Green peas, split or whole, not often available fresh.

Green chilli

Spring onions (US: scallions, salad onions).

Turmeric

Pigeon pea. Otherwise known as red gram or yellow lentil. These and chickpeas (US: garbanzo beans) are the most important in India.

Fenugreek leaves. Both the leaves and seeds are used, in the same way as they are with coriander (US: cilantro). The flavour of the seeds is improved by light frying. The leaves are very small.