Friday, January 22, 2010

culinary terms

Khichuŗi: Rice mixed with Moong Dal(a kind of lentil) and vegetables and in some cases, boiled eggs. Usually cooked with spices and turmeric powder.
Kofta: Ground meat or vegetable croquettes bound together by spices and/or eggs served alone or in savory gravy.

Korma: Another term of Urdu origin (literally 'braised with onions), meaning meat or chicken cooked in a mild onion and yoghurt sauce with ghee.
Luchi: Small round unleavened bread fried in oil.

Pôroţa: Bread made from wheat flour and fried in the oven until golden-brown.
►Paturi: Typically fish, seasoned with spices (usually shorshe) wrapped in banana
►leaves and steamed or roasted over a charcoal fire.

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