Glossary

This Glossary is an ongoing list - if you have any Indian ingredients that you have come across is recipes, which you are unsure of, then please comment below and I will try to make sense of it!​

Ajmo - Carraway seeds
Amchur - dried mango powder

Besan - Chickpea flour

Chana no lodh - Chickpea flour

Dhana Jeeru - Ground corriander and cumin powder

Elachi - Cardamom

​Farar - simple food usually cooked on a special day or fasting day

Ghee - Clarified butter

Hardar - Turmeric (in my recipes this is always ground turmeric unless stated otherwise)

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Jeeru - Cumin

Kesar - saffron
Kokum - a dried fruit with a sour flavour, used in Gujarati daal

Laving - Cloves
Limbra - Curry leaves

Muth - Moth beans (also known as Matki)

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Rye - Mustard Seeds

Sooji - semolina

Taj - Cinammon

Urad - black gram/mungo bean

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