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Arisa Pithas refer to the popular home-made cakes from Orissa, India. Arisa Pithas is a kind of sweet/delicacy well-known all over Orissa that is prepared from rice flour, powdered cinnamon, jaggery syrup and vegetable oil or ghee. The small balls of rice dough are rolled and deep fried. Arisa Pithas is similar to Kachoris, they are both easy to prepare and can be stored for few days.

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Aloo Ke Gutke refers to a typical Kumaon snack prepared from raw potatoes that is cooked with fried red chilis, coriander leaves and spices. Aloo Ke Gutke's dry version is flavored with leaves of the Jambu tree.

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Appetissants is the French word for "Appetisers", such as the famous one which is caviar, olives, smoked fish, aspics, pate, and a range of many others depending on the country.

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Ají de Gallina refers to a classic Peruvian dish of creamy stew of chicken and Peruvian Chili.

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Abattoir is a French term, adopted in English, for a "slaughter house". Napoleon instituted the public abattoir system in Paris in 1807 which was brought to completion in 1818.

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Abaisser La Pate is a French cooking verb which means "to roll out the pasty"

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