Order and deliver food from your takeaway, find local takeaways online in Abingdon

	Bailey’s Corner Kitchen, 01235 527445, Fairacres Est., Marcham Road, Abingdon OX14 1AD
	Chef Imperial Chinese Takeaway, 01235 553282, 182 Ock Street, Abingdon OX14 5DR
	Chinese Kitchen, 01235 525941, 3 The Square, Abingdon OX14 5AR
	Crumbs, 01235 528930, 19 High Street, Abingdon OX14 5BB
	Golden Dragon House, 01235 553635, Unit 12, Peachcroft Shopping Centre, Abingdon OX14 2QA
	La Baguette, 01235 537070, 15 Market Place, Abingdon OX14 3HA
	Magic Wok, 01235 520299, 13 Oxford Road, Abingdon OX14 2ED
	Pasha Baba, 01235 535588, 17 Bridge Street, Abingdon OX14 3HN
	Sami’s, 01235 536084, 68 Ock Street, Abingdon OX14 5BZ
	Sandwich Box, 01235 533515, Bury Street, Abingdon OX14 3QT
	Smarts, 01235 521587, 7 The Square, Abingdon OX14 5AR
	Tung Sun, 01235 521727, 1 Reynolds Way, Abingdon OX14 5JT

Oregano

Often confused with sweet marjoram, but herbalists believe that oregano is better medicinally. The generic name is said by some to be an amalgam of the two Greek words, óros and gános, meaning ‘mountain brightness’ or ‘shining mountain’.

An eastern Mediterranean native, the plant has a long history of use in medicine and it was used by the ancient Greeks in poultices for sores, aching muscles and rheumatic pains in limb joints. The herb was taken to the New World by the early colonists largely for the same medicinal uses. They also used it, infused, as a tea to treat bronchitis and asthma and its digestive properties were employed in treating gastro-intestinal disorders. The dried herb is very popular in Italian cooking.

What is Dal?

Dal is a preparation of pulses (dried lentils, peas or beans) which have been stripped of their outer hulls and split.

It also refers to the thick stew prepared from these, an important part of Indian, Nepali, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, and Bangladeshi cuisine.
It is regularly eaten with rice and vegetables in Southern India, and with both rice and roti (wheat-based flat bread) throughout Northern India & Pakistan.

Dal is a ready source of proteins for a balanced diet containing little or no meat. Sri Lankan cooking of dal resembles that of southern Indian dishes.

Mint Sauce

Mint sauce is a sauce made from finely chopped mint leaves, soaked in vinegar, and a small amount of sugar. Occasionally, the juice from a squeezed lime is added. The sauce should have the consistency of double cream. In UK and Irish cuisine it is traditionally used as a complement to roast lamb (but usually not other roast meats) or, in some areas, mushy peas.

Mint sauce can sometimes be used in recipes in place of fresh mint. Also you could try it on toast or bread. Mint sauce can be added to yoghurt to make a mint raita. "Sweet and sour" sauces such as Mint sauce were common throughout Medieval Europe, (with the use of mint being more common in French and Italian cuisine of the period than that of the English), however they became less common and mostly died out as Europe entered the Modern Era.

BASIL

Basil (ocimum sanctum) is the only member of the mint family which is native to India, where it was called arjaka in the ancient language, Sanskrit. Its Latin botanical names are derived from the Greek okimon, ‘fragrant lipped’ and basilikan, ‘Royal’.

Feelings about Basil have mixed throughout history, the herb having been variously associated with death, religious ritual, medicine, fertility, erotica and even as being responsible for the breeding of scorpions. It is probably for this reason, following a homeopathic logic that it was recommended at one time for the treatment of scorpion stings and snakebites. The ancients, although holding mixed feelings about the herbs, even swore oaths on it in courts of law.

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