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Learn About… INDIAN Food! :)

Tell us about the food from your culture/homeland/etc! Tell us about the ingredients, show us pictures, describe the taste and texture, tell us fond memories surrounding the food! Share anything about everything you want! <3

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User Profile: jesusredeemedme2425
jesusredeemedme2425 OP January 8th

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I’m adding a taglist to start, but this post is open to absolutely everyone! <3

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User Profile: reservedOwl321
reservedOwl321 January 9th

@jesusredeemedme2425. Thanks for tagging me. i love hot Naan bread!  My husband doesn’t care for Indian food as much as I do as a vegetarian, so we go there on special occasions.

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jesusredeemedme2425 OP January 8th

Editing to add… Even if you’re not Indian yourself, but have tried dishes from there, please share with us! Help us learn about wonderful foods from another culture <3

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User Profile: tranquilechoes
tranquilechoes January 8th

@jesusredeemedme2425

oh my god there is so so many good things to try out in india I dont even think I can mention them all in a post but one recommendation that I'll def give is ✨PANI PURI✨ a beloved Indian street snack featuring hollow, crispy fried dough balls (puris) filled with a flavorful mix of spiced potatoes/chickpeas/ sprouts and chutneys, then dunked in tangy, spicy, or sweet flavored water (pani) for a burst of flavor in one bite also known by names like Golgappa or Phuchka my absolute favourite and I bet everyone who has had it will agree, its absolutely addictive 😋✨

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jesusredeemedme2425 OP January 9th

Pictures please! Hehe

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User Profile: AiluraTheCat
AiluraTheCat January 9th

@jesusredeemedme2425

Anything for u 💞

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User Profile: trueconfidant123
trueconfidant123 January 9th

@Ailuraphilelove8tear9 stop, I'm drooling 🤤

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User Profile: AiluraTheCat
AiluraTheCat January 9th

@trueconfidant123

I'm not goot at cooking but still i can make one for ya 😂😂

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User Profile: trueconfidant123
trueconfidant123 January 9th

@Ailuraphilelove8tear9

I'll help you with eating 😂

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tranquilechoes January 9th

@trueconfidant123

yessssss

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User Profile: AiluraTheCat
AiluraTheCat January 9th

@tranquilechoes

Heyy....!! yeah... PANI PURI. like I've got no idea why i dont like it. Especially insee all the girls are obsessed with it 🙃, i feel : whyyyy???? Especially college students lol. they just stand forever in queue... doesn't really bothered by missing classes 🤣🤣

Some of my cousin's hate it too and few kinda worship it 😂

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User Profile: tranquilechoes
tranquilechoes January 9th

@Ailuraphilelove8tear9

oh I worship it nothing is a bigger stress relief also I my spice tolerance isnt very high so I often prepare the pani and fillings myself come over some time I bet you'll love ittt 😂😋

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User Profile: AiluraTheCat
AiluraTheCat January 9th

@tranquilechoes

You made it by yourself???😮

Certainly, you might be from nothern side or other. here in south we just buy it more often. can't find anyone cook it by themselves in houses. 🤧

Sureee I would like to , if u r good at cooking unlike me 🙃

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User Profile: tranquilechoes
tranquilechoes January 9th

@Ailuraphilelove8tear9

yup Rajasthan I wouldn't say I am a great cook but I promise its edible 😂 also here also ppl usually buy because obviously its more convenient but its only cause of my low spice tolerance that I prefer making it myself although I do enjoy it outside as well from time to time 😌🤍

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User Profile: politePlace5370
politePlace5370 January 12th

@tranquilechoes I’ve had them!! My friend’s Indian, her family makes them for parties and mmmmmmmmmm!

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User Profile: AiluraTheCat
AiluraTheCat January 12th

@politePlace5370

Hi polite..!😊

Yeah, like Indians just obsessed with pani puri as i mentioned earlier. 😅 Few of my cousin go crazy for it. 😂

User Profile: tranquilechoes
tranquilechoes January 13th

@politePlace5370

you are blessed darling u gotta taste of heaven 😋😂🤍

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User Profile: politePlace5370
politePlace5370 January 13th

@tranquilechoes truly!

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User Profile: AiluraTheCat
AiluraTheCat January 9th

@jesusredeemedme2425

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So, it's from ( Kerala ) South side of India.

Roti : Wheat flour, water, salt, oil or ghee. Mix → knead → rest → roll → cook on a hot pan → done.

Broad beans: Sautéed with oil + mustard seeds + cumin + onions + green chili + garlic.

Creamy, aromatic, coconut-heavy.

