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chawal
rice
cheiku
small, sweet brown fruit
dahi
curd/yoghurt
dhal
spiced lentil dish
dhal makh-
ani
black lentils and red kidney beans with cream and butter
dhansak
Parsi dish; meat, usually chicken or lamb, with curried lentils, pumpkin or gourd, and rice
dosa
large South Indian savoury crêpe
falooda
rose-flavoured drink made with milk, cream, nuts and vermicelli
faluda
long chickpea-flour noodles
feni
Goan liquor distilled from coconut milk or cashews
ghee
clarified butter
gobi
cauliflower
gulab jamun
deep-fried balls of dough soaked in rose-flavoured syrup
halwa
soft sweet made with vegetables, lentils, nuts or fruit
idli
South Indian spongy, round, fermented rice cake
imli
tamarind
jaggery
hard, brown, sugarlike sweetener made from palm sap
jalebi
orange-coloured coils of deep-fried batter dunked in sugar syrup; served hot
karela
bitter gourd
keema
spiced minced meat
kheer
creamy rice pudding
khichdi
blend of lightly spiced rice and lentils; also
khichri
kofta
minced vegetables or meat; often ball-shaped
korma
currylike braised dish
kulcha
soft leavened Indian-style bread
kulfi
flavoured (often with pistachio) firm-textured ice cream
ladoo
sweet ball made with gram flour and semolina; also
ladu
lassi
yoghurt-and-iced-water drink
masala dosa
large South Indian savoury crêpe (dosa) stuffed with spiced potatoes
mattar pan-
eer
unfermented cheese and pea curry
methi
fenugreek
mishti doi
Bengali sweet; curd sweetened with jaggery
