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Dill

The Essentials

A fresh bunch of dill laid on a dark table, feathery green fronds fanning out from pale cut stems
Dill (shevid) comes to the kitchen as a whole bunch of feathery fronds on tender stems.

Dill is Persian medicine's quiet workhorse. It is paired with cool, heavy foods — fava, yogurt, fish — to make them easier to digest.

Match the part to the purpose. The seed is the stronger digestive. The leaf is the gentler culinary herb.

Add it at the end of cooking, since sustained heat destroys the volatile aroma. It is also a mild galactagogue, useful for nursing mothers when paired with fennel.