Meanings
nounpustakari (usually uncountable, plural pustakaris)
plural pustakaris
- uncountableusuallyA Nepali form of candy made from molasses, cooked with ghee and milk and topped with coconut, dates, or nuts.
The department on May 10 had proposed for the quality determination on four food items—beaten rice, pustakari, dalmoth and gudpak and set a maximum limit of total polar material on vegetable ghee and oil.
2020 August 17, Krishana Prasain, “Government sets quality standards for four traditional Nepali snacks and vegetable oil”, in The Kathmandu Post
Origin
- Nepaliपुष्टकारी
- Englishpustakari
From Nepali पुष्टकारी (puṣṭakārī).
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