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Chapana refers to a Peruvian dessert made from yucca flour, sweetened with Chancaca, and wrapped in banana leaves.

Chaufa is the Peruvian for fried rice. Chaufa is derived from the Chinese fried rice "chou fan".

Chita refers to a fish with white meat known as grunt or sargo fish used in cooling various fish stew in Peru, like Sudado de Chita

Cuscuz Branco refers to a Brazilian dessert; a tapioca pudding cooked in coconut milk with sugar.

Chui Kueh refers to steamed dumpling which is one of the foods sold by the food hawkers in Singapore. Hawker centers became a popular source of good food in Singapore and one of the food hawkers center in Singapore is called Maxwell Market where varieties dishes (Chinese, Malysian, Indonesian and Indian) are being offered. Chai Kueh is also one of the popular hawker foods in Penang, Malaysia, where it is made from finely cut yam bean and carrots or chives (as an alternative to yam bean and carrots) and dried shrimps, wrapped into the crystal skin wrapper made from wheat starch flour and tapioca flour. After wrapping, the dumplings are steamed over rapid boiling water. The steamed Chai Kueh is often glazed with garlic oil.

Chee Cheong Fun refers to Malaysian dish of steamed rice noodles in rolls form. Rice is formed and is cut into small pieces which is then served with a mixture of chilli paste, black shrimp paste, Hoisin sauce, oil and roasted sesame seeds. Chee Cheong Fun is one of the popular hawker foods found in Penang. Penang is a state in Malaysia. The food in Penang is widely regarded as the best in Malaysia.

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