City Food – Kalonji Miracles, Old Delhi Food by The Delhi Walla - October 31, 20190 Tales of nigella seeds. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Some written works just must be cherished because they’re flavoured with the nuances of everyday life, and dyed with the hyperlocal shades of a particular place. Such as Kalonji ke Chamtkar or “the wonders of nigella seeds” which claims cures for all manner of illnesses. From asthma to fits, from baldness to pimples. This slim paperback published by an Old Delhi bookstore in fact claims that nigella seeds can cure just about everything except, of course, death (the book runs the disclaimer on the opening page). No way is this piece suggesting you to follow up the book’s recommendations. Instead you might well simply flip through the pages to enjoy a kind of easy