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Indian Cuisine Quiz
- Used in traditional Indian cuisines, what is paneer?
- Which variety of aromatic rice with a name literally meaning 'fragrant' is traditionally grown in the Indian subcontinent?
- What popular Indian dish has been described as the UK's national dish?
- What is the cooking method in which food is cooked in a clay oven over charcoal?
- Aloo gobi is made with potatoes, Indian spices, and what other main ingredient?
- The Curry Mile is a nickname for part of Wilmslow Road in which British city?
- Which ingredient gives curry its golden hue?
- What word meaning "bits" or "pieces" in Turkish, is also a chicken dish served in Punjabi cuisine?
- Commonly used in Indian cuisine, 'ghee' is a type of what?
- Which South Asian pastry with a savoury filling gets its name from an Hindustani word meaning 'triangular pastry'?
- In Kashmiri cuisine, rogan josh is usually made with what meat?
- Made from Bhut Jolokia, the world's hottest chilli, what is the world's hottest curry?
- Which leafy vegetable dish has a name from the Sanskrit word meaning leafy green vegetables?
- What is the national fruit of India?
- What word is defined as a mixture of spices ground into a paste, used in Indian cookery?
- Which delicacy was banned by the EU from UK Indian restuarants in 1997 for not conforming to hygiene laws?
- Raita is a side dish in Indian cuisine made of dahi. Dahi is a traditional what?
- Which soup originating from South Indian cuisine has a name which literally means "pepper-water"?
- What do we in the UK usually call the round flatbread also known as roti?
- Vindaloo is an Indian curry dish originally based on a dish from which European country?
- Which stir-fried curry dish popular in the UK but originating in Bengal, has a name meaning "hot-fry"?
- As seen in dishes such as murgh makhani and murgh korma, murgh is the Hindi word for what?
Answers
- Cheese
- Basmati
- Chicken tikka masala
- Tandoori
- Cauliflower
- Manchester
- Turmeric
- Tikka
- Butter (clarified butter)
- Samosa
- Lamb (or goat)
- Phaal
- Saag
- Mango
- Masala
- Bombay duck
- Yogurt or curd
- Mulligatawny
- Chapati
- Portugal
- Jalfrezi
- Chicken