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English translation: Puffed/beaten rice snack


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Hindi term or phrase:choorva
English translation:Puffed/beaten rice snack
Entered by: Suhasinis
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08:33 Mar 5, 2010
Hindi to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Hindi term or phrase: choorva
quotation of the context (the judge - still a student at the time - is leaving india for england):

The judge was accompanied by his father. At home, his mother was weeping because she had not estimated the imbalance between the finality of good-bye and the briefness of the last moment.
“Don’t let him go. Don’t let him go.”
Her little son with his frail and comical mustache, with his love for her special choorva that he would never get in England and his hatred of cold that he would get too much of...
vitaminBcomplex
Local time: 05:22
Puffed/beaten rice snack
Explanation:
Its an indian snack/breakfast item of either puffed or beaten rice.. called by different names all over india.
Also called chivda/chidva/aval/poha etc.. depending on where in india you are..

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Note added at 3 hrs (2010-03-05 11:40:02 GMT)
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recipe : http://www.gumagumalu.com/recipes/recipe.html?rid=1930
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Suhasinis
Local time: 07:52
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Puffed/beaten rice snack


Explanation:
Its an indian snack/breakfast item of either puffed or beaten rice.. called by different names all over india.
Also called chivda/chidva/aval/poha etc.. depending on where in india you are..

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Note added at 3 hrs (2010-03-05 11:40:02 GMT)
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recipe : http://www.gumagumalu.com/recipes/recipe.html?rid=1930

Suhasinis
Local time: 07:52
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in HindiHindi
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Mar 8, 2010 - Changes made by Suhasinis:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term


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