The Hindi and Urdu word for mint, widely used in South Asian cooking and by Indian diaspora communities. In Indian cuisine, pudhina is a key ingredient in chutneys, raitas, biryanis, and refreshing drinks like jaljeera. The word is used freely in everyday conversation among speakers of Hindi, Urdu, and related languages, and it appears commonly in South Asian recipe writing in English. It's a culinary borrowing that reflects the richness of Indian cooking vocabulary.
Blend the pudhina with coriander and green chilli for a chutney that goes with everything.
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(India, cooking) mint.
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