Talk:Achar

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this doesn't seem to be a problematic article. the language cited is real, and achar appears to be a real indian dish

do a google search for "achar Malayalam"

[1] Enochlau 13:51, 30 Oct 2004 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but "Achar" is not even a pure Malayalam word. This word has been borrowed from Hindi "achaar" which means pickle.
So, the article is just plain wrong. There are several Malayalam words for pickle:
Uppillittuthu - literally, "that which is put in salt"; generic term for pickle
Maangaacurry - literally, "curry of mango"; term for mango pickle
Naarangyacurry - literally, "curry of lemon"; term for lemon pickle.
Ingicurry - literally, "curry of ginger"; term for ginger pickle

Each "kind" of pickle is usually given their own name. The closest term in Malayalam for "pickle" is "uppillittuthu".

If no one objects to this, I can update this article.
--Das

Sure, go ahead :) btw, please sign your username and timestamp using ~~~~, thanks! Enochlau 23:44, 31 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Merge[edit]

Proposal: merge Achar into Indian Pickle (fixing capitalization of that article). Hindi is only one of the languages of India and these two articles cover the same food item. Badagnani 07:51, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]