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India would be wise to start promoting the delicious and fresh cuisines that are found in its southern regions like the banana-leaf sadya thalis with its delectable coconut chutneys, idlys (lentil cakes) and vadas (donut fritters) or the rice and black lentil crepe dosa stuffed with masala potatoes and onions.
Paul Rockower: Indian Gastrodiplomacy to Help Feed Perceptions of an Emergent India Paul Rockower 2011
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They range from the familiar — portobello mushroom burger with yam fries ($8.50) — to the Tapestry Embrace, which is grilled marinated seitan fillet (made of wheat gluten), shitake mushrooms in plum sauce and a banana-leaf cone of sticky ri ce ($21).
Many Shades of Vegan 2011
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I recently put a banana-leaf pattern famously used in the Beverly Hills Hotel and the New York restaurant Indochine on the walls of a client's tiny corridor, and what had once been a badly lit length of white wall positively sprang to life.
In the Mood for In-Between Spaces Rita Konig 2011
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India would be wise to start promoting the delicious and fresh cuisines that are found in its southern regions like the banana-leaf sadya thalis with its delectable coconut chutneys, idlys (lentil cakes) and vadas (donut fritters) or the rice and black lentil crepe dosa stuffed with masala potatoes and onions.
Paul Rockower: Indian Gastrodiplomacy to Help Feed Perceptions of an Emergent India Paul Rockower 2011
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India would be wise to start promoting the delicious and fresh cuisines that are found in its southern regions like the banana-leaf sadya thalis with its delectable coconut chutneys, idlys (lentil cakes) and vadas (donut fritters) or the rice and black lentil crepe dosa stuffed with masala potatoes and onions.
Paul Rockower: Indian Gastrodiplomacy to Help Feed Perceptions of an Emergent India Paul Rockower 2011
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In Singapore, you can sample Indian banana-leaf rice (rice eaten with stewed vegetables, curries, gravies and chutneys and other condiments, all served the traditional way on a banana leaf) at Samy's, which occupies a graceful colonial-era building set amid lush greenery.
Street Smarts 2009
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There is much of the exotic in here, from banana-leaf wrapped steamer rice and tea to the large golden petals of this admirable magnolia, dipping slowly in warm plum wine.
Archive 2009-02-01 Ayala Sender 2009
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There is much of the exotic in here, from banana-leaf wrapped steamer rice and tea to the large golden petals of this admirable magnolia, dipping slowly in warm plum wine.
Tea, Wine & Champaca Absolute Ayala Sender 2009
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When it was done, he laid it on a banana-leaf, and gathering from the garden wind-fallen fruits, limes and lemons, carried the fish to the pavilion and set the dish before them.
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The King of kIngs eats an ear of corn as he waits, trying on a pair of banana-leaf sandals.
Jaime Sabines greenintegerblog 2008
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