EQUIVALENT NAMES FOR INGREDIENTS


EQUIVALENT NAMES FOR INGREDIENTS

Australian American British
125 g butter 1 stick of butter 4 oz butter (1/4 pound)
baking trays cookie sheets baking trays
bicarbonate of soda baking soda bicarbonate of soda
black-eyed beans black-eyed peas black-eyed beans
broad beans fava beans broad beans
butter lettuce butterhead lettuce cabbage lettuce
capsicum sweet pepper or bell pepper green or red pepper
castor sugar superfine sugar caster sugar
chick peas garbanzo beans chick peas
chillies hot peppers chillies
chokos chayote chayota
(to) chop mince (to) chop
coriander Chinese parsley coriander
corned beef salt beef corned beef
cornflour cornstarch cornflour
cos lettuce Romaine lettuce Cos or Romaine lettuce
cream light cream single cream
cube sugar loaf sugar cube or lump sugar
essence extract essence
eggplant eggplant or aubergine aubergine

fillet tenderloin fillet
firmly beaten egg whites dry egg whites firmly beaten egg whites
fried pan-broiled or pan fried fried
frying pan skillet frying pan
glace fruit candied fruit glace fruit
gravy beef stew beef gravy beef
grill, griller broil, broiler gril, griller
ground rice, rice flour rice flour ground rice
hard-boiled egg hard cooked egg hard-boiled egg
icing sugar confectioners’ sugar icing sugar, powdered sugar
king prawns jumbo shrimps shrimps
mince / minced meat ground (meat) mince / minced (meat)
morello or sour cherries sour cherries morello cherries
mortadella baloney mortadella
offal variety meat offal
okra ladies fingers or gumbo okra
papaw, pawpaw papaya pawpaw
pimientos pimientos pimentos
plain flour all-purpose flour plain flour
potato flour potato starch potato flour
prawns shrimps shrimps
(to) rub butter or fat into dry ingredients cut in shortening (to) rub butter or fat into dry ingredients
shallots, spring onion scallions, green onions spring onions
sesame seeds benne seeds sesame seeds
semolina farina semolina
(to) shell (to) shuck or hull (to) shell
shortcrust pastry basic pastry or shortcrust pastry shortcrust
snow peas sugar snap peas mange tout
sour cream dairy sour cream soured cream
stock cubes bouillon cubes stock cubes
saltanas seedless white raisins or golden raisins white raisins or saltanas
sweets thermometer jellmeter jam or candy thermometer
Swiss roll pan jelly-roll pan Swiss roll pan
thickened cream heavy cream double cream
unsalted butter sweet butter unsalted butter
zucchini zucchini courgette