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Indian Spices |
Indian spices
India is home to a large variety of spices that find their way through into many cuisines. Most of Indian recipes on the Internet mention the spice name in hindi and english both. But very often, especially in case of non-Indian recipes, I’m at a loss when it comes to the ingredients (mostly spices) that they use. More often than not I need to look it up on net again. So I thought of making a glossary of all the terms that I come across and their Indian name (hindi) for my reference. Just thought I should share it here so that it can be useful for you and also enriched further by your knowledge. This is a work-in-progress.
If you know about a spice that is missing here or if there is an ingredient that you cannot find a corresponding Hindi/English name; do add it through the comments.
The variety of Indian spices is so large that it rarely happens that any spice a recipe calls for, is not available here. It’s just that we know it by a different name.
List Of SPICES
ENGLISH HINDI
1 Aniseed/ Fennel Saunf

2 Asafoetida hing

3 Basil Tulsi

4 Bay Leaf Tej Patta

5 Black Pepper (or White Pepper) Kali Mirch (or Safed Mirch)

6 Black Salt/ Himalayan Rock Salt Kala Namak/ Sanchal

7 Cardamom Elaichi

8 Carom seeds, thymol, Celery seeds Ajwain

9 Cinnamon Dalchini

10 Chilli Powder Mirchi powder (red chilli/ lal mirch)

11 Coriander/Cilantro Dhania

12 Cloves Laung, lavang

13 Cumin, Caraway Zeera, jeera

14 Curry Leaves Kadi Patta

15 Dry mango powder Amchoor

16 Fenugreek Methi

17 Flax Seed Alsi

18 Garlic Powder Lahsun Powder

19 Ginger Powder Adrak Powder

20 Gooseberry Powder Amla Powder

21 Lemon Grass Nimbu Ghaas/ Hari chai ki patti

22 Mace Javitri

23 Mint Pudina

24 Mustard Seeds Rai/ Sarson

25 Nigella Seeds Kallongi

26 Nutmeg Jayphal

27 Peppercorns Kalimirch

28 Pomegranate seeds Anar dana

29 Poppy seeds Khas khas, post dana

30 Rock Salt Sendha Namak

31 Rose Petal conserve Gulkand

32 Saffron Kesar, Zaffran

33 Sesame seeds/ Gingili seeds Til


35 Tamarind Imli

36 Turmeric Haldi

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