Gram flour. The fine, pale yellow chickpea (US: garbanzo bean) flour made from channa dhal (the ones which resemble yellow split lentils). It is used to make pakoras and for binding dishes such as kebabs.
In Indian cookery anise is not often used, though fennel seeds are. The two spices are often called by the same name.
A bottle gourd or calabash cucumber which is pale green on the outside, creamy, yellowish-white inside and looks like a cucumber with a bulge at one end. Only the very young gourds are used for cooking. When older they are most commonly known as calabash and develop a hard, woody shell which may be used for making bowls and musical instruments.
