Cooking Ingredients Glossary




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Cooking ingredients glossary - English to Hindi

Almond - Badam

Alum - Phitkari

Aniseed - Saunf

Apple - Sabe

Apricot - Khurbani

Asafoetida - Hing

Banana - Kela

Basil - Tulsi

Bay leaf - Tejpan

Bell Pepper - Simla Mirch

Bengal gram - Chana

Bengal gram split - Chana dal

Bitter gourd - Karela

Black pepper - Kali Mirchi

Black salt - Kala Namak

Brinjal - Baigan

Butter - Makkhan

Butter Milk - Chaas

Cabbage - Patta Gobi

Capsicum - Simla Mirch

Cardomom - Elaichi

Caraway Seeds - Shajeer

Carom seed - Ajwain

Carrot - Gajar

Cashewnut - Kaju

Cauliflower - Phool Gobi

Chili - Mirchi

Cinnamon - Dalchini

Citric acid - Nimboo ka sat

Clarified butter - Ghee

Clove - Lavang

Cluster Beans - Gawar Phali

Coconut - Narial

Coconut Oil - Narial ka Tel

Colocasia - Arbi

Coriander - Dhania

Corn cobs - Bhutta

Corn kernel - Makai

Cottage cheese - Paneer

Cream - Malai

Cucumber - Kakdi

Cumin seed - Jeera

Curd - Dahi

Currants - Kishmish

Curry leaves - Kadipatta

Dillweed - Suvabhaji

Dates - Khajoor

Dried Mango powder - Amchoor

Dried whole milk - Khoya or Mawa

Dry fenugreek leaves - Kasoori Methi

Fenugreek seeds - Methi

Flaked, beaten rice - Poha

Flour - Atta

French Beans - Flas Beans

Garcinia indica - Kokum

Garlic - Lasoon

Ginger - Adrak

Gram flour - Besan

Grapes - Angoor

Green Cardomom - Chhoti elaichi

Green Chili - Hari Mirchi

Groundnuts - Moomfali

Groundnut Oil - Singdana Kalekai Tel

Guavas - Amrood

Honey - Shahad

Horsebean - Urad

Ivy gourd - Tendli

Jackfruit - Kathal

Jaggery, Molasses - Gud or Gur

Kidney beans - Rajma

Leafy greens - Patta bhaji

Lentil - Masoor dal

Lime or Lemon - Nimboo

Long grain rice - Basmati

Mango - Aam

Margosa - Neem

Milk - Doodh

Mint - Pudina

Mustard seeds - Rai

Mustard Oil - Sarson ka Tel

Mushrooms - Goochi

Muskmelon, Mashmelon - Kharbooja

Nigella, Onion seeds - Kalonji

Nutmeg - Jaiphal

Oil - Tel

Olive Oil - Zetoon ka Tel

Olives - Zetoon

Onion - Pyaj or kanda

Orange - Santra

Papaya - Papeeta

Peas - Matar

Pear - Nashpati

Pickle - Achaar

Pineapple - Ananas

Pistachio - Pista

Refined flour - Maida

Plum - Aloobukara

Pomegranate - Anar

Pomegranate seeds - Anardhana

Poppy Seeds - Khuskhus

Potato - Aloo

Pumpkin - Kaddu

Pulse - Toordal

Puffed Rice - Mumurae

Radish - Mooli

Raisins - Kishmish

Red chili - Lal mirchi

Rice - Chawal

Rose - Gulab

Rose Water - Gulab Jal

Saffron - Kesar

Salt - Namak

Screwpine - Kewra

Semolina - Sooji, Rava

Sesame - Til

Spinach - Palak

Split green gram - Moong dal

Split horse bean - Urad dal

Sugar - Shakkar

Sugar syrup - Chaasni

Sweet potato - Shakarkand

Tamarind - Imli

Turmeric - Haldi

Vegetable oil - Vanaspati

Vegetables - Sabji

Vermicelli - Seviyan

Vinegar - Sirka

Walnut - Akhrot

Watermelon - Tarbooj, Kalingad

Water Chestnuts - Shingara

Whole Wheat flour - Gehu atta

Yam - Suran

Yeast - Khameer


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Cooking ingredients glossary - Hindi to English

