khichdi

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1. countableuncountableA South Asian dish of rice and lentils.

   She found Kali Boori lying flat in front of the goddess. The khichiri was being distributed to the devotees.

   2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Deepika Phukan, The Story of Felanee

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   As for Paulette, the first language she learnt was Bengali, and the first solid food she ate was a rice-and-dal khichri cooked by Jodu's mother.

   2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 67