Very often I would come across an English word for an Indian spice and be at a loss. Most recipes, especially online, use spice names in English. Indian spices were (and still are) always the coveted item in many merchant cargos.Īs a kid, I remember looking into my mom’s metallic round spice box with their little containers and smelling each of the spices. India was at the heart of the Spice Trade. It is an amazing journey down history if you want to trace how travelers introduced new spices across borders. India is home to a large variety of spices that are used not just in Indian recipes but in recipes around the world. I have also recently made a printable list of the Spices Names that you can download from here. In the table below you can easily browse and search for any spice name in Hindi or English that you came across and need to know its corresponding name in English or Hindi.

This is an ongoing list of images and names of Indian spices in English and Hindi for reference purposes.

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