Aam - Mango

Achaar - Pickle

Adrak - Ginger

Ajwain - Carom seed

Akhrot - Walnut

Aloo - Potato

Aloobukara - Plum

Amchoor - Dried Mango powder

Amrood - Guavas

Ananas - Pineapple

Anar - Pomegranate

Anardhana - Pomegranate seed

Angoor - Grapes

Arbi - Colocasia

Atta - Flour

Badam - Almond

Baigan - Brinjal

Basmati - Long grain rice

Besan - Gram flour

Bhutta - Corn cobs

Chaas - Butter Milk

Chaasni - Sugar syrup

Chana - Bengal gram

Chana dal - Bengal gram split

Chawal - Rice

Chhoti elaichi - Green Cardomom

Dahi - Curd

Dalchini - Cinnamon

Dhania - Coriander

Doodh - Milk

Elaichi - Cardomom

Flas Beans - French Beans

Gajar - Carrot

Gawar Phali - Cluster Beans

Gehu atta - Whole Wheat flour

Ghee - Clarified butter

Goochi - Mushrooms

Gud or Gur - Jaggery, Molasses

Gulab - Rose

Gulab Jal - Rose Water

Haldi - Turmeric

Hari Mirchi - Green Chili

Hing - Asafoetida

Imli - Tamarind

Jaiphal - Nutmeg

Jeera - Cumin seed

Kaddu - Pumpkin

Kadipatta - Curry leaves

Kaju - Cashewnut

Kakdi - Cucumber

Kala Namak - Black salt

Kali Mirchi - Black pepper

Kalonji - Nigella, Onion seeds

Karela - Bitter gourd

Kasoori Methi - Dry fenugreek leaves

Kathal - Jackfruit

Kela - Banana

Kewra - Screwpine

Khajoor - Dates

Khameer - Yeast

Kharbooja - Muskmelon, Mashmelon

Khoya or Mawa - Dried whole milk

Khurbani - Apricot

Khuskhus - Poppy Seeds

Kishmish - Currants or Raisins

Kokum - Garcinia indica

Lal mirchi - Red chili

Lasoon - Garlic

Lavang - Clove

Maida - Refined flour

Makai - Corn kernel

Makkhan - Butter

Malai - Cream

Masoor dal - Lentil

Matar - Peas

Methi - Fenugreek seeds

Mirchi - Chili

Mooli - Radish

Moomfali - Groundnuts

Moong dal - Split green gram

Mumurae - Puffed Rice

Namak - Salt

Narial - Coconut

Narial ka Tel - Coconut Oil

Nashpati - Pear

Neem - Margosa

Nimboo - Lime or Lemon

Nimboo ka sat - Citric acid

Palak - Spinach

Paneer - Cottage cheese

Papeeta - Papaya

Patta bhaji - Leafy greens

Patta Gobi - Cabbage

Phitkari - Alum

Phool Gobi - Cauliflower

Pista - Pistachio

Poha - Flaked, beaten rice

Pudina - Mint

Pyaj or kanda - Onion

Rai - Mustard seeds

Rajma - Kidney beans

Sabe - Apple

Sabji - Vegetables

Saffron - Kesar

Santra - Orange

Sarson ka Tel - Mustard Oil

Saunf - Aniseed

Seviyan - Vermicelli

Shahad - Honey

Shajeer - Caraway Seeds

Shakarkand - Sweet potato

Shakkar - Sugar

Shingara - Water Chestnuts

Simla Mirchi - Capsicum or Bell pepper

Singdana Kalekai Tel - Groundnut Oil

Sirka - Vinegar

Sooji, Rava - Semolina

Suran - Yam

Suvabhaji - Dillweed

Tarbooj, Kalingad - Watermelon

Tejpan - Bay leaf

Tel - Oil

Tendli - Ivy gourd

Til - Sesame

Toordal - Pulse

Tulsi - Basil

Urad - Horsebean

Urad dal - Split horsebean

Vanaspati - Vegetable oil

Zetoon ka Tel - Olive Oil

Zetoon - Olives


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