Sindhi cuisine
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Sindhi cuisine refers to the cuisine of the Sindhis from Pakistan and from India. The daily food in most Sindhi households consists of wheat-based flat-bread (phulka) and rice accompanied by two dishes, one gravy and one dry.
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[edit] Snacks
- Kutti (Mashed Roti [Bread] with sugar and butter)
- Lolo or Mithi Loli (Sweeter version of koki (see below) - also made if you get chicken pox
- Maal-apuroo Mithaee Maanii (Sweet roti made with milk, butter, sugar)
- Ku-ini Kich-anee (Sindhi comfort food. A porridge like dish made with rice and served with yogurt)
- Chhola Dhabal (baked bread with chick peas in thick gravy)
- Ka-raw-o (religious offering made with flour, ghee and sugar)
- Bhat - (porridge, usually given to a sick child, but popular at all times)
[edit] Meals
- Sindhi Curry - (chick pea flour and vegetables like lady finger, potato and eggplant.
- Seyal Mani (Cooked Chappati in green sauce with tomato, coriander and spices).
- Seyal Dab-roti (variation of above, but instead of Chappati, use bread)
- Seyal Phulko
- Bhugi Bhaji
- Seyal Bhaji (mixed vegetables cooked with onion garlic paste)
- Sabu dal chawar ( yellow daal with rice)
- Koki (thick chapati can be made with onions and coriander or just plain salt and pepper)
- Loli/Lolo/Lola (a thick chappati with ghee, onion and coriander).
- Loli Du-dh (as above, but served with yogurt. Some Sindhis will eat Loli with pickles, but many Sindhis don't consider it good form to mix yogurt and pickles). This is a popular dish served at breakfast or brunch.
- Pappad (a crisp and thin snack. Sindhi will generally eat this after a meal to digest food and in particular after an oily meal).
- Dhodo Chutney (A thick roti with garlic paste and served with mint chutney)
- Sai Bhaji (a spinach based gravy, sai means green - the colour of spinach)
- Bugha Chawar (a browned rice)
- Bhugal Bheeha (lotus root in thick curry)
- Dhangi Fulko (moong beans with roti)
- Curry Chawal (a tomato curry eaten with white rice - served with aloo took, a potato cutlet)
- Besan ji Bhaji (vegetable made of gram flour)
- Bhugal Teewarn (a mutton dish)
- Jera & Bhukiyoo (Fried liver, Kidney of goat)
- Dal Tikkhar (daal yellow pulses) cooked in gravy eaten with crisp fried very thin matthi)
- Tikhi Dal khichdi (thin yellow pulse served with variation of rice)
- Bhugge Chawal (rice cooked in flavoured spices beige/ golden brown in colour with vegetable assortments)
- Pava (goats legs)
- Pakkwan Dal (lentil and solid crunchy puri)
- Curry Chawal (It's Kathi Curry eaten with Rice
- Phote waro Tivan (Lamb meat in cardamom)
- Keemo (ground lamb meet)
- Seyal Pallo (pomfret fish in garlic sauce)
[edit] Desserts or Sweets or Drink
- Thadal
- Varo (Indian sweet made with pistachio, almonds or other nuts)
- Tosh (Sweet made with wheat atta and Sugar chaashni, looks like stick)
- Dothi (Sweet made with Wheat atta and Sugar chaashni, looks like big peda)
- Geara (Called emarti in North India)
- Moomthal (Indian sweet)
- Khi-r-ni (hot drink made with milk with flavours of cardamoms and saffron)
- Sherbert
- Mesu Tikki (Sweet made with Gram flour and in light orange or yellow color)
- falooda (vermiclli and ice on top of ice cream)
- Boorani (A yellow colored sweet made by processing flowers)
- Johnnie Walker Black Label is considered the sindhi alcoholic beverage of choice. Many sindhis choose to drink this with Coca-Cola or Diet Coke
[edit] Pickles
- carrot pickle
- mango pickle
- mix fruit pickle
- green chilli pickle
- Murbo ( sweet grated mango in sugar syrup)
[edit] Food for Special Occasions
There are food that are served during special occasions, such as during Diwali a Bahji called Chiti-Kuni is made with seven vegetabels. If some gets chicken pox and after it is gone, it is common to make an offering and make 'mitho lolo'.
Vermicelli is served on both Eids. On special religious occasions, mitho lolo, accomapanied with milk is given to the poor.
Mitho lolo is also served with chilled buttermilk called Matho on various occasions.
[edit] Translations
This section provides the translations between Urdu, Sindhi and English (British and American) cooking terms of common Sindhi food.
There occasional even in Sindhi for instance Hyderabadi Sindhi will refer to an egg as 'bedo' however Sindhis from other parts will refer to it as 'aano'.
Herbs
| Urdu | Sindhi (سنڌي) | English |
|---|---|---|
| Sokha Dhan-ia | Suka Dhana (داڻا) | Coriander Seed |
| Hara Dhan-ia | Sawa Dhana | Coriander Leaves |
| podeena | phood-no | Mint leaves |
| methi | methi | Fenugreek |
| taez paat | Kamaal Pat | Bay leaf |
Spices
| Urdu | Sindhi (سنڌي) | English |
|---|---|---|
| Amchoor | Amba-choor | dry mango powder |
| elaichi | Photo (فوتا) | Cardamon Pods |
| namak | Lhoonu (لوڻ) | Salt |
| kali mirch | Kaara Mirch | Black Pepper |
| lah-sun | Thooma | Garlic |
| adrak | Adh-rak | Ginger |
| Zeera | Giro | Cummin Seeds |
| Haldi | Haiduh | Turmeric Powder |
| Heeng | hing | Asafoetida |
| Zafran | Kesar | Saffron |
| gur | Jaggery | |
| mirch | mirch | chillies |
| imli | Gida-mi-ri | Tararind |
| Khashkhash | poppy seeds | |
| Caraway | ||
| Raee | mustard seeds | |
| Long | Lua-nga | Clove |
Fruit, Vegetable and Pulses
- Aalu Patata (some parts of northern sindh also calls batala) Potato
| Urdu | Sindhi | English |
|---|---|---|
| Baigan | Vaan-ghar | Aubergine (UK) or Eggplant (US) |
| Band Gobi | Pata Gobi | Cabbage |
| Gaajar | Gajhar | Carrot |
| Dal | Daal | Lentil |
| Sag | Palak | Spinach |
| Khajoor | Ka-tal | Dates |
Nuts
| Urdu | Sindhi | English |
|---|---|---|
| Mongphali | Behi-munga or Munghera | Peanuts |
| Kaju | Kha-ja | Cashewnuts |
| Badaam | Ba-da-miyun | Almond |
| Pista | Pista/dodiyun | Pistachio |
Other
| Urdu | Sindhi | English |
|---|---|---|
| Ghee | Gheehu | Clarified Butter |
| Chapati | Phulko | Thin wrap |
| Cheeni or Shakkar | Khandre | Sugar |
| Bheja or Maghaz | Magaz | Brain |
| Papar | Pa-pper | Poppodum |
| double-roti | Dhabalroti | Bread |
| Aata | Atto | Wholewheat flour (Chappati flour) |
| Anda | Bedo (Hyderbadi Sindhi) or Aano | Egg |
| Murghi | Cook-ker | Chicken |
| Paplate | Paplet | Pomfret fish |
| Gosht | Tivan | Lamb Meat |
| Hilsa machhli | Pallo | shad (fish) |
[edit] See also
Cabbage is called Patta Gobi in Urdu
