PAKISTANI COOKING GLOSSARY

Are you confused with the Pakistani names of various ingredients, categories and processes? Solve your problems with our comprehensive glossary. Search for the Pakistani/Urdu name in the alphabetically indexed first column and find the corresponding English terms.

Pakistani Names For Spices, Fruits, Dairy Products and Their Categories: English Names Common Pakistani Names Category Almond Badam Dry Fruit Alum Phutkari Basic Kitchen Item Aloe Kuar Gandhal Essence Aniseed Saunf Seeds Apple Saib Fruit Apricot Khumani Dry Fruit Asafoetida Hing Spices Ash gourd Petha Vegetable Banana Kayla Fruit Basil Tulsi Herb Bay leaf Tezpan Herb Bengal gram Chana Dal Bitter gourd Karela Vegetable Black pepper Kali mirch Spices Black salt Kala namak Masala Butter Makhan Prepared item Butter Milk Lusi Prepared item Catechu Katha Bark ground Cabbage Bund gobi Vegetable Capsicum Bell Pepper Shimla Mirch Vegetable Cardomom Ilaichi Spices Caraway Seeds Shajeer or Black Cumin Seeds Spices Carrot Gajar Vegetable Cashewnut Kaju Dry Fruit Cauliflower Phool gobi Vegetable Chilli Mirch Vegetable Cinnamon Dalchini Spices Citric acid Nimboo sat Acid Clarified butter Ghee Prepared item Clove Lavang Spices Cluster Beans Gowaar Phali Vegetable Cowpea Lobia Vegetable Coconut Narial Vegetable Coconut Oil Narial Ka Tel Oil Colocasia Arvi Vegetable Coriander Cilantro Dhania Vegetable Corn cobs Bhutta Vegetable Corn kernel Makai Vegetable Cottage cheese Paneer Prepared Ingredient Cream Malai Fat Cucumber Kheera Vegetable Cumin seed Zeera Seeds Curd Dahi Prepared item Currants Kishmish Dry Fruit Curry leaves Curry pata Herb Dillweed Suvabhaji Vegetable Dates Khajoor Dry Fruit Dried Mango powder Amchoor Masala Dried whole milk Milk Thickened Khoya, mawa Prepared Ingredient Dry fenugreek leaves Kasoori methi Herb Fenugreek seeds Methi Seeds Flour Atta Flour Garlic Lasan Spices Ginger Adrak Spices Gram dal Chana dal Dal Gram flour Besan Flour Grapes Angoor Fruit Green cardomom Chhoti ilaichi Spices Green chilli Hari mirch Vegetable Guavas Amrood Fruit Horse gram Kulthi Grams and dals Honey Shahad Liquid Horsebean Urad Cereal Kidney beans Rajma Seeds Lentil Dal Dal Lime or Lemon Lemoo Vegetable Long grain rice Basmati Rice Family Mace Javitri Masala Mango Aam Fruit Margosa Neem Herb Mashmelon Kharbooza Fruit Milk Doodh Liquid Mint Pudina Herb Mustard seeds Rai Seeds Mustard Oil Sarson Ka Tel Oil Muskmelon Cantalope Kharbooza Fruit Myrtle Henna Herb Nigella/Onion seeds Kalonji Seeds Nutmeg Jaiphal Seeds Oil Tel Fat Olive Oil Zetoon Ka Tel Oil Olives Zetoon Vegetable Onion Pyaaz Vegetable Orange Santra Fruit Oregano, Thyme/ Carom seeds Ajwain Spices Parsley Ajmoda Spices Papaya Papeeta Fruit Peas Matar Vegetable Pear Nashpati Fruit Pickle Achaar Prepared Ingredient Pineapple Ananas Fruit Pistachio pista Dry Fruit Plain flour Flour Refines Maida Flour Plum Aloobukara Fruit Pomegranate Anar Fruit Pomegranate seeds Anardhana Seeds Poppy Seeds Khuskhus Seeds Potato Aloo Vegetable Pumpkin Kadu Vegetable Pulse Toordal Dal Puffed Rice Mumurae Rice Family Radish Mooli Vegetable Raisins Kishmish Dry Fruits Red chilli Lal mirch Spices Rice Chawal Rice Family Rock salt Sinda namak Prepared Ingredient Rose Gulab Flower Rose Water Gulab ka urk Essence Star anise Dagad Phool Spice Lotus seeds Spring onions Subz Piyaz Vegetable Saffron Kesar Spices Salt Namak Basic Kitchen Item Screwpine Kewra Essence Semolina Sooji Flour Sesame Til Seeds Silver Leaves Varak Herb Spinach Palak Vegetable Split green gram Moong dal Dal Split horse bean Urad dal Dal Sugar Cheeni Basic Kitchen Item Sweet potato Shakarkand Vegetable Tamarind Imli Basic Kitchen Item Turmeric Haldi Spices Vegetable oil Banaspati Fat Vegetables Subzi Vegetable Vermicelli Seviyan Prepared Ingredient Vinegar Sirka Liquid Walnut Akhrot Dry Fruit Watermelon Tarbooz Fruit Water Chestnuts Singhara Vegetable Whole Wheat flour Gehun atta Flour Yeast Khameer Prepared Ingredient