Dill


Dill is an herb that belongs to the carrot family. This herb is widely used in cooking in cuisines all over the world and comes in a few different varieties - various parts of the plant can be used for culinary and medicinal purposes. .

Dill in cooking

Dill is used in different ways by many regional cuisines. Used as dill seed oil, for example, the herb is used to flavour dill pickles and dill seeds are a popular spice in Indian cooking. Scandinavian cookery will also use dill to flavour the fish dish gravadlax and Eastern European cuisines often use it in the soup known as borscht.

In general terms dill is often used to add a specific flavour to vegetable dishes, eggs, fish, seafood, stews, breads, salads, sauces and meat. A mix of dill seed, weed and black pepper - known as dill pepper - is also a popular condiment.

Dill in medicine

Dill has various medicinal benefits and it is used by many practitioners of alternative medicines to help with:








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