Butter chicken:  i really really really loveee thiss 😍😍 

Butter chicken isn’t originally a Kerala dish, it’s North Indian (Delhi/Punjab).

Tender chicken cooked in a creamy tomato-based sauce that hits sweet, tangy, and mildly spicy all at once. It’s the dish that makes you forgive every bad day instantly. 

It'll cooked different in each states. ( picture i shared was from Kerala ).

Chicken (usually marinated in yogurt + spices), Tomato puree, Butter (duh), Cream, Spices like garam masala, chili, turmeric, cumin, coriander, Garlic + ginger.

It's feels heavenly to eat for, if mixed 3 of this together. 



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User Profile: Amanda84
Amanda84 January 9th

@Ailuraphilelove8tear9

The colours 😁

I've tried some Indian food, can't handle the spice 😂

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User Profile: AiluraTheCat
AiluraTheCat January 9th

@Amanda84

Aww...!!! 🤧 for real real...!! (⁠つ⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦⁠)⁠つ

Actually butter chicken contains lots of spices but it taste somehow sweet for us. 💀

I can just eat raw chilly powder, let my ulcer scream to death but doesn't really bothered 🤣🤣🤣

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User Profile: Amanda84
Amanda84 January 9th

@Ailuraphilelove8tear9

Ha, no, sometimes my go to meal is as simple as spud chips and an egg, I also like to see what is in my plate, so nothing's hidden 😂😂

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User Profile: AiluraTheCat
AiluraTheCat January 9th

@Amanda84 🤣🤣🤣

Awww...!! 🤗 you're simple and elegant 😍.

I've unhealthy diet lol 😂. Only one meal per day..... I'll go with a coffee allthe way long. 😂😂

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User Profile: Amanda84
Amanda84 January 9th

@Ailuraphilelove8tear9

Ha, I've never been accused of being simple before 😂😂😂💚

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User Profile: AiluraTheCat
AiluraTheCat January 9th

@Amanda84

Well, You're now...!! 😂😂😂 Under my approval. 🤧

You're just simply elegant. 🤗💜

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User Profile: Amanda84
Amanda84 January 9th

@Ailuraphilelove8tear9

I'll take it , seen as it's coming from you 🤗💚

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User Profile: AiluraTheCat
AiluraTheCat January 9th

@Amanda84

Aww..!! Overwhelmingg 😭🤧

Hugss 🤗💜

⊂⁠(⁠(⁠・⁠▽⁠・⁠)⁠)⁠⊃

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User Profile: Amanda84
Amanda84 January 9th

@Ailuraphilelove8tear9

Accepted 💚

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User Profile: AiluraTheCat
AiluraTheCat January 9th

@Amanda84

💐🤗💜✨

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User Profile: jesusredeemedme2425
jesusredeemedme2425 OP January 9th

India has different states?

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User Profile: AiluraTheCat
AiluraTheCat January 9th

@jesusredeemedme2425

India has 28 different states. 🤗

8 union territories. 💜

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User Profile: jesusredeemedme2425
jesusredeemedme2425 OP January 9th

Kinda like us (I’m in the US). We have 50 states, two of which aren’t even ATTACHED to our country lol! Plus we own a bunch of random places and islands and stuff, which also aren’t states, and also aren’t attached to the rest of the country. The US is weird. Hehe

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User Profile: AiluraTheCat
AiluraTheCat January 9th

@jesusredeemedme2425

Like those aren't attached but still count us country?? 😮😮

And islands??? is that all free place to visit by own?? 🤔

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User Profile: jesusredeemedme2425
jesusredeemedme2425 OP January 9th

Right???? It doesn’t make sense to us either! Lol

They’re called territories, and somehow they’re not states but the US owns them. Something like that. I don’t get it lol. I don’t even know how many or their names lol!

No idea. Lol

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User Profile: AiluraTheCat
AiluraTheCat January 9th

@Jesusredeemedme2425

Glad, i thought I'm the one who's clueless, I'm not alone. ð¤§ð¤£

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User Profile: jesusredeemedme2425
jesusredeemedme2425 OP January 9th

Try living here your whole life and still not understanding it XD

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User Profile: AiluraTheCat
AiluraTheCat January 9th

@jesusredeemedme2425

Omggg.... 🤣🤣

Yehh...🤣 God...!!! now it Hits me soo hard , i just realised lmao.... it's your native 🤣

I'm getting to love this thread soo much. 😁✨

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User Profile: jesusredeemedme2425
jesusredeemedme2425 OP January 9th

Hehe right???? Ask me anything! I’m glad to share whatever I know <3

Me too <3

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User Profile: AiluraTheCat
AiluraTheCat January 9th

Aww...!! 😍 Thank you.... 🦋

Here I am : 😉

what's the common food for breakfast in USA??

