Paaya

Trotter

Pakora

Battered and deep fried vegetables or meats

Palak

Spinach

Pan / Paan

Betel leaf

Paneer

Indian Cottage cheese, casein, fromage frais

Pangush Machhli

Cat fish

Pani

Water

Papad

Papadom, lentil wafers

Papar

Papaddom

Papeeta/Paita/Pepe

Papaya

Paratha

Pan-fried Indian Bread

Parshey machhli or Boi

Mullet fish

Parval/Parwal/Patol

Small cucumber like vegetable, Tricosanthes dioica

Pasanda Curry

Meat beaten and cooked in a rich curry sauce

Patila

A type of Indian cooking pot

Patta Gobhi

Cabbage

Pauwa

Rice flakes or flattened rice

Pedvey Machhli

Sardine fish

Peshwari Naan

Baked naan bread, stuffed with nuts and raisins

Petha

White Ash Gourd

Phal / Phol

Fruit

Pharas Beans

French Beans

Phate Doodh ka Pani

Whey

Phool Gobi/Phul Kopi

Cauliflower

Phoot

Snap Melon

Piaz / Pyaz

Onion

Pishta / Pista / Pesta

Pistachio

Pitha / Pithe

Pancake, mostly popular in eastern India, stuffed with grated coconut cooked with milk and sugar or jaggery

Poha

Rice flakes or flattened rice

Poori / Puri

Deep fried Indian Bread, usually made from white flour

Posto / Post dana

Poppy seeds

Pudina

Mint

Pulao / Pilau

A very popular Indian rice item, prepared with basmati rice, vegetables, nuts, raisins, etc.

Pupta / Pabda machli

Indian Butter Fish

Quas chawal

Rice fried in ghee, flavoured and coloured with saffron