Jakhiya is also known as wild mustard or dog mustard. The seeds are small, dark brown or black. Due to its strong pungent smell and crunchy taste, most of the Garhwalis prefer jakhiya over cumin and mustard seeds for tempering. Uttarakhand Jakhiya from Uttarakhand is a crunchy Pahari herb ingredient for most uttrakhandi dishes and is used for tempering all kinds of Pahari dishes. Hence no Pahari dish is complete without adding it.  Also used as a substitute for cumin and mustard.