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1. aloo, n. View full entry 1916
...In South Asian cookery: a potato; a dish containing this. Cf. aloo chaat...
2. aloo chaat, n. View full entry 1954
...In South Asian cookery: a spicy potato snack served as salad, light meal, or side dish. Cf. chaat...
3. bed, n. View full entry c995
...A permanent structure or arrangement for sleeping on, or for the sake of rest. In some form or other it constitutes a regular article of household furniture in civilized life, as well...
4. beno, n. View full entry 1903
...In the Philippine Islands: = aguardiente Also Comb....
5. chaat, n. View full entry 1954
...In South Asian cookery: a snack or salad consisting of chopped and spiced fruit or vegetables. Freq. attrib. or as postmodifier....
6. handi, n. View full entry 1895
...An earthenware or metal pot used in Indian cooking....
7. kheer, n. View full entry 1832
...An Indian dessert consisting of rice (or a similar ingredient) and sugar boiled in milk or coconut milk, and often flavoured with cardamom and ground nuts; = payasam...
8. mango, n.1 (and adj.) View full entry 1582
...The fruit of the mango tree (see sense 2), a sweet orange-fleshed drupe which is much eaten as dessert, especially in the tropics, and is used in its unripe state...
9. mutton, n. View full entry c1300
...The flesh of sheep, used as food....
10. O, n.1 View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
11. outstill, n. View full entry 1884
...In India: a private still licensed by government and situated outside the limits of areas supplied with liquor from central distilleries. Freq. attrib....
12. paan, n. View full entry 1598
...A preparation of betel leaves chewed as a stimulant; spec. a mixture of chopped areca nut, slaked lime, and other ingredients wrapped in a betel leaf....
13. pahit, n. View full entry 1902
...In South-East Asia: a drink of gin and bitters. Also gin pahit....
14. papri, n. View full entry 1978
...A small, thin, crisp wheat biscuit. Also as postmodifier....
15. paratha, n. View full entry 1935
...In South Asia and in South Asian communities elsewhere: a type of unleavened bread fried on a griddle in butter or ghee, and sometimes served with a filling....
16. payasam, n. View full entry 1973
...An Indian dessert consisting of rice or (in later use) vermicelli, boiled in milk or coconut milk, flavoured with cardamom, and often containing groundnuts....
17. post, n.6 View full entry a1667
...An intoxicating beverage made by steeping poppy heads in warm water....
18. raita, n. View full entry 1832
...A cold side dish consisting of yogurt or (esp. formerly) curds with herbs or spices (traditionally including mustard seed), and typically also containing finely chopped vegetables or fruit....
19. round, n.1 View full entry a1325
...A circular band, a ring; a ring-shaped object; (in later use) spec. a representation or drawing of a ring-shaped object on a flat surface, esp. one used to...
20. saag, n. View full entry 1852
...Any of various edible leafy green vegetables, typically spinach. Also: an Indian dish made with spinach or (occas.) another green vegetable....
