Aloo: Potato
Biryani: A mild, rice-based dish cooked with meat and/or vegetables and served with yoghurty sauce
Chaat: Savoury snacks, often made with potato or chick peas
Dahl: A lentil curry similar to thick lentil soup
Elaichi: Cardamom
Firni: Rice pudding with saffron and nuts
Gosht: Meat, usually lamb
Hari Mirch: Green chilli
Idli: A savoury lentil cake
Jalfrezi: A spicy dish cooked with ginger and chilli
Kachori: Crisp pastry rounds with spiced mung dahl or pea filling
Lassi: A yoghurt drink, ordered with salt or sugar, sometimes with fruit. Ideal to cool a fiery palate
Murgh: Chicken
Naan: Flatbreads cooked in a large tandoor oven
Onion bhaji: Crispy deep-fried onion balls
Peshwari: Bread or dish with sweet dry fruit and nuts
Quinoa Pilaf: A spicy Indian preparation of the seed
Rasmalai: A traditional dessert of sweet cottage cheese dumplings, topped with saffron
Saslik: Anything grilled
Tandoori: Baked in a clay/mud oven
Udrak: Ginger
Vindaloo: Hot curry, often with potato.
Xacuti: A Goan dish made with lamb or chicken, coconut and a complex mix of roasted then ground spices
Yakhini: Soup or gravy
Zeera: Cumin
