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Terms in Telugu 41-50 of 454

బగారాకు(bagharaku)

/ba-gha-raa-ku/
[Telugu]

Indian bay leaf, which is not bay leaf at all. It is actually cassia leaf, an aromatic herb.

బంగాళా దుంప(bangala dhumpa)

/ban-ga-la dum-pa/
[Telugu]

Potato

బాస్మతి(bāsmati)

[Telugu]

Basmati rice. The finest flavoured of all rices.

బఠానీ(batani)

/ba-Taa-nee/ba-Taa-nee-lu/
[Telugu] plural బఠానీ

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

బత్తాయి పండు(battayi pandu)

/ba-tta-yi pan-du/
[Telugu]

Sweet lime. The nearest thing India has to an orange. It has a green skin and sweet, juicy, bright orange flesh.

బాతు(bātu)

[Telugu]

Duck

beerakaaya

[Telugu]

Sponge gourd. Smooth gourd. When it is old it becomes coarse and fibrous and is actually the loofah you use in the bath. However, it is eaten throughout Asia. It resembles a cucumber when it is young and needs to be salted to reduce the bitterness before use.

బీరకాయ(beerakayi)

/bee-ra-kaa-ya/
[Telugu]

Ridged gourd or angled loofah. A type of gourd characterised by ten ridges which run its length.

బెల్లం(bellam)

/be-llam/
[Telugu]

Jaggery or gur. Palm sugar, obtained from the sap of, usually, the date or Palmyra palm. It is used extensively in Indian cooking and has a flavour reminiscent of Demerara sugar (US: light brown (granulated) sugar). Palm sugar is the better quality of the two.

బెండకాయ(bendakaya)

/ben-da-kaaya/bendakaayalu/
[Telugu] plural బెండకాయ

Okra. Ladies' fingers.