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Idli

2 stages from Kannada to English.

Today it means a savory steamed cake made from fermented rice and lentil batter, popular in South India
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iddalige
Kannada · medieval
"a steamed rice cake"
a savory steamed cake made from fermented rice and lentil batter
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idli
English · 1900s
"a steamed South Indian rice and lentil cake"
adopted directly as South Indian cuisine spread internationally
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