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SORGHO GONFLE [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2006-03-06
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Grain Growing
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- jowar pop 1, record 1, English, jowar%20pop
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Jowar is an important food over much of the country, and especially in the dry areas of the central and southern states. Millions of Indians eat it. Some use it like rice, but most jowar is milled into flour. ... Jowar grain is also malted (germinated), and in this form it finds its way into various processed products, including beer and baby foods. The grains of certain varieties pop like popcorn when heated. 1, record 1, English, - jowar%20pop
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
For perhaps 20 centuries, sorghum has been a staple of South Asia. Today, for example, it occupies at least 20 million hectares in India, more area than any other food crop except rice. In monetary terms "jowar," as it is locally called, is perhaps India's third most valuable food plant, exceeded only by rice and wheat. 1, record 1, English, - jowar%20pop
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Culture des céréales
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- sorgho gonflé
1, record 1, French, sorgho%20gonfl%C3%A9
masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- pop sorgho 1, record 1, French, pop%20sorgho
masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Le sorgho gonflé est une friandise du sud de l'Inde, comparable au pop corn américain, mais meilleur et plus nourrissant [...] préparé à partir des grains d’une variété spéciale de Sorgum roxburghii, très cultivée dans les États de Madras et d’Andhra, caractérisée par de petits grains cornés portés par une panicule lâche [...] la préparation des pops se fait dans un plat en terre chauffé par un feu régulier. On met une petite quantité de grains et l'on remue. Les grains éclatent, se boursouflent et décuplent de volume. 1, record 1, French, - sorgho%20gonfl%C3%A9
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
sorgo : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l’orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2006). 2, record 1, French, - sorgho%20gonfl%C3%A9
Record 1, Key term(s)
- sorgo gonflé
- pop sorgo
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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