1.Savoury - to describe salty or spicy food/snacks/dishes which does not contain sweet. Eg : Savoury biscuits.
2.Salty - when excessive salt in a food, we say it as salty food.
When you eat biscuits without sugar or sweet, it is savoury biscuit not salty biscuits.Use the word "salty" only when the food/dish contains excessive salt.
3.Sweet - to describe food which tastes sweet like sugar, jaggery, honey and which does not have the characteristics of salt, bitter or sour.
4.Spicy - flavoured with spice
5.Hot - food which contains more chillies or peppers or other pungent spices creating burning sensation when tasted is described as hot/spicy food.
6.Pungent - to describe food which has a strong taste or smell.
The pungent smell can be strongly sensed by the nose and it sometimes creates irritation to your nose. Eg : while frying ginger, garlic, onion, green chilly you can feel the pungent smell.
7.Bitter - to describe food which has a strong pungent smell or taste and or not sweet or salty. Eg : Bitter gourd curry.
8.Tart - sharp or acid in taste. Eg ; a tart mango.
Lemon,vinegar,pickles are tart foods.
9.Sour - When the tart taste is excessive or when the fruit is not ripe, we call it as Sour taste.
10.Rancid - when the food(decomposing oil and fat) tastes/smells unpleasant as a result of being old and stale. Eg : rancid milk, rancid meat
11.Burnt - when a food is overcooked at a high temperature, it gives burnt smell and taste to your food.
12.Piquant - a pleasantly sharp taste or appetizing flavour.
13.Tangy - a pleasant tart taste.
14&15. Sharp/Acid - to describe the taste of lemon and the fruit which is not ripe,this word is used.
2.Salty - when excessive salt in a food, we say it as salty food.
When you eat biscuits without sugar or sweet, it is savoury biscuit not salty biscuits.Use the word "salty" only when the food/dish contains excessive salt.
3.Sweet - to describe food which tastes sweet like sugar, jaggery, honey and which does not have the characteristics of salt, bitter or sour.
4.Spicy - flavoured with spice
5.Hot - food which contains more chillies or peppers or other pungent spices creating burning sensation when tasted is described as hot/spicy food.
6.Pungent - to describe food which has a strong taste or smell.
The pungent smell can be strongly sensed by the nose and it sometimes creates irritation to your nose. Eg : while frying ginger, garlic, onion, green chilly you can feel the pungent smell.
7.Bitter - to describe food which has a strong pungent smell or taste and or not sweet or salty. Eg : Bitter gourd curry.
8.Tart - sharp or acid in taste. Eg ; a tart mango.
Lemon,vinegar,pickles are tart foods.
9.Sour - When the tart taste is excessive or when the fruit is not ripe, we call it as Sour taste.
10.Rancid - when the food(decomposing oil and fat) tastes/smells unpleasant as a result of being old and stale. Eg : rancid milk, rancid meat
11.Burnt - when a food is overcooked at a high temperature, it gives burnt smell and taste to your food.
12.Piquant - a pleasantly sharp taste or appetizing flavour.
13.Tangy - a pleasant tart taste.
14&15. Sharp/Acid - to describe the taste of lemon and the fruit which is not ripe,this word is used.
