On 1/4/2019 05:25am, Mamta posted:

Thank you for explaining that Helen, it makes perfect sense to me. My late father used to explain so many things in my mums kitchen, the reason why they happened or why they were done, with his chemists hat. I still enjoy learning that :). So thank you.

According to Oxford Hindi to English dictionary, of which I keep a copy, the word Bhoon-na or Bhun-na means 1. to parch or 2. to fry or 3. to scorch.

Bhunoing is combination of a Hindi word Bhuno or and English verb ing. It is one of those non-words that creeps up when a combination of languages are spoken as one. Hindi and English are often spoken mixed up in India, so many such words become part of the spoken language.