Terms
Aloo – Potato Aamchur/Amchoor powder – Sour mango powder Basmati Rice – A variety of long-grained Indian rice that gives off a lovely fragrance when cooked. Most rice dishes are typically made with basmati rice. Biryani –A famous Indian rice, meat and vegetable dish. Biryani is difficult to make and takes time and practice to learn. Hyderabad is known for its superb Biryani Capsicum – Bell pepper Cardamom/Elaichi - a seed used as flavorings in both food and drink. Chai- Indian tea made with milk and sugar, boiled long and slow. Masala Chai is spiced tea. It is often spiced using elaichi, cinnamon, and cloves. Chatpata- A word used to describe any dish with a hot-and-sour flavor. Curd - plain yogurt Curry - the English description of any of a general variety of spiced dishes, best known in Asian cuisines, especially South Asian cuisine. Curry is a generic term, and although there is no one specific attribute that marks a dish as "curry", some distinctive spices used in many...