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  • The word chora (चोर) actually means, "thief/swindler."

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2010

  • Timaeus space-in-the-making, that is, space in its cosmogonic nascency and formation, is called chora

    SPACE SALOMON BOCHNER 1968

  • The first of its domestic enemies was Naga, the grandson of the pious Walagam-bahu, whom the native, historians stigmatise by the prefix of "chora" or the "marauder."

    Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2) James Emerson Tennent 1836

  • Never heard of chora dal but it is interesting how dhoklas adapt themselves to various ingredients.

    Gujarati Series - Chora Daal-Fenugreek Dhokla Cardamom 2008

  • Sia said ... never heard of chora dal. got to do little research on that. i am huge fan of ur dhoklas (donno hw many times i already mentioned it;) and next time i am planning to make it with cornmeal.

    Gujarati Series - Chora Daal-Fenugreek Dhokla Cardamom 2008

  • The main difference between toor daal and chora daal is soaking time. but here, since all the daals are soaked overnight, I think it should work ok.

    Panchratna Pooda Meera 2009

  • Typically, if the recipe calls for soaking chora daal for 4-6 hours, it would be ready to grind where as toor daal would need some more soaking time.

    Panchratna Pooda Meera 2009

  • Does one need to theorise the gap/space between objects - if such there is - in terms of a boundary e.g. chora/chasm?

    Archive 2009-09-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2009

  • Does one need to theorise the gap/space between objects - if such there is - in terms of a boundary e.g. chora/chasm?

    Hoooles Tusar N Mohapatra 2009

  • Gujarati pantries are stocked with the vadis made from mag ni daal (yellow moong daal) or chora ni daal (cowpeas daal).

    Archive 2008-10-01 Meera 2008

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