Glossary
| acar varieties of chutney or pickles (Manikganj) | |
| acara/akara cowpea fritters ( West Africa) | |
| agar-agar gelatin-like thickener used in sweets ( Bogor) | |
| amala doughy porridge ( Ife) | |
| arisan rotating savings association ( Bogor) | |
| balut fertilized duck eggs ( Iloilo) | |
| barangay smallest unit of local government ( Iloilo) | |
| batchoy noodle soup ( Iloilo) | |
| becak pedicab ( Bogor) | |
| beignets donut-like sweets ( Ziguinchor) | |
| bellila wheat porridge ( Minia) | |
| bhaji fried spiced vegetables ( Manikganj) | |
| biris indigenous cigarettes ( Manikganj) | |
| bisap drink made from an herbal infusion ( Ziguinchor) | |
| boli roasted plantain ( Ife) | |
| bon-bons hard cookies ( Ziguinchor); small cakes (Chonburi) | |
| brochettes grilled meat and onions on bread ( Ziguinchor) | |
| buka a covered stall with tables and chairs ( Ife) | |
| canacur crunchy fried snack (Manikganj) | |
| carendaria stores selling pre-cooked food ( Iloilo) | |
| chatpotti potato/pulse/egg snack (Manikganj) | |
| chira heated and pounded rice (Manikganj) | |
| couscous millet-based pasta ( Ziguinchor) | |
| dal cooked pulses (Manikganj) | |
| dim sum Chinese steamed snacks using wheat dough | |
| dodo ripe plantain ( Ife) | |
| dokar horse-drawn vehicle ( Bogor) | |
| douaniers custom officials ( Ziguinchor) | |
| eba cassava dough ( Ife) | |
| eko cornmeal loaf ( Ife) | |
| emping nut chips ( Bogor) | |
| esusu rotating savings assocation ( Ife) | |
| foul Egyptian snack (Minia) | |
| fuchka fried circles of bread (Manikganj) | |
| gado gado blanched vegetables served with peanut sauce ( Bogor) | |
| ghee clarified butter | |
| gur date sugar (Manikganj) | |
| haap rae pole vendors (Chonburi) | |
| Haga honorific for a woman who has completed the haj | |
| haj the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca | |
| hat rural market (Manikganj) | |
| hong thaew shop-house vendors (Chonburi) | |
| iftari foods eaten to break Ramadan (Manikganj) |
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Publication information:
Book title: Street Foods:Urban Food and Employment in Developing Countries.
Contributors: Irene Tinker - Author.
Publisher: Oxford University Press.
Place of publication: New York.
Publication year: 1997.
Page number: 228.
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