What spices taste umami? Are there natural spices that taste umami? I don't want to use MSG in my food, but I'd like to add some umami flavour.
As others have said, there are few spices with umami. However, if you're looking for something that you can use in the same way as a spice, then I suggest simply blitzing dried porcini (cep) mushrooms in a blender or grinder into a fine powder and using that. It has a deep umami flavour - try rubbing it on a steak before cooking and you'll be blown away.