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My wife and I have a veggie cook book from India, written in English, but obviously geared towards those with a working knowledge of Hindi. We have compiled a list of words that we can't guesstimate the definition of.

 

If anyone here knows the meaning of any, could you post it for us? Or if someone knows a creme de la creme of websites with a creme de la creme of glossaries, we would be ever so obliged.

 

The book has alot of typos, so some of these words may not be spelled right. what to speak of phonetics.

well, here it is:

 

suji

petha

green gram

achar (we think this one has something to do with pickling?)

barian

papar

malai

jeera

arbee and arbi

ajwain

dhania

tinda

mashed brinjal

kachaloo

euryle farex

-when curd and paneer are used in the

same recipe, is the curd supposed to be

wet or unpressed?- (like cottage cheese, perhaps?)

chirounji

tatri

saunf

kasairoo

jimikand

 

if anyone knows even one or two of these words, could you be ever so kind and post it for us? we would be very gratefull, as the cooking is for my Thakurji's (as long as it is acceptable)

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suji: (soji)it is a flour you willget from Indian groceriy store.

petha

green gram: green cheek peas

achar /images/graemlins/tongue.gifickle

barian

papar: papadam (thin chapati made from urad flour)

malai: the fat layer that you find on a cool milk after boiled.

jeera: cumin

arbee and arbi

ajwain

dhania: corriender (cilantro)

tinda : a veg. that looks like about 2 inch long cucumber with a lot of seeds. it is a bit sticy inside.

mashed brinjal: mashed eggplant (afte roasted in oven)

kachaloo: the lapf of coconut, frsh or dried.

euryle farex

 

-when curd and paneer are used in the

same recipe, is the curd supposed to be

wet or unpressed?- (like cottage cheese, perhaps?)

 

chirounji

tatri

saunf: fennel seeds

kasairoo

jimikand

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"green gram: green cheek peas"

 

wrong...green gram is not the same as chick peas..green grams can be found in any oriental shop..and are also referred to in these shops as moong or moog...they are a lot smaller in size than chick peas..

 

arbee and arbi - i could be wrong but i suspect these are bay leaves.

 

mashed brinjal - typically made by oiling the surface of the eggplant, wrapping it in silver foil, and roasting it, and then removing the skin and mashing up the soft eggplant flesh.

 

kasairoo - isnt that saffron? once again, not sure about this.

 

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ajwain - lovage

chirounji - look like nuts, or small lentils..typically found in pilau

saunf - fennel seeds / anisee seeds

 

 

 

 

 

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green means color green or fresh from tree pod and green in color

gram means garbanzos.

 

you can get green grams from frozen veg. section,

or perhaps get dry hard green grams from grocery store.

 

mung is green in color, but it is not gram. it is mung.

 

being from India i know this.

 

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i am also from india and i know what i am talking about

 

Green gram (english name)= mung dal (indian name)= Phaseolus aureus (scientific name)

(check The Plant Book, DJ Mabberley).

 

and yes the term "gram" does refer to chick-pea, and is misleadingly applied to green grams(there appears to be some taxanomic confusion over this), but that does not change the fact that what is typically called green gram refers to mung dal. Chick-peas include chana, and besan is typically made from chick-peas. In the case of green gram, the term "gram" is a misnomer, but in other cases such as "bengal gram", it appropriately refers to a chick-pea/chana.

 

visit the below links:

http://www.tarladalal.com/IngredientDetail.asp?TermId=487

http://www.sanjeevkapoor.com/reference/glossary/default.asp

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