Punjabi

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Terms in Punjabi 21-30 of 77

channa

[Punjabi]

Chickpeas (US: garbanzo beans), Bengal gram. Darker and smaller than the chickpeas generally available in the West.

darfilfil

[Punjabi]

Long pepper. They are tiny berries which cleave to a single rod which looks similar to a dried catkin and provide a hot, sweet spice.

ek-kanda-lasun

[Punjabi]

Shallot

gajar

[Punjabi]

Carrot

gandana

[Punjabi]

Shallot

gulab

[Punjabi]

Rose

gul gul

[Punjabi]

Lemon or lime. These seem to be interchangeable. Since the lime grows much more readily than the lemon in India this is more likely to be a lime.

gulisurkh

[Punjabi]

Rose

haldi

[Punjabi]

Turmeric

halon

[Punjabi]

Garden cress. A peppery leaf vegetable.