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... rice ( the modern chivda or chid- va ) , also known as prthuka.21 It was made then , as now , by moistening rice , parching it slightly , and then beating the grains flat in a mortar using a pestle . The terms missita and dhānidhaka ...
... rice ( the modern chivda or chid- va ) , also known as prthuka.21 It was made then , as now , by moistening rice , parching it slightly , and then beating the grains flat in a mortar using a pestle . The terms missita and dhānidhaka ...
Page 45
... rice ( chen- nel ) , white rice ( vennel ) and a refined variety , pudunel . Rice in the southern diet Food was rich and varied in south India in the first few centuries AD . As observed above , there were at least five varieties of rice .
... rice ( chen- nel ) , white rice ( vennel ) and a refined variety , pudunel . Rice in the southern diet Food was rich and varied in south India in the first few centuries AD . As observed above , there were at least five varieties of rice .
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... rice dish 135 kāmrākh ( Hin ) : Atropa carambola 83 kanadu ( Guj ) : a rice dish 135 of kanchāgollā ( Ben ) : a sweet confection 132 kanda ( S ) : tuber or tubers 62 kandam ( T ) : gourd 47 kandara ( S ) : sweet thickened milk 92 ...
... rice dish 135 kāmrākh ( Hin ) : Atropa carambola 83 kanadu ( Guj ) : a rice dish 135 of kanchāgollā ( Ben ) : a sweet confection 132 kanda ( S ) : tuber or tubers 62 kandam ( T ) : gourd 47 kandara ( S ) : sweet thickened milk 92 ...
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