 |
Adrak |
Zingiber Officinale |
Stimulant, carminative |
|
Adzukis Beans |
Vigna Angularis |
Edible
Used in cakes and confection
Contains fatty oil |
|
Akalgaro |
Anacydus Pyrethrum |
Stimulant, Pungent
Used in tooth powder |
|
Almond |
Prunus Amygdalus |
Used in Confectionery,
Pharmaceutical & Cosmetics |
|
Aloo
Bukhara (Dry Plum) |
Prunus
Domesti |
Contains
sugar & carotene
Laxative |
|
Amba
Haldi |
Curcuma
Amada |
Carminative
& Stomachic |
|
Amchur |
Mangifera
Indica |
Unripe
dried fruits powdered, used for chutney & culinary preparations |
|
Amla |
Emblica
Officinalis |
Sour,
cooling, diuretic, laxative, rich in vitamin - C |
|
Anardana
(Pomegranate) |
Punica
Granatum |
Edible
Used as condiment |
|
Aniseed |
Pimpinella
Anisum |
Stimulant,
carminative, diuretic & diaphoretic |
|
Apricot |
Prunus
Armeniaca |
Edible
fruits, kernels |
|
Ardusi |
Ailanthus
Excelsa |
Used for
treating Asthama |
|
Aritha |
Sapindus
Laurifotius |
|
|
Arjun
Chal |
Terminalia
Arjuna |
Styptic
tonic |
|
Asario |
Lepidium
Satioum |
Diuretic,
tonic, laxative
Gives relief in symptomatic
hypertension |
|
Aswagandha |
Withania
Ashwagandha |
Roots
powder for hiccup, coughs & dropsy |
|
Baheda |
Terminalia
Bellirica |
Dry fruit
powder, Purgative |
|
Bajri |
Pennisetum
Typhoides |
|
|
Bay
Leaves |
Pimenta
Racemosa |
Used for
flavouring culinary preparations |
|
Black
Elcha |
Eletlaria
Cardamomum |
Used as
spice |
|
Black
Moosli |
Curculigo
Orchioidesa |
Tonic
Used for skin troubles |
|
Black
Pepper |
Piper
Nigrum |
Fruits used
as condiments; Aromatic stimulant |
|
Black Salt
|
Saltpetre |
Black Salt
is also known as Kala Nimak or Sanchal in Hindi and Saltpetre in Latin.
chemical structure is 97% NaCl
a purplish brown coloured rock salt, with a
distinctive flavour.
Used as a preservative in
meat and other foods but has to be used sparingly as it can be
harmful in large quantities.
Used in small quantities in snacks or pickles and
adds a very different flavour than just
using
regular salt.
Used to flavour tall summer
cool drinks like "Jal Jeera". |
|
Brahmi |
Centella
Asiatica |
Diuretic,
tonic also used in leprosy |
|
Camphor |
Cinnamomum
Camphora |
It's
esteemed as an analeptic in cardiac deppressions |
|
Cardamom |
Elettaria
Cardamomum |
Seed oil
Used as spice and masticatory and in medicine |
|
Casava |
Manihot
Esculenta |
Tuber
chips, starchy |
|
Cashew |
Anacardium
Occidentale |
Used as
dessert and in sweets & confectionery, highly nutritious |
|
Castor |
Ricinus
Communis |
Used as
cathartic, lubricating & illumination |
|
Chana |
Cicer
Arietirum |
|
|
Charoli |
Buchanania
Lanzan |
Seeds
edible, nutritious & palatable
Used in
confectionery |
|
Chilli |
Capsicum
Annum |
Carminative
Used as
spice |
|
China
Grass |
Boehmeria
Nivea |
|
|
Chola |
Vigna
Unguiculata |
Seeds used
as food, eaten boiled |
|
Cinnamon |
Cinnamomum
Zeylanicum |
Astringent,
stimulant & carminative
Used as spice |
|
Citric
Acid |
Citrus
Limon |
Used with
all kinds of namkeen foods for palatable taste |
|
Clove
Oil |
Syzygium
Aromaticum |
Dried
unopened flower buds used as spice
aromatic
stimulant and carminative |
|
Coconut |
Cocos
Nucifera |
Used in
sweets, kitchen preparations, pastries and confectionery |
|
Coriander |
Coriandrum
Sativum |
Aromatic,
carminative & tonic
Used as flavouring and in
preparation of chatneys & sauces |
|
Corn |
Zea Mays |
Grain
products: nutritious with high percentage of easily digestible
carbohydrates, fats & proteins |
|
Cumin |
Cuminum
