UNDERSTANDING INDIAN COOKING

Base
Onions, tomatoes, ginger, garlic, milk & yoghurt

Løg, tomater, ingefær, hvidløg, mælk & yoghurt

Nuts
Almonds, cashews, pistachios, coconut, poppy seeds, various fruit seeds

Mandler,cashewnødder, pistacienødder, kokos, valmuefrø & forsk. frugtkerner

Dry Spices
Crushed chili, mustard seeds, anise, cumin, mango powder, carom seed, pomegranate seeds, black cardamom, green cardamom, star anise, cinnamon, coriander seeds, turmeric, asafoetida, tamarind, nutmeg (jaiphal), mace (javitri), cumin seeds, sweet neem leaves, nigella seeds (kalonji), fenugreek leaves, saffron, cloves, fenugreek seeds, alkanet root (ratin jot), fennel seeds, black cumin seeds

Knust chili, sennepsfrø, anis, spidskommen, mango pulver, carom frø, granatæble frø, sort kardemomme, grøn kardemomme, stjerneanis, kanel, korianderfrø, gurkemeje, asafoetida, tamarind, muskatnød (jaiphal), muskatblomme (javitri), kommenfrø, søde karryblade, nigellafrø (Kalonji), bukkehornsblade, safran, nelliker, bukkehornsfrø, alkanet-rod (ratin tøddel), fennikelfrø, sorte spidskommenfrø

Greens
Fresh fenugreek leaves, fresh coriander, green chili, mint leaves, basil, ginger, tomatoes, lemongrass, lemon, sweet peppers, garlic

Friske bukkehornsblade, frisk coriander, grøn chilli, mynteblade, basilikum, ingefær, tomater, citrongræs, citron, peberfrugter og hvidløg

GLOSSARY

Chutney
Fresh, chopped vegetable and fruit with added seasonings Friske, hakkede grøntsager og frugter tilsat krydderier

Paneer
Unsalted, unaged, acid-set, non-melting farmer cheese made by curdling heated milk with lemon juice

Usaltet, ulagret, syret, ikke-smeltende, indisk landmandsost fremstillet af kogende mælk og citronjuice

Curry
Gravy based Indian dish. Different from the Danish ‘Karry’

En sovs bygget på mælkeprodukter. IKKE som dansk karry

Tandoor
Cylindrical clay oven in which food is cooked over a hot charcoal fire with a temp. of 480°C

Cylinderformet ler-ovn, hvor maden bliver bagt over kul, med en temp. på 480°C

Tandoori
Food prepared in a tandoor and spices which can tolerate high heat are called tandoori Alt,

hvad der er tilberedt under de ekstreme varmeforhold i Tandoor-ovnen kaldes “tandoori”

Tikka
Chunks / Pieces Stykker

Madras
A city in southern India. Madras dishes are hot En by i

det sydlige Indien. Retter fra Madras er stærkt krydrede

Nehari
Mild curry eaten as breakfast in northern India Mild curry,

der bl.a. bliver spist som morgenmad i Nordindien

Jeera
Cumin Kommen / Spidskommen

Masala
Spice Krydderi

Bukhara
Sour dry plums Sure, tørrede blommer

Methi
Fenugreek Bukkehorn

Biryani
Rice dish mixed with meat and/or vegetables

Ris og curry blandet sammen med kød / grøntsager