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hindi – avval; Kannada- bajil ;Tulu, pauaa/paunva ; Gujarati, poya ,Rajasthani, Odia ,Maithili , atukulu ;Telugu – aval ; Tamil – Aval ;Malayalam – chiura ;Bihar and Jharkhand, sira in Assamese .

Uses : It can be eaten raw by immersing it in plain water or milk, with salt and sugar to taste, or lightly fried in oil with nuts, raisins, cardamoms, and other spices. The lightly fried variety is a standard breakfast in Malwa region (surrounding Ujjain and Indore) of Madhya Pradesh. It can be reconstituted with hot water to make a porridge or paste, depending on the proportion of water added. In villages, particularly in Chhattisgarh, flattened rice is also eaten raw by mixing with jaggery.

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