Showing posts with label Spice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spice. Show all posts

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Tamarind - Imli

"Tamarind" is basically a fruit but usually used as spice.
In Urdu "Imli" or Imly / Imlee / Emli / Emly / Emlee










Friday, January 23, 2009

Ajwain - Ajwaeen

"Ajwain" also Ajowan is not a seed of the fruit but the fruit itself, looks somewhat like caraway but rather more pungent & stronger aroma. Also reffered to as carom seeds but this is wrong.
In Urdu "Ajwaeen" or Ajvaeen / Ajwine / Ajvine






Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Turmeric - Haldi / Ground Turmeric - Pisi Haldi

"Turmeric"
In Urdu "Haldi" or Haldy / Haldee








"Ground Turmeric"
In Urdu "Pisi Haldi" or Pisi Haldee / Pisi Haldy



Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Fennel Seed - Saunf

"Fennel Seed" doesn't has its own name, when reffering it's simply called fennel seed as compared to with Urdu language, in which it has its own name.
In Urdu "Saunf" or Saonf / Sounf





Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Cardamom - ilaaichi

"Cardamom" is strongly aromatic fragrant & is used in food and especially for flavored green tea. Extremely in common use in Indo-Pak cooking. Comes in the variety of two
  1. Green cardamom &
  2. Black cardamom
In Urdu "Ilaaichi" or Ilaaechi / Ilaichi / Ilaeechi / Elaaichi / Elaaechi / Elaeechi




Green & Black Cardamoms


Sunday, January 4, 2009

Clove - Long

"Clove"  is an aromatic dried unopened flower bud of an evergreen tree
In Urdu "Long" or Longg / Loung / Laung




Clove Plant



Saturday, January 3, 2009

Cinnamon - Daarchini

"Cinnamon" it is the inner bark of a tropical evergreen tree.
In Urdu "Daarchini"  / Darchini / Daarchinee / Darchinee






Friday, January 2, 2009

Ginger - Adrak

"Ginger"  one of the widely used spices which origiated & is mainly used in Asia & Asia oriented dishes.
In Urdu  "Adrak"






Thursday, January 1, 2009

Cumin - Zeera

"Cumin"  also cummin
In urdu  "Zeera"  or Zeerah / Zera / Zerah / Zira / Zirah



Some people also like to refer to it as caraway seed.