@jesusredeemedme2425

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jesusredeemedme2425 OP January 9th

Oh, there’s so many to choose from… Cereal, toast, pancakes, eggs, waffles, yogurt, French toast, smoothies, bagels, hash browns, English muffins, oatmeal, sausage, bacon, breakfast burritos, coffee, orange juice, milk… The list goes on hehe

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User Profile: AiluraTheCat
AiluraTheCat January 9th

@jesusredeemedme2425

Yeah Bagels...!! I'm glad i know now 😭🤧

Pancake, waffles, toasts, muffins, oatmeal's are my fav 😍

And COFFEEEEE goes first 😂🥇

Thank you for sharing 😊

(⁠/⁠^⁠-⁠^⁠(⁠^⁠ ⁠^⁠*⁠)⁠/

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jesusredeemedme2425 OP January 9th

You MUST try a bagel with cream cheese!!! <3

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User Profile: AiluraTheCat
AiluraTheCat January 9th

@jesusredeemedme2425

Certainly I'm going to 😁 it's hits my curiosity soo..... 😋😋

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jesusredeemedme2425 OP January 9th

Do they sell them at all there?

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User Profile: AiluraTheCat
AiluraTheCat January 9th

@jesusredeemedme2425

Maybe, but in specific place's or i can Just find in offline shop. 😊💞

Is it looks like donut??? or I'm just confusing it😵

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User Profile: jesusredeemedme2425
jesusredeemedme2425 OP January 9th

It’s like a donut, but not sweet. It’s just round bread with a hole basically lol

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User Profile: AiluraTheCat
AiluraTheCat January 9th

@Jesusredeemedme2425

😮

How does it tastes ??

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User Profile: jesusredeemedme2425
jesusredeemedme2425 OP January 9th

Hard to explain lol! Some of them have different flavors (plain, egg, cinnamon raisin, blueberry, and a bazillion more lol). It’s like thick, crispy, warm bread with a soothing, cool, creamy sauce on top. Incredible <3

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User Profile: ShadowFaerie
ShadowFaerie January 13th

@Ailuraphilelove8tear9 This post is making me sooo hungry! 😊

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User Profile: jesusredeemedme2425
jesusredeemedme2425 OP January 13th

Time to find an Indian friend and beg them to cook for you hehe

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User Profile: AiluraTheCat
AiluraTheCat January 14th

@jesusredeemedme2425

No, no... Indian's love's cooking, all u have to do is... just a visit is all it take's. you'll have your own feast and princess treatment lol😄😅✨

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jesusredeemedme2425 OP January 14th

True dat hehe

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User Profile: AiluraTheCat
AiluraTheCat January 14th

@ShadowFaerie

As you're a fairy, u can fly to me... I'll make the best for u.🤗😄

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User Profile: Chirayuvora
Chirayuvora January 9th

Eat gujarati food : thepla

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User Profile: AiluraTheCat
AiluraTheCat January 9th

@Chirayuvora

I'm sooo interested in gujarati's culture... 😍

Thepla?? i never know 😭 what it has made up of??? 🤔

User Profile: jesusredeemedme2425
jesusredeemedme2425 OP January 9th

What’s Gujarati? A state?

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User Profile: AiluraTheCat
AiluraTheCat January 9th

@Jesusredeemedme2425

Yeh..!! Gujarat. 💜

It’s classified as a Western Indian state.

Gujarat’s culture is a loud, colorful, no-nonsense vibe rooted in history, trade, and community.

I never been there before, idk much abt them but ik Tea culture is massive. ☕🤔

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User Profile: trueconfidant123
trueconfidant123 January 9th

@Ailuraphilelove8tear9

Tea or Chai is a massive culture all over India.

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User Profile: jesusredeemedme2425
jesusredeemedme2425 OP January 9th

Tea and coffee are huge here too <3

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User Profile: AiluraTheCat
AiluraTheCat January 9th

@Jesusredeemedme2425

Is it???😮

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jesusredeemedme2425 OP January 9th

Yes! Especially coffee. People act like they can’t live without their coffee XD

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User Profile: AiluraTheCat
AiluraTheCat January 9th

@trueconfindant123

Rightttt!!!! without considering the weather 😵😵

My parents are crazy tea lovers....!!!😅😅

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trueconfidant123 January 9th

@jesusredeemedme2425 Gujarat is an Indian state

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User Profile: trueconfidant123
trueconfidant123 January 9th

@Chirayuvora omg, I had that for lunch yesterday 

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User Profile: jesusredeemedme2425
jesusredeemedme2425 OP January 9th

What is it?

