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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