Hindi

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Terms in Hindi 1-10 of 1888

अचार(aachar)

/Ah-CHAHR/
[Hindi]

Achar. A spiced pickle made with vegetables and coloured yellow with turmeric. May contain fish paste.

आडू(aadu)

[Hindi]

Peach

आडू बुखारा(aadu bukhara)

[Hindi]

Indian plum or ber. A plum-like fruit which is a small, sweet, reddish-black berry which fruits during the monsoon. The term is also used to describe a type of pantua, a confection which is fried to resemble this berry. There are sweet versions (narkel kul) and sour versions (topa kul). The latter are used to make pickles and chutneys.

aakuri

[Hindi]

Scrambled eggs with spices

आलू(aaloo)

/AH-loo/
[Hindi]

Potato

आम(aam)

/ahm/
[Hindi]

Mango

आम चुर(aam chur)

/ahm choor/
[Hindi]

Mango powder. A very sour flavouring agent with a slightly fruit flavour made from dried under-ripe mangoes, rather similar to tamarind in cooking.

आम का अचार(aam ka achaar)

[Hindi]

Mango pickle made with turmeric, asafoetida, fenugreek, chillis and mustard oil.

aara

/ah-rah/
[Hindi]

Wholemeal flour

Aarey

/ah-ah-ree/
[Hindi]

A semihard cheese made with water buffalo milk. It has a Gouda-like pale paste with evenly distributed small holes and is rindless. It is made in the vicinity of Mumbai. The curds are scalded.