A variety of carp or buffalo fish with a large protruding lower jaw and with a more pronounced hump than the rohu. It is found in rivers and freshwater lakes in India, Nepal, Myanmar, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
Kencur. A plant similar to ginger but with a distinctive flavour. The rhizome is smaller and more shrivelled than that of ginger. It is used both medicinally and in the cuisine of much of the Indian Subcontinent and South East Asia, but not of Thailand where is it used only medicinally.
