Nepali

[English]

Terms in Nepali 1-10 of 118

aahaar

[Nepali]

Food

आलस(aalas)

[Nepali]

Flax. The plant which produces linen and linseeds.

adua

[Nepali]

Fresh ginger

akhu pami

[Nepali]

Ivy gourd. A small crunchy gourd reminiscent of a gherkin, green ripening to red, popular in the cuisines of India, Thailand, Indonesia and other South East Asian countries. The shoots and leaves can also be eaten.

alaichi

[Nepali]

Cardamom. More like to be green cardamom.

aloo

/AH-loo/
[Nepali]

Potato

alu

/ah-LOO/
[Nepali]

Potato

amili

[Nepali]

Tamarind. A sour-sweet fruit, sometimes known as the Indian date, used as a souring agent. It comes in long, dry brown pods which look almost like dried broad bean pods. Inside is a long, segmented fruit, like a long brown caterpillar. Each segment contains a hard, shiny black seed. As the pods dry the fruit becomes sweeter. A visitor from Mauritius suggested shaking the tamarind and, if you could hear that the fruit had detached and was rattling a little inside the pod, you would find that the fruit was sweet. All you need to do is to remove the pod and then chew the fruit, discarding the seeds. It is also available mashed and formed into a pulpy block or as a juice. In this form it is used like lemon juice.

andaa

[Nepali]

Egg

bakla

[Nepali]

Broad bean (US: fava bean).