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Thalipeeth refers to the standard Maharashtrian bread made from a combination of flours of various grains and pulses. It contains at least 10 ingredients such as rice, wheat, jowar, and pulses, mixed with onion, coriander, green chillies and coconut. This highly nutritious Maharashtrian bread tastes great with a bowl of fruit and condensed milk.
Maharashtrian can refer to an ethno-linguistic group of people from Maharashtra, India. The mid-western state of Maharashtra in India is the home of popular cities like Mumbai (Bombay) and Pune.
Thalipeeth is also known as Thalipith.
Ternera Culón (large rumped calf) refers to a type of beef from Asturias , Spain, from animals younger than 12 months fed with mother's milk. It is the tenderest, with a bright pinkish color. The Beef from Asturias is a product of Spain which is available in most speciality shops, supermarkets and butcher's shops in the Principality of Asturias and also available in larger stores throughout Spain.
The beef from Asturias comes from cattle born, raised, fattened and butchered in the Principality of Asturias. The calves must be no more than 18 months old and suckled for at least 5 months. The meat is tender and flavorful due to the special musculature of the cattle. It has a tasty flavor and low fat content that makes it an especially light meat.
Taat refers to a circular bamboo platter or tray used in Laos to hold food which are put out all at once on the dining table. Each dish to be served are put in individual medium sized bowls and then they are all put on top of the Taat. A Taat can hold up to about 14 small bowls of dishes including the sticky rice basket.
The sticky rice basket called Tip Khao is used to hold sticky rice once it has been cooked and cooled.
Tsai Tou Vounou refers to Greek mountain tea that is made of the dried flowers and leaves of the Ironwort plant (sideritis), and is reputed to be good for many ailments like digestion, respiratory problems, anxiety, and many others. The cheap Tsai Tou Vounou is available everywhere in Greece. The teas has a floral, lemony and herbal taste.
The use of Ironwort in the Mediterranean as an herbal remedy goes back thousands of years. Dioscorides, a physician born in Asia Minor (modern day Turkey) in the 1st century A.D., mentions the plant in his work De Materia Medica, a pharmaceutical encyclopedia.