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Indian Spices Glossary of Indian Spices inEnglish and Hindi
by dassana amit updated January 2, 2014
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Glossary of some commonly used Indian Spices is presented here. The first column is consists of thespices names in English, whilst the second column consists of spices names translated in Hindi.
The Indian spices names are listed in an alphabetical order.
English Hindi
1. Aniseeds, Fennel Seeds Saunf2. Asafoetida Hing3. Basil Seeds (sweet basil) Sabja Seeds, Subja, Falooda Seeds, Tukmaria
4. Bay Leaf Tej Patta5. Big Mustard Seeds Sarson
6. Black Cardamom Badi Elaichi7. Black Cumin Seeds Kala Jeera
8. Black Mustard Seeds Rai9. Black Pepper Kali Mirch
10. Caraway Seeds Shahjeera11. Carom Seeds, Thymol Seeds, Oregano, Bishops Weed Ajwain
12. Chilli Powder Lal Mirch Powder13. Cinammon Dal Chini14. Clarified Butter Ghee
15. Cloves Laung, Lavang16. Coconut Desiccated Sukha Nariyal ka Choora/Boora
17. Coconut Dry Sukha Nariyal, (Copra in Marathi and Gujatari)18. Coconut Fresh Nariyal, (Chobra in Marathi)
19. Coriander Powder Dhania Powder20. Coriander seeds Sabut Dhania
21. Coriander, Cilantro Dhaniya, Dhania22. Cumin Seeds Jeera
23. Curry Leaves Kari Patta, Kadipatha24. Dry Fenugreek Leaves Kasoori Methi
25. Dry Ginger Saunth, Sounth, Soonth
26. Dry Mango powder Amchur
27. Fenugreek Seeds Methi ke Dane28. Fenugreek Methi
29. Garlic Lasan, Lahsun, Lahsan
30. Fresh Ginger Adrak, Adhrak
31. Dry Ginger Saunth, Sonth32. Green Cardamom Hari Elaichi , Choti Elaichi
33. Green Chilli Hari Mirch
34. Ground Nut, Peanuts Moongphalli, Mungphali35. Holy Basil Tulsi
36. Jaggery Gur
37. Palm Jaggery Tara Gura, Sharkara Tada
38. Lime Nimboo, Nimbu39. Cocum, Kokum Bhirinda, Bhirnda
40. Lime peel Nimbu ka Chilka
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41. Mace Jayitri, Javitri, Javntry (click to see pic of mace )
42. Mango Powder Amchur
43. Mint Pudina, Podina44. Nutmeg Jaiphal
45. Onion Piaz, Peeaz or Pyaaz
46. Onion Seeds Kalonji, Kalaungi47. Pine Nuts Chilgoze or Nioze
48. Dry Pomegranate Seeds Anardana
49. Poppy Seeds Khus Khus
50. Raisins KisMish.51. Red Chilli Lal Mirch
52. Rock salt, Black salt Kala namak
53. Rock Flower or Stone Flower - pathar phool (in hindi), kalpaasi (in tamil) and dagad phool (in marathi
languagein marathi dagad means stone)54. Sesame Seeds Til
55. Saffron Kunkuma, Kesar
56. Star Anise Chakriphool57. Sultanas - Munacca (easily available in north india).
58. Tamarind Imli
59. Turmeric Haldi
60. Vetiver Kewra61. Vinegar Sirka
62. Water Melon Seeds Magaz
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shri chand March 28, 2014 1
Thanks a lot for this helpfull information !
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dassana amit March 30, 2014 2
welcome shri chand
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binsurobinson March 22, 2014 3
Hi .. this was cool.. the holy basil is different from normal basil ?
for a long time . i used tulsi for basil in my dishes and it came real yuck thanks for clarifying !
i still cant find basil (normal ones) anywhere !
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dassana amit April 3, 2014 4
basil is usually available in cities like mumbai, bangalore etc. tulsi cannot be substituted for basil.
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Anurag March 20, 2014 5
This was quite helpful. However, I could not find the Indian names of Marjoram,Liquorice, DILL,Celery Seeds. If you may send to my above e mail ID , I will be obliged. Thanks once again.
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dassana amit March 20, 2014 6
Anurag, i will update in the post in some days. i dont send emails.
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uzma khan March 15, 2014 7
thank u so much for this update:-)
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dassana amit March 15, 2014 8
welcome uzma
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Shweta Semitha February 22, 2014 9
Thanks for this piece of important information pertained to names of food ingredients in Hindi. Like
one reader here said, I knew most ingredient names in English,but least in Hindi. Thanks once again.
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dassana amit February 22, 2014 10
welcome shweta
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Pradnya February 21, 2014 11
hey.thanks very useful!!!Update the same with theire pictures,so it will be more uselful..
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dassana amit February 22, 2014 12
welcome pradnya. i agree with your suggestion but practically it will make the page lot of time to
load and will become very slow.
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Raghvain February 10, 2014 13
thnks for helping out , I think I knw most of them but their English translations is good n I swear I knw
the Hindi names only thnkuuu for getting me the proper names..traditional spices traditional India:)
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dassana amit February 11, 2014 14
welcome.
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Veronica Paul February 6, 2014 15
english and hindi translation are very good I liked it a lot. Thanks
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nikita February 5, 2014 16
Ur information about spices are toooo gud thanxxx alot 4 dis
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dassana amit February 9, 2014 17
welcome nikita
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runu sau January 20, 2014 18
thanks for The help
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dassana amit January 20, 2014 19
welcome runu
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manisha padekar January 12, 2014 20
Good help. Thank u.
