Black onion powder - uses?

[GRoston]

This past weekend, we visited a small spice shop in Dearborn that has a number of Yemeni spice blends and the like. One item I purchased, because it smelled good and sounded interesting, is black onion powder. However, I cannot find any information about this product on-line. Can you please point me to some recipes that use it? Or, did I mishear/misunderstand the sales clerk?

 

Thanks.

[&roid]

Is it powdered black onion seeds (nigella seeds)? If so I love them and can’t get enough. Not sure I’ve seen them in powdered form before but can’t think why not. 

[Lisa Shock]

A video on how to make black onion powder.

 

Check out the comments on THIS recipe.

 

It's sometimes, in some households part of hawaij, a spice mixture used in many dishes such as mareg.

 

[GRoston]

Lisa - Thanks so much for sharing that video. I wonder why my searches didn't turn it up?

Now that I understand what it is, lots of usage ideas come to mind. I am willing to bet that if one dried the onions in a smoker, as opposed to an oven, the resulting power would be even better...