Glossary of English to Pakistani Terms

English Urdu Legend Charmagaz paste: Seed mixture - muskmelon, watermelon, pumpkin, cucumber seeds in equal quantites. Almond Alum Aloe Aniseed Apple Apricot Asafoetida Ash gourd Banana Basil Bay leaf Bengal gram Badam Phutkari Kuar Gandhal Saunf Saib Khumani Hing Petha Kayla Tulsi Tezpan Chana Dry Fruit Basic Kitchen Item Essence Seeds Fruit Dry Fruit Spices Vegetable Fruit Herb Herb Dal

Bitter gourd Black pepper Black salt Butter Butter Milk Catechu Cabbage Capsicum Bell Pepper Cardomom Caraway Seeds Carrot Cashewnut Cauliflower Chilli

Karela Kali mirch Kala namak Makhan Lusi Katha Bund gobi Shimla Mirch Ilaichi Shajeer or Black Cumin Seeds Gajar Kaju Phool gobi Mirch

Vegetable Spices Masala Prepared item Prepared item Bark ground Vegetable Vegetable Spices Spices Vegetable Dry Fruit Vegetable Vegetable

Cinnamon Citric acid Clarified butter Clove Cluster Beans Cowpea Coconut Coconut Oil Colocasia Coriander Cilantro Corn cobs Corn kernel Cottage cheese Cream Cucumber Cumin seed Curd Currants Curry leaves Dillweed Dates Dried Mango powder Dried whole milk Milk Thickened Dry fenugreek leaves Fenugreek seeds Flour Garlic Ginger

Dalchini Nimboo sat Ghee Lavang Gowaar Phali Lobia Narial Narial Ka Tel Arvi Dhania Bhutta Makai Paneer Malai Kheera Zeera Dahi Kishmish Curry pata Suvabhaji Khajoor Amchoor Khoya, mawa Kasoori methi Methi Atta Lasan Adrak

Spices Acid Prepared item Spices Vegetable Vegetable Vegetable Oil Vegetable Vegetable Vegetable Vegetable Prepared Ingredient Fat Vegetable Seeds Prepared item Dry Fruit Herb Vegetable Dry Fruit Masala Prepared Ingredient Herb Seeds Flour Spices Spices

Gram dal Gram flour Grapes Green cardomom Green chilli Guavas Horse gram Honey Horsebean
Kidney beans Lentil Lime or Lemon Long grain rice Mace Mango Margosa Mashmelon Milk Mint Mustard seeds Mustard Oil Muskmelon Cantalope Myrtle Nigella/Onion seeds Nutmeg Oil Olive Oil Olives Onion Orange

Chana dal Besan Angoor Chhoti ilaichi Hari mirch Amrood Kulthi Shahad Urad
Rajma Dal Lemoo Basmati Javitri Aam Neem Kharbooza Doodh Pudina Rai Seeds Dal Vegetable Rice Family Masala Fruit Herb Fruit Liquid Herb Seeds

Dal Flour Fruit Spices Vegetable Fruit Grams and dals Liquid Cereal

Sarson Ka Tel Oil Kharbooza Henna Kalonji Jaiphal Tel Fruit Herb Seeds Seeds Fat

Zetoon Ka Tel Oil Zetoon Pyaaz Santra Vegetable Vegetable Fruit Spices Spices

Oregano, Thyme/ Carom seeds Ajwain Parsley Ajmoda

Papaya Peas Pear Pickle Pineapple Pistachio Plain flour Flour Refines Plum Pomegranate Pomegranate seeds Poppy Seeds Potato Pumpkin Pulse Puffed Rice Radish Raisins Red chilli Rice Rock salt Rose Rose Water Star anise Spring onions Saffron Salt Screwpine Semolina Sesame Silver Leaves Spinach Split green gram Split horse bean

Papeeta Matar Nashpati Achaar Ananas pista Maida Aloobukara Anar Anardhana Khuskhus Aloo Kadu Toordal Mumurae Mooli Kishmish Lal mirch Chawal Sinda namak Gulab Gulab ka urk Dagad Phool Subz Piyaz Kesar Namak Kewra Sooji Til Varak Palak Moong dal Urad dal

