SARAI – Samaak Extra 80 g

First sumac berries are dried then they are crushed to make the spice. However, fresh sumac berries are sometimes also used to make a juice. Middle Eastern cuisine – add a lemony taste to salads or meat *Arab cuisine – a garnish on mezze dishes such as hummus and added to salads in the Levant *Iranian (Persian cuisine – added to rice or kebab. Traditionally, sumac was also used as a medicine. In medieval times it was used to treat about half a dozen ailments. Research has found sumac to have antimicrobial properties.