Wednesday, August 17, 2011

spices & their malayalam version

most of the time i get confused with the spices names especially the cumin and fennel seeds i never get them correct even when my mother says get me the nallajeerakam or perinjeerakam.i always give the wrong one. i am sure most of u have been through the same problem . so thought let me compile the spice names and put it here.

ALLSPICE
SARVASUGANDHI
ALMOND
BADAAM
ANI SEED (SWEET CUMIN)
SWEET CUMIN
ASAFOETIDA / HING 
KAAYAM
BASIL LEAVES
THULASI
BAY LEAVES
KARUVA ELA
BLACK PEPPER/PEPPERCORNS
KURUMULAKU
CAPSICUM (BELL PEPPER/PAPRIKA)
CAPSICUM
BLACK CARAWAY SEEDS
KARINJEERAKAM-BLACK IN COLOR
CARDAMOM 
ELAKKA
CASHEWNUT
ANDIPPARIPPU
CAYENNE PEPPER (RED LONG CHILLI)
RED LONG CHILLI
CINNAMON
KARUVAPATTA
CLOVES
GRAMBOO
CORIANDER SEED 
MALLI
CUMIN
NALLAJEERAKAM-BROWN IN COLOR
CURRY LEAVES
KARIVEPPILA
DATES
EETHAPAZHAM
DRIED GINGER
CHUKKU
FENNEL
PERUMJEERAKAM-GREEN IN COLOR
FENUGREEK
ULUVA
GARCINIA GUMMI-GUTTA
KUDAMPULI
GARLIC
VELUTHULLI
GINGER
INJI
GOOSEBERRY
NELLIKKA
GREEN CHILLI
PACHAMULAKU
JAGGERY /UNREFINED SUGAR 
SHARKARA
LEMON
CHERUNARANGA
MACE 
JATHIPATHRI
MINT
PUTHINA
MUSTARD
KADUKU
NUTMEG
JATHIKKA
ONION
SAVOLA/ULLI
POPPY SEEDS
CASCAS
RED CHILLI
VATTAL MULAKU/UNAKKA MULAKU
ROSE WATER
PANINEER
SAFFRON
KUNKUMAM
SALT
UPPU
SESAME SEEDS
ELLU
TAMARIND
PULI
TURMERIC
MANJAL
VINEGAR
SURKA