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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.

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.

Nane Lavash refers to Iranian's thin crisp wheat bread with good keeping qualities.

Nane Sangak refers to Iranian fresh yeast bread, baked on hot stones and eaten while still warm. Nane Sangak is also known as Sangak.

Nimki refers to Nepalese deep-fried spicy flour crackers. Nimki is made with all-purpose flour, grounded cumin and salt. To make Nimki, Cumin is roasted and when done, mix it with the flour and salt to make a dough. The finished dough is cut in triangular shape and then deep-fried. Nimki can be served as appetizer or snack.

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