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User Profile: trueconfidant123
trueconfidant123 January 9th

@jesusredeemedme2425

Thepla is a popular, soft, spiced Gujarati flatbread made from whole wheat flour, fenugreek (methi) leaves, yogurt, and spices. Many Indians carry thepla while they're traveling abroad because it doesn't go bad for days and can make for a quick snack. Pair it with Chundo (Gujarati style grated sweet mango pickle) and it's such a deadly combo.

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jesusredeemedme2425 OP January 9th

Is it like spicy naan?

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User Profile: trueconfidant123
trueconfidant123 January 9th

@jesusredeemedme2425 much different than that. Naan is made out of maida (refined flour) and Thepla's base is whole wheat flour with the addition of chickpea (besan) and millet flour.

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jesusredeemedme2425 OP January 9th

Thepla sounds healthy <3

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trueconfidant123 January 9th

@jesusredeemedme2425 it is!

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User Profile: AiluraTheCat
AiluraTheCat January 9th

@trueconfidant123

Is that like chutney??? but preserved like pickle?? we had something like this called: "Thovayal" 🤔

And yeah, Ppl's take it with them to aboard. 🤔

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User Profile: trueconfidant123
trueconfidant123 January 9th

@Ailuraphilelove8tear9

It's a pickle prepared widely out of Gujarat as well. Thovayal, I'm not aware of.

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User Profile: AiluraTheCat
AiluraTheCat January 9th

@trueconfidant123

I think we both talking about the same, if I'm not wrong 😅. but Thovayal was a TN version 😁

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Chicken vindallo:-)

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User Profile: jesusredeemedme2425
jesusredeemedme2425 OP January 9th

What’s that?? Pics please <3

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AiluraTheCat January 9th

@jesusredeemedme2425 I got u, my girl 😉. 

from Goa, India, due to Portuguese colonial influence.

Traditional Meat: Originally pork or lamb, but chicken is a very popular variation.

 Ingredients: Vinegar, garlic, red chilies, and a blend of Indian spices like cumin, coriander, and cloves.

I love thisss 😍😍 only it was made up of chicken 🍗 

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jesusredeemedme2425 OP January 9th

WHY DOES THIS LOOK SO GOOOOOOOOD!???? Hehe

What is it made out of, in the pic, if it’s not chicken?

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User Profile: AiluraTheCat
AiluraTheCat January 9th

@jesusredeemedme2425

Rightttt???? 😍 I'm soo happy you love it 😄..!!

Pork i guess !!🤔

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AiluraTheCat January 9th

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It's chicken 🤤 🍗 


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User Profile: jesusredeemedme2425
jesusredeemedme2425 OP January 9th

I want sommeeeeee hehe

I miss Indian food. Gastritis does not like Indian food. :(

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User Profile: AiluraTheCat
AiluraTheCat January 9th

@jesusredeemedme2425

Yeah, for real... but still some of us doesn't bothered by ð¤£ð¤£

Indian live for the taste. ð¤§

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jesusredeemedme2425 OP January 9th

I would eat it again…. And regret it. But also not XD

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User Profile: AiluraTheCat
AiluraTheCat January 9th

@jesusredeemedme2425

Oh nooo 🤣🤣 did i just manipulated you???😂😂

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jesusredeemedme2425 OP January 9th

Noooo hehe! I LOVE Indian food! I just wish my stomach did XD

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User Profile: AiluraTheCat
AiluraTheCat January 9th

@jesusredeemedme2425

Yeah, i can relate lol..... I've got severe ulcer issues 😂

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@jesusredeemedme2425

Mishti doi since I didn't see the bengali banger here yummm

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User Profile: AiluraTheCat
AiluraTheCat January 9th

@limegreenKitten7365

Woww...!!! 😮

Welcomeee Bangaliiiii...!!!🤗💐

What is it made up of ??? is that a bengali food?😃

I love liquid consistent food's more. 😍✨

User Profile: jesusredeemedme2425
jesusredeemedme2425 OP January 9th

Like watery oatmeal?

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@jesusredeemedme2425

Luchi (poori), dal and rosogolla (another bengali banger)

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Omg this is a thread I never knew I needed!

I'm absolutely in love with Indian cuisine, despite not being Indian. (and I just had biriyani for lunch lol)
I've tried most of the food mentioned in the comments and am willing to try the ones I haven't. 😋🍴

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User Profile: scarletBalsam388
scarletBalsam388 January 9th

@jesusredeemedme2425 

This is my favourite :- matar paneer with jeera rice1000025920_1767971335.jpg

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