Water amaranth or sessile joyweed. A type of amaranth which grows vigorously, providing nutritious greens. Use only tender new shoots as old leaves can leave a bitter taste in the mouth.
A gujjia is a sweetened mixture of semolina (US: cream of wheat), coconut, nuts and raisins, flavoured with cardamon, enveloped in soft dough and fried. These sweets are from Rajasthan and are made for festivals.
Small, cake-like, deep-fried sweets made from flour and milk powder, cooled and served with honey or rose-flavoured syrup.
Asian basil. Asian basil is slightly coarser than the sweet basil of Europe, and with a more robust aroma. It survives cooking in stews, adding a fresh menthol, camphor end of the spectrum.
