Glossary

Achaar:      Pickle

Ashrafies:      A herb with yellow flowers

Ajwain:      Celery seeds

Basmati:      A variety of long grained rice

Besan:      Gran flour
Bhindi:      Okra
Bhujia:      Spicy vegetables
Bhunay chanay:      Roasted grams
Biryani:      An elaborate spicy dish made with rice and meat
Bong:      Meat from the leg of cow
Boti:      Small piece of meat
Chaat masala:      Mixed, powdered spices used in hot snacks
Chana:      Gram
Chana daal:      Gram lentil
Chaulai:      Amaranth
Choaray:      Dried dates
Cholay:      Chickpeas
Colander:      A pan with perforated bottom used for straining or rinsing food.
Daal:      Lentil
Dahi baray:       Fried dumplings made from lentil
Falsay:      Small berry like fruit
Gajar:      Carrot
Ghee:      Clarified butter
Garam masala:      A mixture of roasted and powdered spices, including peppercorns, cloves, cardamoms and chinamon
Gur:      Molasses
Halwa:      A sweet dish made with a variety of grains, vegetables, lentil and milk
Handi:      A clay pot
Hara dhania:      Fresh coriander
Hara masala:      Fresh green herbs like mint, coriander, dill, green chillies etc.
Hari mirch:      Green chilli
Imli:      Tamarind
Kabab cheeni:      A spice used in making seekh kabab
Kairi:      Unripe mango
Kali masoor:      Black lentil
Kalonji:      Seeds of nigella-indica
Karela:      Bitter gourd
Karahi:      A wok like utensil used for deep frying
Kheer:      Desert made with milk and rice
Khichra:      A dish made with meat, rice, lentil and wheat
Khichri:      Rice with lentil
Khoya:      Curdled sweetened milk, substitute: condenced milk
Khush khush:      Poppy seeds
Khushk:      Dry
Louki:      Bottle gourd
Maida:      White flour
Methi:      Fresh young leavesof fenugreek
Moong phali:      Peanut
Naan:      Flat bread
Nahari:      Dish made mostly with beef and many spices
Pakoray:      Paste of gram flour / moong with spices deep fried in oil
Palak:      Spinach
Paneer:      Cheese
Pani:      Water
Papar:      Pappadoms
Phool gobhi:      Cauliflower
Pooran puri:      Stuffed, fried bread
Puri:      Small, round, fried whole wheat bread
Qalaqand:      A sweet made from milk and sugar
Qima:      Mince meat
Raita:      Whipped yogurt with spices
Roti:      Flat unleavened bread
Saag:      Green leafy vegetables, like spinach
Saila rice:      Variety of rice:
Salan:      Curry
Seekh:      Skewer
Sewaiyan:      Vermicelli
Sheer:      Milk
Sheera:      Sugar syrup, made by heating sugar with a little water
Sonth:      Dried ginger powder
Sooji:      Semolina
Tamatar:      Tomato
Tandoor:      A clay oven in which flat bread or naan is baked
Tawa:      Circular iron  griddle used to cook roti
Tikka:      Barbecued, chicken, mutton, beef or fish
Til:      Sesame seed
Tinday:      Round gourd - a variety of gourds
Varq:       Silver paper