Cyminum |
Fruits
powder used in curry & for flavouring dishes |
|
Curry
Neem |
Murraya
Koenigii |
Leaves
powdered as a flavouring and in chatneys |
|
Dalia |
Cuminum
Cyminum |
Roasted
halves of Red Gram |
|
Dates |
Phoenix
Dactylifera |
Demulcent,
Expectorant and laxative
Rich in sugar, used in
bakery and confectionery and made into jams & preserves |
|
Dhana |
Coriandrum
Sativum |
Aromatic,
used in chatneys & mouth fresheners |
|
Dill |
Anethum
Sowa |
|
|
Fennel |
Foeniculum
Vulgare |
Aromatic,
stimulant and carminative
Fruits used for
flavouring soups and other dishes, sauces, confectionery |
|
Figs |
Ficus
Carica |
Fruits
delicious with high nutritive value, laxative |
|
Ganthoda |
Piper
Longum |
Used for
diseases of respiratory tract, for muscular pains |
|
Garlic |
Allium
Sativum |
Used as a
spice & condiment |
|
Gingelly |
Sesamum
Indicum |
Used in
confectionery and used in soaps, cosmetics, perfumes pharmacy |
|
Ginger |
Zingiber
Officinalis |
Powder used
as spice for its characteristic odeur and warm pungent taste and for
flavouring foods |
|
Gokharu |
Tribulus
Terrestris |
Tonic &
diuretic fruits powder |
|
Green
Jackfruit |
Artocarpus
Heterophyllus |
Fruits used
for vegetable or pickles |
|
Gulkand |
Rosa
Damascena |
Petals
preserved with sugar
Laxative, useful in enlarged
tonsils |
|
Gundar |
Acacia
Senegal |
|
|
Harde |
Terminalia
Chebula |
Fruit
Laxative, stomachic & tonic |
|
Hing |
Ferula
Assafoetida |
Laxative,
antispasmodic |
|
Hingwastak |
Ferula
Assafoetida |
Laxative,
antispasmodic |
|
Indrajav |
Wrightia
Tinctoria |
used in
flatulence and bilious troubles |
|
Isabgool |
Plantago
Ovata |
Dried
seeds, laxative
Used in chronic constipation,
disentry & diarrhea |
|
Jatamasi |
Nardostachys Jatamansi |
Rhizomes -
tonic stimulant, antispasmodic, diuretic, stomachic & laxative |
|
Jav |
Hordeum
Vulgare |
Barley
grains
Used in dietary of invalids and
convalescens |
|
Javentri |
Myeistica
Fragrans |
Used for
flavouring food products and legneurs and also cosmetics |
|
Jethi
Madh |
Glycyrrhiza
Glabra |
Rhizomentroot tonic, expectorant, demulcent and
laxative
Used for allaying coughs |
|
Joshanda |
Viola
Pilosa |
Unani
medicine prepared from flowers |
|
Kachri |
Kaempferia
Galanga |
Chewedas
masticatory and for cough and pectoral infections. |
|
Kadu |
Swertia
Chirayata |
A bitter
tonic in asthama and liver disorder |
|
Kadva
Neem |
Azadirachta
indico |
used as
antiseptic decoctions given for ulcers and eczema. |
|
Kala
Chana |
Cicer
Arietinum |
|
|
Kala
Jeera |
Vernonia
Cineria |
Anthelmint |
|
Kalonji |
Nigella
Sativa |
Carminative, Stimulant, diuretic, for skin
infections |
|
Kalijiri |
Centrathenum Anthelmintioum |
Anthelmintic |
|
Kamarkas |
Salvia
P_lebeia |
Seeds
mucilagenous, used in diarrhea and hemorrhoids, |
|
Karela |
Mommardiaca
Charantia |
Dried fruit
powder tonic, stomachic, carminative cooling in diabetes |
|
Kariatu |
Enicostemma
Littorale |
Bitter
Tonic
Stomachic, Laxative, blood purifier, in
malaria |
|
Kasuri
Methi |
Trigonella
Corniculata |
For
flavouring |
|
Katho |
Acacia
Catechu |
Catechu
used in pain and for soar throats. |
|
Kewra |
Pandanus
Odoratissimus |
Used for
flavouring foods, sweets & soft drinks |
|
Kidney
Beans |
Phaseolus
Vulgaris |
Pulse;
nutritious, source of proteins comparing closely with meat as a source of
protein |
|
Kishmish |
Vitis
Vinifera |
Dry
fruit |
|
Kodri |
Paspolum
Scrobiculatum |
Cooked like
rice and also for preparing a kind of bread
