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Indian snack made from fried chickpea flour / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the Indian dessert. For the city in Rajasthan, see Bundi.
Boondi is an Indian snack made from fried chickpea flour. It is either eaten as a savory snack or sweetened as a dessert.[1]
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Alternative names | Bundi, Bundiya, Buniya, Bonde, Nukti |
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Course | Dessert |
Place of origin | Indian subcontinent |
Region or state | Andhra Pradesh, Bangladesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sindh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal |
Main ingredients | Gram flour, Sugar |
Variations | Khara or Kara |
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In Sindh and Rajasthan, the dish is called nukti (Sindhi: نڪتي, Dhatki: نڪتي | नुक्ती). In Nepali, it is referred to as buniya (बुनिया). In Bihar & Bengal, it is called bundiya (बुंदिया/বুন্দিয়া).