Mutton fat or beef fat.

Cottage cheese made from curdled bottled milk, like a cross between Ricotta and tofu. It can be fried and curried.

Lamb dish

Chicory, a bitter salad leaf.

An Indian variety of mangosteen, the principle ingredient of a cooling drink called kokum sherbet. It is a sour, fruit-flavoured, plum-like, deep purple-coloured fruit which is pitted and dried.

The dry kernel of the coconut.

Chirongi nuts. They are similar to pine nuts and are small, rounded nuts resembling Egyptian lentils. They are used in India to garnish halvas, cakes and creams and in puddings and pillaos.

This actually means sauce or gravy, but has slowly been adopted by Westerners to mean a hot, spiced Indian dish flavoured with curry powder. An authentic Indian curry would be wet and complex.