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nounrasam (uncountable)
- uncountableA spicy South Indian soup made with tamarind juice.
A couple of vegetables, sambar (spicy and sour lentils and vegetables boiled with masalas and spices), rasam (a hot and fiery lentil soup-like dish) and curds (yoghurt) served with heaps of rice and eaten in that order. A non-vegetarian version of the “meals” can be found in “Military” hotels.
2017 July 12, Sanjiv Khamgaonkar, “40 Mumbai foods we can’t live without”, in CNN
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