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Rottel refers to a measure of weight that was once common in the Middle East and West Asia. It varied from one place to another in the range of 400 to 460 grams, about 1 pound.

Regional Brew refers to a brewery with the capacity to brew betwen 15,000 and 2,000,000 barrels per year.

Raznici refers to a grilled thin sliced ham or pork that is served with chopped onion and dark bread, and eaten as a snack. Raznici is a dish found in Czech Republic and in Slovakia

Rabri refers to a milk-based sweet which is one of the highly acclaimed desserts from the north of India . Rabri which is also known as Rabadi is a rich dessert and one of the easy sweet recipes to make for Holi or Diwali Festivals in the country. It is produced in northern and eastern regions of India and made normally from buffalo milk, since it has a more creamy and chewy consistency and is garnished with almond and pistachios. This delicious and mouth-watering sweet is a concentrated and sweetened whole milk product containing several layers of clotted cream. It is a sweet by itself and is not much used as an ingredient of other sweets.

Rava Dosa refers to a spicy, crispy pancake dish made with Rava, rice flour, buttermilk, green chilies, onions and ginger. Rava is the cream of wheat flour and is commonly known is called Semolina. Rava gives a distinctly different taste to this variety of Dosa. Rava Dosa is usually served hot as breakfast food with Sambhar (Sambar ) and Coconut chutney.

Red cooking is a Chinese cooking term that refers to food cooked in soy sauce. With soy sauce, the food then turns red. Actually not red, it is somehow deep red or blackish with addition of soy sauce

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