Glossary U

The food glossary +++ Popular Articles: 'Unakkameen', 'Uzhunnuparippu', 'Upperi'

Unakka Nangu is the Malayalam term for "dried Malabar Sole". fried dried fish (Malabar sole). In Kerala, they use Coconut oil to fry their food which makes them more delicious delicious.

Uchche is a Bengali word referring to the smaller variety of bitter gourd.

Udang is the Indonesian word for "shrimp".
Udang Goreng refers to "Fried shrimp" in Indonesia.
Unleavened refers to the descriptor for any baked goods made without a leavening agents to give them volume, such as yeast, baking powder or baking soda.
Ukha refers to Russian fish soup known as the Mother of all Russian soups. Ukha ismade from fresh fish with spices. Small fishes like ruffs, perches were used to make soup strong and to give it a specific smell. Boiled tenches, sheat-fish, burbots were added in an already cooked soup to make it "sweet and tender". Cinnamon, cloves and pepper were principal spices. It is not difficult to cook Ukha. But real Ukha must be cooked on the fire or at least on the oven.