Visual Ingredient dictionary

This ingredient page is created for Dummies or can be used as a reference for my recipes.

Before deciding to cook an Indian dish, I would assume you should carry at least few of these Indian Ingredients in your pantry. This section should help to have a glance how the ingredients look like. I try my best to update the ingredients name in some languages that I am fluent. All the ingredients information can be found in Wikipedia. I am just bringing some main ingredients in on page to make a visual dictionary. As it is a long process, it took a while to collect and put together. I will keep updating those ingredients.

Hope it is useful for some of my visitors, friends & Family from France who have trouble with the ingredients name in English.

Some of the Indian seasonings: Mustard seeds, fennel, asafoetida, curry leaves, cumin, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom.

Lentils: Channa Dhal, Toor dhal/Split, urad dhal, moong dhal

Rice: Basmati, Medium grain rice “raw rice”, parboiled rice (next update will be Rice)

Oil: Olive Oil, corn or vegetable oil and Gingelly oil (sesame oil) would be great.

Powder: chili powder, coriander, turmeric powder

English	Tamil	French	Hindi
Cinnamon	Pattai	Cannelle	Dalchini
Cardamom	Yelakkai	Cardamome	Elachi
Clove	Lavangam	Girofle	Lavang
Black cardamom	Karrupu Yelakkai	Cardamome Noir	Badi elaichi
Asafoetida	Perungayam	Asafétida	Hing
Green Gram Dhal	Payatham Parupu	Lentille verte	Moong dhal
Channa Dhal	Kadalai Paruppu	Lentille	Channa dhal
Toor Dhal	TuvaramParuppu	Lentille	Tuvar dhal
Dalhia Dhal	Pottu Kadalai	-	-
Black Pepper	Milagu	Poivre	Kali Mirch
Chili Powder	Milagai podi	Poudre de piment	Mirch powder
Coriander Powder	Kothamalli podi	Poudre de coriandre	Dhania Powder
Mustard seeds	Kadugu	Moutarde noire	Sarson/Rai
Cumin	Jerragam	Cumin	Jeera
Fennel	Perunjeeragam	Anis vert	Saunf
Fenugreek Seeds	Vendhayam	Fenugrec	Methi
Curry Leaves	Kariveppilai	Curry Feuille	Kadi Patti
Dry ginger	Sukku	Gingembre sec	Sonth
Green Chili	Pachai Milagai	Piment vert	Mirch
Red Chili	Sigappu Milagai	Piment rouge sec	lal Mirch
Bay Leaf	Punnai Ilai	Laurier	Tej patta
Nutmeg	Jadhikkai	Muscade	Javithri
Poppy seed	Kasakasa	graines de pavot	Khus-Khus
Saffron	Kungumappoo	Safran	Kesar
Tamarind	Puli	Tamarin	Imli
Turmeric Powder	Manjal Podi	Poudre de curcuma	Haldi
Urad dhal	Ulutham paruppu	-	Urad dhal
Sesame seed	Ellu	graines de sésame	Til

The translation: if you find any error, please feel free to provide any correction. I will update it.