Fruit Vegetable Fruit Prepared Ingredient Fruit Dry Fruit Flour Fruit Fruit Seeds Seeds Vegetable Vegetable Dal Rice Family Vegetable Dry Fruits Spices Rice Family Prepared Ingredient Flower Essence Spice Lotus seeds Vegetable Spices Basic Kitchen Item Essence Flour Seeds Herb Vegetable Dal Dal

Sugar Sweet potato Tamarind Turmeric Vegetable oil Vegetables Vermicelli Vinegar Walnut Watermelon Water Chestnuts Whole Wheat flour Yeast

Cheeni Shakarkand Imli Haldi Banaspati Subzi Seviyan Sirka Akhrot Tarbooz Singhara Gehun atta Khameer

Basic Kitchen Item Vegetable Basic Kitchen Item Spices Fat Vegetable Prepared Ingredient Liquid Dry Fruit Fruit Vegetable Flour Prepared Ingredient

A Aadu Aam Aamchur Achar Adrak Ajmud Ajwain Akhrot Aloo Amla Amrud Amsool/kokam Ananas Anar Anardana peach Mango Dried mango powder Pickles Ginger Celery seed Oregano (also Bishop's weed) Walnuts Potato Indian gooseberry Guava Fruit indigenous to the west coast: Garcinia Indica. (news) Pineapple Pomegranate Pomegranate seeds

Anasphal/Dagad phool Anda Angoor Anjeer Arbi Arhar Atta Attar/ittar/ruh B Badam

Star anise Egg Grapes Figs Colocasia plant, elephant ear Pigeon-peas (so arhar dal, same as toor/tuvar dal) Whole corn flour (see also maida) generic term for essence

Almonds

Baigan/baingan/brin Aubergine, eggplant jal Bajra/Bajri Bandh gobhi Besan Millet Cabbage (see also Phool gobhi and gobhi) Chick pea flour

Bhajee Bheja Bhindi

Vegetable Brain Okra (Lady's fingers)

Brinjal/baigan/baing Aubergine, Egg Plant an C Chakotra Chana Chana dal Chatni/chutney Chawal Chickoo/chikoo Chowli/lobia Chhaas/Chhaach Chhilka Chini/shakkar Grapefruits Chick peas, gram (see also Kabuli chana) Split chick peas Savoury or sweet sauces used to accompany meals Rice (generic) Sapodilla Black-eyed beans Buttermilk Rind (generic) Sugar (but kabab chini is different)

Chuara Chulai ka sag Chutney/chatni D Dagad phool/Anasphal Dahi Dal/dhal Dalia/lapsi Dalchini/Darchini Dhania Doodh E Elaichi/ilaichi G Gajar

Dates Amaranth (see generic sag) Savoury or sweet sauces used to accompany meals

Star anise Yoghurt Pulses (generic, so moong dal, chana dal etc) Cracked wheat Cinnamon (see also Jungli dalchini) Coriander Milk

Cardamom

Carrot

Garam Masala Gehun Ghee Ghia/lauki

a blend of cumin, pepper, cloves and cardamom Wheat (so gehun ka atta) Clarified butter (without milk solids) A variety of north Indian gourd Cabbage or cauliflower (see also Bandh gobhi and Phool gobhi) Meat (generic; specific meats are called after the animal) Rose Rose water Jaggery (raw cane sugar) Kidney H

Gobhi/gobi

Gosht Gulab Gulab jal Gur Gurda

Haldi

Turmeric

Halwa

any of several puddingy sweets (gajar halwa, rawa halwa etc)

Halyan/shatwar/soo Asparagus t mooli Hara dhania Hara piaz Heeng I Ilaichi/elaichi Imli Ittar/attar/ruh J Jaee Jaiphal/zaiphal Jau Javitri Jeera Oats Nutmeg Barley Mace Cumin (see also siya jeera) Cardamom Tamarind generic term for essence Coriander leaves (see also dhania) Spring onion (see also piaz/pyaz) Asafoetida

Jowar Jungli dalchini K Kabab

Barley Cassia (see also Dalchini)

Any of a variety of meatballs made of keema Allspice (but chini is different) White gram (see also chana) Pumpkin (see also lauki, ghia) Cashew nuts Cucumber rock salt Liver Pepper Nigella (also called onion seed) Starfruit, carambola

Kabab chini Kabuli chana Kaddu Kaju Kakari Kala namak Kaleja Kali mirch Kalonji Kamrakh

