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Punjabi food & eating

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Ordering, tastes and table talk — the Punjabi you need in restaurants and markets.

Food words

EnglishHindi PunjabiSay it
flatbreadरोटीਰੋਟੀrotī
naanनानਨਾਨnān
stuffed flatbreadपराँठाਪਰੌਂਠਾparonṭhā
Amritsari kulchaकुलचाਕੁਲਚਾkulchā
lentilsदालਦਾਲdāl
vegetable curryसब्ज़ीਸਬਜ਼ੀsabzī
riceचावलਚੌਲchaul
chickpeasछोलेਛੋਲੇchhole
kidney beansराजमाਰਾਜਮਾਂrājmān
paneer (cheese)पनीरਪਨੀਰpanīr
curdदहीਦਹੀਂdahīn
butterमक्खनਮੱਖਣmakkhaṇ
gheeघीਘਿਉghio
lassi (yogurt drink)लस्सीਲੱਸੀlassī
teaचायਚਾਹchāh
samosaसमोसाਸਮੋਸਾsamosā
frittersपकौड़ेਪਕੌੜੇpakaūṛe
jalebiजलेबीਜਲੇਬੀjalebī

Phrases

EnglishHindi PunjabiSay it
I'm hungryमुझे भूख लगी हैਮੈਨੂੰ ਭੁੱਖ ਲੱਗੀ ਹੈMainū bhukkh laggī hai
Give (me) waterपानी दीजिएਪਾਣੀ ਦਿਓPāṇī dio
The bill, pleaseबिल दीजिएਬਿੱਲ ਦਿਓBill dio
This is very tastyयह बहुत स्वाद हैਇਹ ਬਹੁਤ ਸਵਾਦ ਹੈIh bahut savād hai
Give a little moreथोड़ा और दीजिएਹੋਰ ਥੋੜ੍ਹਾ ਦਿਓHor thoṛā dio
I'm vegetarianमैं शाकाहारी हूँਮੈਂ ਸ਼ਾਕਾਹਾਰੀ ਹਾਂMain shākāhārī hān
Go easy on the spiceमसाला कम रखिएਮਸਾਲਾ ਘੱਟ ਰੱਖੋMasālā ghaṭṭ rakkho
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