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Chicken Yassa refers to one of Gambia's specialties made of chicken cooked with onions, garlic and lime then served with rice or chips. Chicken Yassa is likewise, marinated chicken grilled and cooked with onions, herbs and spices served on a bed of rice or couscous. Chicken Yassa is also a common dish in Senegal. Gambia is situated on West Africa's Atlantic coast. It is the smallest and westernmost mainland African nation.

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Cachapas refer to Venezuela's sweet corn pancakes which are often filled with cheese

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Caprese as a Salad refers to the popular salad from Italy made from three (3) main ingredients: fresh tomatoes, mozzarella cheese and fresh basil leaves with just a drizzle of salt and olive oil.

Caprese is also known as Caprese Salad and Salata Caprese in Italian.

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Cream Bun refers to one of the delicious but simple snacks sold in Teashops (Chaya Kada) in Kerala, India which is made from a sweet bun, a brioche-like soft bun filled/stuffed with sweetened whipped cream.

These Cream buns also sometimes called Cream Bread are usually eaten with hot Masala or Cardamom Tea and also with Black tea or Hot Coffee.

I discovered these Cream Buns, below, in many Chaya Kada (Teashops) and Bakeshops/Bakeries while on vacation in Allepey, Kerala, India. I love it, very simple invention. I enjoyed it with Cardamom Tea. I intend to prepare something like this in Germany.

Below are pictures of this simple sweet snacks from Allepey.

Below is a close up view of the Cream Bun and another one I opened so you can see the sweetened whipped fresh cream inside.

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Deutsch: Sahnebrot / Español: Pan de Crema / Português: Pão de Creme / Français: Pain à la Crème / Italiano: Pane alla Crema /

Cream Bread refers to a sponge bread stuffeed/filled with sweetened fresh cream. It is one of the breads which is eaten as snacks. They are available and sold in bakeshops in Allepey (Alappuzha), Kerala, india.

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Deutsch: Choora / Español: Choora / Português: Choora / Français: Choora / Italiano: Choora /

Choora is the Malayalam word for Tuna.

Malayalam is the language spoken in Kerala India and one of the languages of India. Choora can be prepared as Choora Curry or Choora Porichatu (Tuna Fry) served with rice for lunch or dinner with Chutneys or Achaar.

Please see Malayalam (language). See also the Alphabetic List of Fish common in Kerala, India

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