Karhai/Karai Kathal Katori Keema/kheema Kela Kesar/kesari/zafran Keora/kewra Khajur Kharbuja Khas khas/khus khus Khatta Kheema/keema Kheer Kheera Khopra/Nariyal

A hemispherical frying pan, used for deep frying Jackfruit small metal bowls Minced meat (usually mutton) Banana Saffron (stigma of the crocus flower) Screwpine Dates Melon (see also tarbooz) Poppy seeds Sour Minced meat (usually mutton) A milk pudding Cucumber Coconut

Khubani/zardalu Khurasani ajvayayn Kismis Kofta

Apricots Henbane (? also called kaarala?) Raisins (see also munakka) Meatballs or vegetables shaped into a ball before cooking Fruit indigenous to the west coast: Garcinia Indica. (news) See kokam above technique where meat is cooked in a little water, yoghurt, ghee or oil with garam masala Icecream Mushroom L

Kokam/amsool Kokum

Korma/khorma

Kulfi Kumbhi

Laddoo Lahsun

generic dry sweet made into balls Garlic

Lal mirch Lapsi/dalia Lauki/ghia Lavang/laung Lobia/chowli M Machhli/machchhi Madhu Maida Makai Malai Makhan/Makkhan Masoor (dal) Masala Matar Methi Mewa

Red chilis (see also Mirch) Cracked wheat A variety of north Indian gourd Cloves Black-eyed beans

Fish (generic) Honey Flour Corn Cream Butter Red lentils Spices (generic) Peas Fenugreek Dried fruits

Mirch/Mirchi Mooli Moong Moongphali Munakka Murg/murgi N

Chilis (so lal mirch means red chilis) Radish Mung beans Ground nuts Sultanas or large raisins (also bara kismis; see kismis) Chicken

Nagkesar/Nagkesha Cobra saffron (CAUTION) r Namak/nimak Nariyal/khopra Nimbu P Palak Paneer Papar Spinach (also sag) Cottage cheese, fromage blanc Papadom Salt (see also Kala namak) Coconut Lemon

Papita Pauwa/poha Phool Gobhi Piaz/pyaz Pista Poha/pauwa Pudina R Raai Raan Rabri Rajma

Papaya Rice flakes Cauliflower (see also Bandh gobhi and gobhi) Onions Pistachio Rice flakes Mint

Mustard seeds (see also sarson) Leg of mutton Sweetened clotted milk Red Kidney beans Yoghurt mixed with salads, nuts or other garnish, used as an accompaniment to meals A bark-like condiment used for colouring Kashmiri dishes like Roghan Josh

Raita

Ratan jogh

Rawa/sooji Roti Ruh/attar/ittar S Sabudana Sabzi/Sabji Sag Sanjana/sejan ki phali Sarson Saunf Seekh Sejan ki phali/sanjana Semiya/seviyan Sev Shakahari

Semolina Bread (generic) generic term for essence

Sago Vegetable (generic) Greens (generic, so sarson ka sag etc) Drumsticks Mustard (so also sarson ka tel; see also raai) Fennel (see also Vilayati saunf) Skewer (so seekh kabab) Drumsticks Vermicelli Apple Vegetarian

Shakarkand Shakkar/chini Shalgam Sharbat Sharifa/sitafal Shatwar/soot mooli/halyan Shorba Simla mirch Singhara Sirka Sitafal/sharifa Siya jeera Sonth Sooji/rawa

Sweet potatoes Sugar Turnip Generic name for drink made with syrups and water Custard apple Asparagus Soup, gravy Capsicum, bell peppers Water chestnuts Vinegar Custard apple Caraway (see also jeera) Dried ginger Semolina

Soot mooli/shatwar/hal Asparagus yan

Siriphal/Bael Suwa T Tamatar

Stone apple Dill

Tomato An oven of baked mud, from north India (so tandoori roti, tandoori murg) Water melon (see also kharbuja) Griddle Bay leaf Oil (generic, so sarson ka tel, moongphali ka tel etc.) Sesame Cold milk drink Pigeon-peas (so toor dal, same as arhar dal) U

Tandoor

Tarbooz Tawa Tej Patta Tel Til Thandai Toor/tuvar

Urad

black gram (so urad dal)

V Vilayati saunf Z Zafran/kesar/kesari Zaiphal/jaiphal Zardalu/khubani Saffron (stigma of the crocus flower) Nutmeg Apricots Aniseed (see also saunf)