Glossary

The fruit of the walnut tree. Shelled walnuts should be plump, meaty and crisp; shriveled nutmeats are past their prime.They should be refrigerated, tightly covered, up to 6 months. They can be frozen up to a year.

Tamil : Gothumai maavu
Hindi : Atta

Ground wheat used to make chapatis, parathas.

Tamil: Gothumai
Hindi: Gehun

American: Cream of wheat
Tamil: Ravai
Telugu: Rava
Hindi: Sooji

Semolina is coarsely ground grain, usually wheat, with particles mostly between 0.25 and 0.75 mm in diameter. The same milling grade is sometimes called farina, or grits if made from maize. It refers to two very different products: semolina for porridge is usually steel-cut soft common wheat whereas “durum semolina” used for pasta or gnocchi is coarsely ground from either durum wheat or other hard wheat, usually the latter because it costs less to grow