brown color of a small slender annual herb. Cumin is indigenous to Northern Egypt, Syria, the Mediterranean region, Iran and India. It is also cultivated in Mexico, China, Sicily and Malta. Cumin is a tropical plant and is cultivated as a Rabi crop in areas where atmospheric humidity during February-March is low. Indian is the largest producer and consumer of cumin seed. But still it exports. Unjha is the main market where cumin is traded in India.