Glossary entry

Hindi term or phrase:

choorva

English translation:

Puffed/beaten rice snack

Added to glossary by Suhasinis
Mar 5, 2010 08:33
14 yrs ago
Hindi term

choorva

Non-PRO Hindi to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
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...
Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 Puffed/beaten rice snack
Change log

Mar 8, 2010 04:38: Suhasinis Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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Puffed/beaten rice snack

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
Peer comment(s):

agree satish krishna itikela
3 days 3 hrs
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