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can ppl who are conversant and know the names of spices and cereals in tamil and hindi give a list of them..it wud b very helpful for ppl like me who are staying in north india..my mom gives me all names of spices and dal in tamil and i'm finding it difficult to sort the same here in shops and te shopkeeper goes nuts before i finish it off.
hope some of u get to rescue the shopkeepers here!!!!!

Check out the fol :
http://www.hemant-trivedis-cookery-c...om/glosary.htm

You find most of the things here. If u still need help with specific ingredients to can post the query in 'Food SOS' thread and I'm sure fellow hubbers will help you out.

hey thank u for the link it is very useful and will also peep into the food sos thread for more clarifications..