Food Terms Glossary (English to Urdu) - Fauzia's Pakistani Recipes

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Saffron: "Zafran" or "Kesar" in Urdu - is dried, yellow-orange stamens of the flower of crocus sativus. Saffron is available as threads and as grains. The threads are considered best, though far more expensive and are used in cooking.
Sago: "Sabudana" in Urdu - is powdery starch from certain sago palms; used in Asia as a food thickener and textile stiffener.
Salad Onion: "Hari Pyaz" in Urdu - also known as, scallion, spring onion, or green onion in many countries, is an edible plant. The upper green portion is hollow. It lacks a fully developed root bulb. Harvested for their taste, they are milder than most onions.
Salt: "Namak" in Urdu - is a dietary mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride that is essential for animal life, but can be toxic to many land plants. Salt flavor is one of the basic tastes, making salt one of the oldest, most ubiquitous food seasoning. Salting is an important method of food preservation.
Scallion: "Hari Pyaz" in Urdu - also known as, spring onion, salad onion or green onion in many countries, is an edible plant. The upper green portion is hollow. It lacks a fully developed root bulb. Harvested for their taste, they are milder than most onions.
Screw Pine Flower Essence: "Kewra" in Urdu - is an essence with a strong and sweet aroma and is used to flavour biryanis, kababs and kormas.
Semolina: "Sooji" or "Rawa" in Urdu - is the purified wheat middlings of durum wheat used in making pasta; also, the coarse middlings are used for breakfast cereals and puddings. But in Pakistani cooking, it is primarily used in desserts.
Sesame: "Til" in Urdu - also called "Gingelly", is an East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil.
Sesame Oil: "Til Ka Tail" in Urdu - also called "Gingelly Oil", is an edible vegetable oil derived from sesame seeds. Besides being used as a cooking oil in Pakistan and South India, it is often used as a flavor enhancer in Chinese, Korean, and to a lesser extent Southeast Asian cuisine.
Sesame Seed: "Til" in Urdu - also called "Gingelly", is an East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil.
Shelled Walnuts: "Akhrot" in Urdu - are nuts with a distinctive brain shape that are used in sweet and savoury cooking, and are good pickled and served with cheese. They can also be used finely chopped with sweet dishes or roughly chopped with salads and stir fries. They are naturally shaped like the brain and also benefit the brain in many ways.
Shrimp: "Jheenga" in Urdu - also called "Prawns", may be small, but are huge in their appeal as these deliciously clean and crisp tasting crustaceans can be served hot or cold and are the most popular seafood.
Sieve: "Channi" in Urdu - separates wanted elements from unwanted material using a filter such as a mesh or net. However, in cooking, especially with flour, a sifter is used to aerate the substance, among other things. A strainer is a type of sieve typically used to separate a solid from a liquid.
Snake Gourd: "Chichinda" in Urdu - also called "Serpent Gourd", is a strikingly long fruit, used as a vegetable and medicine purposes.
Soup: "Yakhni" in Urdu - also called "Stock" or "Broth", is a liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for soups or sauces.
Spearmint: "Podina" in Urdu - without a qualifier like peppermint or apple mint, generally refers to mint leaves.
Spice: "Masala" in Urdu - is a dried seed, fruit, root, bark, leaf, or vegetative substance used in nutritionally insignificant quantities as a food additive for the purpose of flavour, colour, or as a preservative that kills harmful bacteria or prevents their growth.
Spinach: "Paalak" in Urdu - is an extremely healthy vegetable with dark green, spear-shaped leaves that can be curled or smooth and are attached to thin stems; the leaves have a slightly bitter flavor and are eaten raw or cooked.
Split Bengal Gram: "Chana Dal" in Urdu - are delicious, wholesome beans that are used in dishes across the world. This type of lentil is very popular and is made as a curry.
Split Bengal Gram Flour: "Besan" in Urdu - is a flour made from ground gram lentils, a legume otherwise known as chickpeas. It is also known as chickpea flour or garbanzo flour.
Split Orange Gram: "Masoor Ki Dal" or "Lal Masoor Ki Dal" in Urdu - also called "Split Red Gram", are skinned and split redish to orangish lentils. They cook quickly and are a common lentil prepared with Pakistani spices.
Split Red Gram: "Masoor Ki Dal" or "Lal Masoor Ki Dal" in Urdu - also called "Split Orange Gram", are skinned and split redish to orangish lentils. They cook quickly and are a common lentil prepared with Pakistani spices.
Spring Onion: "Hari Pyaz" in Urdu - also known as, scallion, salad onion or green onion in many countries, is an edible plant. The upper green portion is hollow. It lacks a fully developed root bulb. Harvested for their taste, they are milder than most onions.
Stock: "Yakhni" or "Shorba" in Urdu - also called "Soup" or "Broth", is a liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for soups or sauces.
Sugar: "Shakkar" or "Cheeni" in Urdu - is an informal term for a class of edible crystalline substances, mainly sucrose, lactose, and fructose characterized by a sweet flavor. In food, sugar almost exclusively refers to sucrose, which primarily comes from sugar cane and sugar beet.
Sugar Cane: "Ganna" in Urdu - are juicy canes whose sap is a source of molasses and commercial sugar; fresh canes are sometimes chewed for the juice.
Sultanas: "Munakkay" in Urdu - is the dried form of small green grapes. They are sweet and moist and are mostly used in fruit cakes, breads and cereals.
Sweet Lemon: "Mousambi" in Urdu - is a species of citrus. Common names for varieties of this species include sweet limetta, Mediterranean sweet lemon, and sweet lime.
Sweet Lime: "Mousambi" in Urdu - is a species of citrus. Common names for varieties of this species include sweet limetta, Mediterranean sweet lemon, and sweet lemon.
Sweet Potato: "Shakkarkandi" in Urdu - is a variety of sweet potato with a thick, dark orange skin and an orange flesh that remains moist when cooked; sometimes erroneously called a yam.
Syrup: "Sheera" in Urdu - also called simple syrup or sugar syrup, is a combination of sugar and water that is cooked over low heat until the sugar dissolves. The density can vary depending on the amount of water added.

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