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dassana amit January 12, 2014 21
welcome manisha.
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nalini amarlapudi January 2, 2014 22
what is Rock flower .in hindi or english . . it is a spice . it looks like the root of a plant
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dassana amit January 2, 2014 23
nalini, rock flower is also called as stone flower. in marathi it is known as dagad phool. (in
marathi dagad means stone). in hindi it is called as pathar phool and in tamil it is called as
kalpaasi. its a lichen and is used as a spice. i also add these to the kormas or pulaos sometimes.
they have a strong aroma and flavor. these are also used in making the maharashtrian goda
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masala and in some recipes in the chettinad cuisine.
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ravi December 25, 2013 24
Great help for me
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Rachna Malik December 20, 2013 25
Thanks for this useful info. My question is : What is hindi for Basil ? Is this plan available in India ?
What can we use as substitute for Basil leaves?
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dassana amit December 20, 2013 26
basil is called as basil. even the indian vegetable vendors call basil as basil. there is no substitute
for basil leaves. tulsi is called as holy basil, but the taste and flavors of tulsi and basil is very
different from each other. sweet basil seeds are called as sabja/tukmaria. basil leaves are easily
available in india. on most supermarket shelves in the vegetable section, you will easily find basil
leaves. also in the vegetable markets in indian metros and cities you can find basil. you can also
grow basil like tulsi in a pot. you just need to buy the seeds or a small potted plant.
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kaajal November 29, 2013 27
will u please tell me the english name of MUG. i do not know whether it is a spice ?
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dassana December 1, 2013 28
generally mung beans are called as mug.
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shekhar November 26, 2013 29
U have mentioned english name for magaz is water melon , where as its musk melon and both havedifference in properties.
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dassana December 1, 2013 30
actually both are called as magaz. the one which is available where i live has magaz written onthe pack and includes watermelon seeds.
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shweta kuthiala November 20, 2013 31
Information given is really nice, thank-you for sharing
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dassana November 20, 2013 32
welcome shweta
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jalpa October 26, 2013 33
realy all the details r useful.
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Radhika Gopakumar September 29, 2013 34
hi,wanted to know what is Balsamic vinegarhere we are getting only fruit vinegar or synthetic vinegar
(which are white or dark brown in colour).
wanted to make sirke wale pyaaz.but am getting confused with the vinegar types.
thanks
radhika
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dassana September 29, 2013 35
hi radhika. you can use white vinegar in the sirke wale pyaaz recipe. balsamic vinegar is made
from the juice of sweet white trebbiano grapes. it is a traditional vinegar from italy.
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Rita Roche September 20, 2013 36
Thanks a lot for this Glossary. Makes it so much easier to find Indian spices in a foreign land.
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Suresh Iyer September 19, 2013 37
Hi Maams/ Sirs,
Nice of you all for posting this knowledgeble information. In fact this knowledge is of utmost
importance and necessity coz we can know what we are eating. I think very less people are aware of
this. My sincere salute to you all. Thanks. Suresh, Goa
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dassana September 21, 2013 38
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thanks suresh
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meghana September 10, 2013 39
very nice and informative..though we seem to know english these special names always gounheard..thanks
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dassana September 10, 2013 40
thanks meghana
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YOGENDRA SINGH August 30, 2013 41
impressive
I will be frequently visiting this site. keep it in my favourite list.
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sankalp spices exporters September 7, 2013 42
nice post on Indian spices , here get all information, as well as export quality product from
central India
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aviral peeyush July 6, 2013 43
what is the english name of AJINOMOTO please update this
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dassana July 11, 2013 44
ajinomoto is called as chinese salt and also sodium glutamate. since these are spices andajinomoto is not a spice, have not updated in this list.
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munesh kumar purohit May 27, 2013 45
please keep updates me with your news letters
Thank you
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dassana May 29, 2013 46
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SV Nagappa January 6, 2013 47
I would like to correct you on one thing here. Basil is defenitely not Tulasi. Tulasi belongs to the same
family but in english it is Holy Basil. The Basil used in food is antirely different species. Some how all
indian sites keep giving this incorrect name for Basil. It is wrong please correct it.
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dassana January 6, 2013 48
thanks sv nagappa. of course i know the difference between tulsi and the basil leaves. in fact
there are many different varieties of basil and tulsi is one of them. in fact even i am amazed how imade this error. will correct it on the page.
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admin April 21, 2010 49
In the pic above, its not a bowl.but a stone grinder, which was traditionally used by the women inMaharashtra, especially in the rural parts. It was used to grind grains like wheat, jowar, bajra, maize
etc. Its basically used to make flour from grains.
It involves a lot of labor and effort. I have seen women doing it and I used to think how much strength
they must be having
You may get it in the villages or towns of Maharashtra in the local market. It is still used by somepeople. I am not sure if you will get it in Indian metros like Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore etc. Outside
India, I dont think you will get to see this.
I think you are mistakenly taking the pic for the masala dabba or spice container. Usually, as I have
seen the spice containers are made up of steel or aluminium and you can get them easily in India in anylocal shop or stores like big baazar, spencer etc.
I hope I have answered your question
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Mamta April 17, 2010 50
Can you tell me what this bowl that has the spices is called and where I can buy it?
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Mamta April 17, 2010 51
Can you email me when you get the answer to that dabha question?
Thanks!
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