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Muhurat – Auspicious time during wedding ceremony when the groom ties the mangalsutra around the bride’s neck and fills vermilion in her partition.
Naan – Type of Indian bread made in a Tandoori oven.
Namaste – Anjali mudra (palms touching each other near the heart region)
Onion Bhajiya – Deep fried onion fritters made with chick pea flour with v
arious spices and herbs; also called ‘onion bajji’.
Pag – Pheri – Newly wedded couple visit the bride’s parents’ house.
Pagari/pagari – Turban worn in India
Pakoda – Deep fried fritters made with potato, onion or other vegetables.
Pallu – End of the sari that drapes over the shoulder.
Paratha – Stuffed flatbread
Phere’s – Going round the pious fire during the wedding, an important ritual in a Hindu wedding.
Pooja – Ritual
Pooja Thali –A plate with all the ingredients required for pooja.
Poories – A small ball of dough rolled out in a circle and deep fried in oil, usually made of wheat flour.
Pulav – Rice dish cooked with various spices and vegetables.
Prasad – Offering to the God
Raita – Yogurt-based side dish
Rajma – North Indian dish made with kidney beans cooked with spices and herbs in a tomato sauce.
Rangoli – A decorative design generally made of rice flour in front of the altar, living room or in front of the house. It is believed that it is sacred and welcomes the deities.
Ras malai – Ras Malai consists of sugary white, cream or yellow colored (or flattened) balls of cheese (paneer) soaked in cream flavored with cardamom.
Rawa Upma – Cream of wheat dish, a common South Indian breakfast dish
Sabzimandi – Vegetable market
Sada Suhaagan – May your husband live long.
Salwar kameez – Indian traditional dress, loose pants with a long shirt
Samosa – A fried or baked pastry with a savory filling, such as spiced potatoes, onions, peas, green beans and carrots. Its size and consistency varies, but typically, it is distinctly triangular.
Sari – Indian traditional clothing for women
Satsangh – Meeting like-minded people (mostly related to spiritual meetings)
Sherwani – Long coat-like garment worn during special occasions, especially weddings.
Shirdi Baba – Sai Baba, a saint, a guru who lived in a small town of Shirdi in the state of Maharashtra.
Sindoor – A traditional red-colored powder (kum kum or vermilion) that is worn by married women along the parting of their hair or a dot on the forehead near the parting, this is first applied on the woman by her husband on the wedding day. Unmarried women or widows do not wear this sindoor in the parting.
