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- 3. a sweet or savory Indian drink made from a yogurt or buttermilk base with water.
- 4. a dish of meat, fish, or vegetables cooked in an Indian-style sauce of hot-tasting spices and typically served with rice.
- 5. the Indian movie industry, based in Mumbai (Bombay).
- 6. a triangular savory pastry fried in ghee or oil, containing spiced vegetables or meat.
- 7. (in South Asian cooking) a type of leavened bread, typically of teardrop shape and traditionally cooked in a clay oven.
- 9. a Hindu festival of lights, held in the period of October to November.
- 13. a 5,000-year-old traditional Indian medical system, often called the "knowledge of life"
- 14. (in South Asian cuisine) split pulses, in particular lentils.
- 16. a spicy condiment made of fruits or vegetables with vinegar, spices, and sugar, originating in India.
- 20. a mixture of ground spices used in South Asian cuisine.
- 22. (among Sikhs) a communal free kitchen.
- 23. a garment consisting of a length of cotton or silk elaborately draped around the body, traditionally worn by women from South Asia.
- 24. (in Hinduism and Buddhism) the sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences.
- 26. a type of curd cheese used in Indian, Iranian, and Afghan cooking.
- 27. a bright yellow aromatic powder obtained from the rhizome of a plant of the ginger family, used for flavoring and coloring in Asian cooking and formerly as a fabric dye.
- 29. a decorative mark worn in the middle of the forehead by Indian women.
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- 1. denoting or relating to food that conforms to Islamic dietary laws.Langar
- 2. the act of worship.
- 5. a kind of long-grain rice of a high quality, grown in India and Pakistan.
- 8. a clay oven of a type used originally in northern India and Pakistan.
- 10. clarified butter made from the milk of a buffalo or cow, used in South Asian cooking.
- 11. an orange-yellow flavoring, food coloring, and dye made from the dried stigmas of a crocus.
- 12. the aromatic seeds of a plant of the ginger family, used as a spice and also medicinally.
- 15. (in Indian religion) the eternal and inherent nature of reality, regarded in Hinduism as a cosmic law underlying right behavior and social order.
- 17. a Hindu spiritual and ascetic discipline, a part of which, including breath control, simple meditation, and the adoption of specific bodily postures, is widely practiced for health and relaxation.
- 18. an Indic language of northern India, derived from Sanskrit and written in the Devanagari script. It is the fourth most widely spoken language in the world, with more than 250 million people speaking it as their first language.
- 19. an ancient Indo-European language of India, in which the Hindu scriptures and classical Indian epic poems are written and from which many northern Indian (Indic) languages are derived.
- 21. a respectful greeting said when giving a namaskar.
- 25. a Hindu spring festival celebrated in February or March in honor of Krishna.
- 28. the aromatic seeds of a plant of the parsley family, ground and used as a spice, especially in South Asian, Middle Eastern, and Mexican cooking.