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New England Clam Chowder refers to a soup that contains clams, diced potatoes, milk and cream as primary ingredients

Nankhatai refer to popular Indian short bread cookies/biscuits which is made from gram flour, ghee, sugar and yogurt. Nankhatai is an eggless light and crispy biscuit which is an all time favorite tea time snacks with tea or coffee. It can also be serve anytime as sweets/desserts and it is always available in most bakery shops. Nankhatai is usually made for Diwala festival in India.

Nonhchon refers to a variety of rice; the short grain rice preferred by the South Vietnamese.

Nems refers to a Vietnamese pastry-wrapped and deep-fried and delicacies which is very much similar to Chinese egg rolls and eaten after being dipped into Nuoc Man or Nuoc Cham.

Nilugaw is the Filipino term which means "to cook as you do with rice porridge or gruel (Lugaw in Filipino), as in Nilugaw na Kanin or soft-boiled rice.

Nata de Coco refers to a sweet made by growing a culture on coconut water. Nata de Coco can be eaten as is with crushed ice and as an ingredient for Halo-Halo, one of the most popular Filipino dessert. It can be both in bottles in most of Filipino groceries. In Germany, Nata de Coco is called Kokosnuss Gel and available in bottles, specifically in Asian stores and groceries with Asian foods section around the country.

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