Recommended for diabetics as a substitute for
rice |
|
Kokum |
Garcinia
Indica |
Anthelmintic & cardiotonic
Used in jellies & syrups |
|
Lindi
Pepper |
Piper
Longum |
Used as
spice and in preservatives & pickles |
|
Loban |
Styrax
Benzoin |
A resin;
Carminative |
|
Lychee |
Nephelium
Chinensis |
Fleshy
sweets arils covering seeds - tastes delicious |
|
Mamra |
Orijza
Sativa |
Puffed
rice, A staple diet |
|
Mango |
Mangifera
Indica |
Fruit used
in jams & jellies |
|
Massor |
Lens
Culinaris |
Used in
dals & soups |
|
Methi |
Trigonella
Foenum Graecum |
Seeds;
Aromatic, carminative & tonic
Used as
condiment also eaten raw or cooked |
|
Mint |
Onentha
Arvensis |
|
|
Moong |
Vigna
Radiata |
Seeds of
Green grams
Used as pulse, ranking high among the
pulses of India, rich in protiensm sprouted seeds are eaten |
|
Mustard |
Brassica
Juncea |
Seed
Used in Pickles &
cooking items |
|
Muth |
Vigna
Aconififolia |
Whole seeds
used as pulse, boiled and mixed with condiments |
|
Nagkesar |
Mesua
Ferrea |
Flowers
used for cough and Dysentery |
|
Nutmeg |
Myristica
Fragrans |
Used for
flavouring food products
Also in spicy perfumes,
in soaps, and Candles. |
|
Olive |
Olea
Eurepaea |
Fruits;
Laxative & emollient
Used as salad |
|
Onion |
Allium
Cepa |
Stimulant
& diuretic |
|
Peanut |
Arachis
Hypogaea |
Obtained
from kernels
Used for culinary purpose |
|
Peethi |
Curcuma
Domestica |
Rhizome
powder |
|
Pista |
Pistacia
Vera |
Fruits,
most used as ingredient of sweets, confectionery & ice cream |
|
Poha |
Oryza
Sativa |
Flat rice
or rice flakes |
|
Poppy |
Papaver
Somniferum |
Used for
culinary purpose |
|
Ragi |
Eleusine
Coracana |
Food grain
powder used for cakes & puddings |
|
Raisins |
Vitis
Vinitera |
Dry grape
fruits |
|
Red
Chori |
Vigna
Unguiculata |
Cowpeas
seeds ripe seeds boiled and eaten also as dal or jaggery
Germinated seeds are eaten |
|
Rewdi |
Sesamum
Indicum |
Seeds with
aggery |
|
Rice
Flour |
Oryza
Sativa |
Ground
Grains
Used in Papad, Papadi, Dhokala,Idli,Dhosa
etc. |
|
Rose |
Rosa
Damasana |
|
|
Sabudana |
Caryota
Urens or Manihot Esculenta |
|
|
Saffron |
Crocus
Sativus |
Stigmas of
the flower
Used as coloring agent, stimulant,
sedative, also used as spice and flavour |
|
Samo |
Echinochloa
Frumentsia |
|
|
Sandal |
Santalum
album |
wood; used
as incense in pooja and oil used as perfumery |
|
Satavari |
Asparagus
Officinalis |
Tonic |
|
Sesame |
Sesamum
Indicum |
Edible used
in bread, cookies, cakes & confectionery
Rich
in thiamine & niacine |
|
Shankh
Pushpi |
Evolvulus
Alsinoides |
Tonic |
|
Shikakai |
Acacia
Concinna |
Used as
detergent |
|
Singoda |
Trapa
Bispinosa |
Sweet
nutritious kernels; good source of minerals |
|
Soji (Wheat
flour) |
Hordeum
Vulgare |
Used in
preparation of sweet laddu, halwa and namkeen items |
|
Soya |
Glycine
Max |
|
|
Sunflower |
Helianthus
Annus |
for cooking
oil |
|
Tamarind |
Tamarindus
Indica |
Used for
chutneys & to add sour taste in food |
|
Tomato |
Lycopersicon Esculentum |
|
|
Toor |
Cajanus
Cajan Cotyledents |
|
|
Tukmaria |
Lallemantia
Royleana |
Seeds used
in constipation |
|
Turmeric |
Curcuma
Domestica |
Used as
condiments & colouring agent
Stimulant &
tonic |
|
Urad |
Vigna
Mungo |
|
|
Vakumba |
Orobanche
Aegyptica |
Used in
treatment of diarrhea |
|
Val |
Dolichis
Lablab |
|
|
Vatana |
Lathyrus
Odoratus |
Consumed as
pulse, provides protein |
|
Vavding |
Embelia
Ribes |
Fruits,
stomachic tonic |
|
Wheat |
Hoideum
Vulgare |
Cracked
grains used in sweet lapsi, khichadi |
