The process of cooking spice paste in hot oil. A bhuna curry is usually dry, mild and cooked in coconut. To sauté or stir fry.
Fried or roasted gram (chickpeas (US: garbanzo beans)) or channa dhal
A dry meat curry, slowly stir-fried until tender.
Roasted peas
Roast
A dry version of a dish of rice with lentils, spices, nuts and raisins. This was the dish which was the precursor of the dish 'kedgeree'.
Mash or purée
Lemon grass
Sweetcorn. Corn cob. Maize.
Black or brown cardamom. An inferior version used only in savoury dishes.