YaHind - Serving Indians Globally


Glossary (English to Indian [Hindi] Terms)
English	Hindi/Urdu	Legend
Almond	Badam	Dry Fruit
Alum	Phutkari	Basic Kitchen Item
Aloe	Kuar Gandhal	Essence
Aniseed	Saunf	Seeds
Apple	Saib	Fruit
Apricot	Khumani	Dry Fruit
Asafoetida	Hing	Spices
Ash gourd	Petha	Vegetable
Banana	Kayla	Fruit
Basil	Tulsi	Herb
Bay leaf	Tezpan	Herb
Bengal gram	Chana	Dal
Bitter gourd	Karela	Vegetable
Black pepper	Kali mirch	Spices
Black salt	Kala namak	Masala
Butter	Makhan	Prepared item
Butter Milk	Lusi	Prepared item
Catechu	Katha	Bark ground
Cabbage	Bund gobi	Vegetable
Capsicum Bell Pepper	Shimla Mirch	Vegetable
Cardomom	Ilaichi	Spices
Caraway Seeds	Shajeer or Black Cumin Seeds	Spices
Carrot	Gajar	Vegetable
Cashewnut	Kaju	Dry Fruit
Cauliflower	Phool gobi	Vegetable
Chilli	Mirch	Vegetable
Cinnamon	Dalchini	Spices
Citric acid	Nimboo sat	Acid
Clarified butter	Ghee	Prepared item
Clove	Lavang	Spices
Cluster Beans	Gowaar Phali	Vegetable
Cowpea	Lobia	Vegetable
Coconut	Narial	Vegetable
Coconut Oil	Narial Ka Tel	Oil
Colocasia	Arvi	Vegetable
Coriander Cilantro	Dhania	Vegetable
Corn cobs	Bhutta	Vegetable
Corn kernel	Makai	Vegetable
Cottage cheese	Paneer	Prepared Ingredient
Cream	Malai	Fat
Cucumber	Kheera	Vegetable
Cumin seed	Zeera	Seeds
Curd	Dahi	Prepared item
Currants	Kishmish	Dry Fruit
Curry leaves	Curry pata	Herb
Dillweed	Suvabhaji	Vegetable
Dates	Khajoor	Dry Fruit
Dried Mango powder	Amchoor	Masala
Dried whole milk Milk Thickened	Khoya, mawa	Prepared Ingredient
Dry fenugreek leaves	Kasoori methi	Herb
Fenugreek seeds	Methi	Seeds
Flour	Atta	Flour
Garlic	Lasan	Spices
Ginger	Adrak	Spices
Gram dal	Chana dal	Dal
Gram flour	Besan	Flour
Grapes	Angoor	Fruit
Green cardomom	Chhoti ilaichi	Spices
Green chilli	Hari mirch	Vegetable
Guavas	Amrood	Fruit
Horse gram	Kulthi	Grams and dals
Honey	Shahad	Liquid
Horsebean	Urad	Cereal
Kidney beans	Rajma	Seeds
Lentil	Dal	Dal
Lime or Lemon	Lemoo	Vegetable
Long grain rice	Basmati	Rice Family
Mace	Javitri	Masala
Mango	Aam	Fruit
Margosa	Neem	Herb
Mashmelon	Kharbooza	Fruit
Milk	Doodh	Liquid
Mint	Pudina	Herb
Mustard seeds	Rai	Seeds
Mustard Oil	Sarson Ka Tel	Oil
Muskmelon Cantalope	Kharbooza	Fruit
Myrtle	Henna	Herb
Nigella/Onion seeds	Kalonji	Seeds
Nutmeg	Jaiphal	Seeds
Oil	Tel	Fat
Olive Oil	Zetoon Ka Tel	Oil
Olives	Zetoon	Vegetable
Onion	Pyaaz	Vegetable
Orange	Santra	Fruit
Oregano, Thyme/ Carom seeds	Ajwain	Spices
Parsley	Ajmoda	Spices
Papaya	Papeeta	Fruit
Peas	Matar	Vegetable
Pear	Nashpati	Fruit
Pickle	Achaar	Prepared Ingredient
Pineapple	Ananas	Fruit
Pistachio	pista	Dry Fruit
Plain flour Flour Refines	Maida	Flour
Plum	Aloobukara	Fruit
Pomegranate	Anar	Fruit
Pomegranate seeds	Anardhana	Seeds
Poppy Seeds	Khuskhus	Seeds
Potato	Aloo	Vegetable
Pumpkin	Kadu	Vegetable
Pulse	Toordal	Dal
Puffed Rice	Mumurae	Rice Family
Radish	Mooli	Vegetable
Raisins	Kishmish	Dry Fruits
Red chilli	Lal mirch	Spices
Rice	Chawal	Rice Family
Rock salt	Sinda namak	Prepared Ingredient
Rose	Gulab	Flower
Rose Water	Gulab ka urk	Essence
Star anise	Dagad Phool	Spice Lotus seeds
Spring onions	Subz Piyaz	Vegetable
Saffron	Kesar	Spices
Salt	Namak	Basic Kitchen Item
Screwpine	Kewra	Essence
Semolina	Sooji	Flour
Sesame	Til	Seeds
Silver Leaves	Varak	Herb
Spinach	Palak	Vegetable
Split green gram	Moong dal	Dal
Split horse bean	Urad dal	Dal
Sugar	Cheeni	Basic Kitchen Item
Sweet potato	Shakarkand	Vegetable
Tamarind	Imli	Basic Kitchen Item
Turmeric	Haldi	Spices
Vegetable oil	Banaspati	Fat
Vegetables	Subzi	Vegetable
Vermicelli	Seviyan	Prepared Ingredient
Vinegar	Sirka	Liquid
Walnut	Akhrot	Dry Fruit
Watermelon	Tarbooz	Fruit
Water Chestnuts	Singhara	Vegetable
Whole Wheat flour	Gehun atta	Flour
Yeast	Khameer	Prepared Ingredient
Charmagaz paste: Seed mixture - muskmelon, watermelon, pumpkin, cucumber seeds in equal quantites.

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