PAGE 1: Introduction.
PAGE 2: Indian Food Terms.
PAGE 5: Language Guide.
PAGE 10: Conversions.
PAGE 11: The Basics – Ghee
PAGE 12: Chutneys.
PAGE 18: The Basics – Rice.
PAGE 26: Raitas and Pachchadis.
PAGE 29: Breads.
PAGE 35: Appetisers.
PAGE 41: Soups.
PAGE 45: Salads.
PAGE 49: Kebabs.
PAGE 52: Snacks.
PAGE 57: Meat Dishes.
PAGE 71: Fish Dishes.
PAGE 73: Vegetarian Dishes.
PAGE 110: Deserts.
PAGE 123: Drinks
Indian food termsItem
Alu
Atta
Badusha Bathura
Bhaji
Bhelpuri Bhujia
Bhurta
Boondi
Biryani
Burfi
Biryani pathha Chapati
Chole
Chumchum Chuka
Chick peas
Curry powder Curd
Dal
Dosa
Dhum
Dhokla
Deep fry
Garam masala Eatable
camphor
Egg plant
Gulab jamun
Ghee
Griddle Gravy
Grating Garnish Halwa Idli
called differently.
Description
Potato
Flour
A sweet made of refined flour, fried in ghee and dipped in sugar syrup A moon shaped fried snack made of wheat flour and fried in oil to puff. Normally taken with a side dish namely ‘Chole’
Mixture of flour and water, stirred or beaten to form a thin/thick paste. A snack made of sliced vegetable dipped in bengal gram flour and deep fried to crispy form
Another term for green vegetables
A snack made of puffed rice, chopped onion, mild spices and pulses A dish prepared in minced form
A dish made of vegetable, baked on heat or fire and subsequently mashed to prepare the dish
A round shaped deep-fried snack that consists of potato curry covered with a layer of bengal gram batter
Sieved batter of bengal gram flour fried to crispy form in the shape of pearls A specific method of rice preparation with select vegetables and aromatic spices A sweet made in the form of a thin soft cake
Bay leaf
A thin layer of pressed wheat flour dough, baked on a flat pan with very little oil. The same baked without oil is termed as ‘phulka’
Curdled cow milk in solidified form used as a main ingredient for preparation of some sweets also known as bengali sweets
A hot/spicy dish made of fried and ground spices with a choice of vegetables / greens
An exclusive spicy side dish that is taken with puri or bathura
A syrup filled spongy milk sweet
Country sorrel
Whole bengal gram
Dry ground powder made of select aromatic spices and pulses used in curries Yoghurt
A dish made of cooked pulses with different vegetables in variant flavors A moon shaped snack made of fermented batter, baked with little oil in the form of a thin pan cake
The process of cooking a dish with the vessel covered and heat from both ends Steam cooked semolina puffs with mild spices
A method of frying vegetable or a snack
Dry powder made of aromatic spices used in little quantity in curries or rice A diluted form of eatable camphor used in preparation of sweets
Ivy gourd Jaggery Jilebi
Brinjal
A soft round shaped sweet made of milk powder or solidified milk, deep fried in ghee and soaked in sugar syrup
Clarified butter
A flat metal plate similar to skillet
A dish with a large quantity of thick paste made of ground spices or vegetables Shredding vegetables with the help of a vegetable grater
Decoration given to a food item
A sweet in the form of thick jelly, made of ghee and flour in different flavors A snack made of fermented batter poured in small quantities into a sieved plate(
Kesari Khara Kheer Khoa
Koottu Kurma Khofta
Laddu Lassi
Masala
Namkeen Nan
Okra
Pannir
Paratha
Payasam Pulao
Peanut
Puri
Rasgolla Rawa
Sambar Samosa
Shrikand Semiya Sandesh Sesame Sev
Syrup
Subzi
Simmer Upma A light snack prepared with semolina or vermicelli
Uthappam A thick pancake made of fermented batter with or without vegetables Vada A ring shaped snack made of fermented gram flour batter and deep fried in oil to
idly stand ) and then steam cooked
Gerkin
Processed sugar cane juice in solidified form
A sweet made of refined flour batter, fermented and then deep fried in ghee and dipped in sugar syrup
A sweet made of black gram batter, deep fried in ghee and soaked in sugar syrup A sweet made of refined flour dough formed into layers, deep fried in ghee and soaked in sugar syrup
A tube shaped sweet made of refined flour dough deep fried in ghee and filled with sugar syrup
A soft light sweet made of semolina or vermicelli
Another term for hot or spicy snacks
A sweet made of nuts and condiments in different flavors. Similar to a pudding. Sugarless solidified milk
A mild dal variety with a choice of vegetables
A spicy curry made of thick gravy and a variety of vegetables
Minced vegetables and flour mixture fried in oil as small pieces for final preparation of a curry
A traditional round shaped sweet made in different flavors and sizes Sweet buttermilk
Dry or wet ground powder/paste that consists of various spices / pulses / pungent vegetables. Used as add on flavor to curries or rice.
A snack variety with a combination of pungency, sourness and sweet A typical Indian oven to bake pressed wheat flour dough similar to chpati Ladies finger
Curdled milk in solidified form
Rolled wheat or refined flour dough that form into layers and in the shape of a moon or triangle. It is baked on a flat pan with ghee or oil and a choice of vegetables or greens
Sun dried hard pressed gram flour dough in the form of a moon with a choice of flavors. Can subsequently roasted on heat or deep fried in oil
A traditional liquid milk sweet made in different flavors
A rice dish cooked with a choice of vegetables and aromatic spices Groundnut
Moon shaped wheat flour dough, pressed to small sizes and fried in oil with porous formation
A soup variety of thick cooked gram with mild spices and vegetables A snack made with a choice of vegetables, mixed in bengal gram flour and deep fried in oil to small pieces of crispy form
Softened curd with a choice of vegetables and mild spices mixture A digestive water soup in different flavors with ground pepper and coriander powder
A round shaped spongy sweet made of curdled milk with lots of sugar syrup Semolina
A thick soup variety prepared with cooked red gram and a choice of vegetables A cone shaped popular snack made of potato and peas curry rolled in flour dough and deep fried in oil.
A sweet made with smoothened curd and nutmeg
Vermicelli
A milk sweet
Gingely seeds
A snack made of bengal gram flour resembling vermicelli
Sugar boiled in water to form a thin liquid of one or two string drops Another term for vegetables
Heating food just below boiling level
