Asafoetida vs Chaunk - What's the difference?
asafoetida | chaunk |
A resinous gum from the stem and roots of a wild fennel (
*1638 , , Some Yeares Travels , II:
*:Nigh Whormoot'' are ''Duzgun'', ''Laztan-De , and other Townes, where is got the best Assa-Fætida through all the Orient: the tree is like our brier in height, the leaves resemble Fig leaves, the root the Radish: the vertue had need be much, it stincks so odiously.
* 1855 , (Sir Richard Burton), Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah , Dover 1964, p. 54:
*1993 , (Anthony Burgess), A Dead Man In Deptford :
(cooking) A garnish made by frying mustard seed, asafoetida, and other whole spices in oil or ghee to release the flavours. Added to soups, curries, etc., at the end of cooking.
As nouns the difference between asafoetida and chaunk
is that asafoetida is a resinous gum from the stem and roots of a wild fennel ( while chaunk is (cooking) a garnish made by frying mustard seed, asafoetida, and other whole spices in oil or ghee to release the flavours added to soups, curries, etc, at the end of cooking.asafoetida
English
(wikipedia asafoetida)Alternative forms
* assafoetida,Noun
(-)- half-a-dozen huge bread pills, dipped in a solution of aloes or cinnamon water, flavoured with assafœtida , which in the case of the dyspeptic rich often suffice [...].
- The letter she sent me stank of assafoetida or devil’s dung. I was charmed.
