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Ayahuasca
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Ayahuasca

One vine unlocks the powers of a psychedelic shrub.
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Stinging Nettles
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Stinging Nettles

Boil away this plant's poisonous hairs, and you're left with a tasty, spinach-like leaf.
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Banana Passionfruit
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Banana Passionfruit

This tangy fruit flavors everything from ice cream to cocktails.
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Ice Cream Bean
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Ice Cream Bean

The South American bean that looks like cotton candy and tastes like ice cream.
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Peanut Butter Fruit
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Peanut Butter Fruit

Its pulp tastes just like the creamy spread.
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Liquor Offering at Kal Bhairav Temple
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Liquor Offering at Kal Bhairav Temple

Devotees bring bottles of booze to a deity in Ujjain.
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Bheja Fry
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Bheja Fry

In Hyderabad, vendors sizzle up spicy fried brains.
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Mustard Oil
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Mustard Oil

Essential to South Asian cuisine, the flavoring is illegal in some countries.
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Warq
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Warq

This edible silver garnish has long added bling to South Asian cuisine.
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Onam Sadhya
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Onam Sadhya

Celebrate the harvest and the return of a beloved mythical king with this 26-dish Malayali feast.
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Muttamala and Kinnathappam
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Muttamala and Kinnathappam

This two-ingredient Malabari dessert turns separated eggs into a striking delicacy.
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Feni
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Feni

This triple-distilled cashew fruit liquor is a source of Goan pride.
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Banta
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Banta

This sweet and salty Indian drink keeps an endangered soda bottle in business.
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Fatafat
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Fatafat

A complexly flavored post-meal digestive became the candy of choice for Indian children in the 1980s and ’90s.
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Agra ka Petha
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Agra ka Petha

The city of the Taj Mahal hosts another wonder: Crystallized pumpkin candy.
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Nimish
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Nimish

Sweet-makers conjure up this light-as-a-cloud cream pudding on dewy nights in Lucknow, India.
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Bebinca
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Bebinca

Goa's signature baked pudding cake is multicultural and multilayered.
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Wazwan
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Wazwan

This Kashmiri feast features 36 dishes and takes more than two hours to eat.
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Kala Jamun
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Kala Jamun

These dark fried milk balls are flecked with gold and dipped in scented syrup.
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Falooda
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Falooda

A 2,500-year-old Persian dessert evolved into this Indian summertime favorite.
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Pista Burfi
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Pista Burfi

The pistachio fudge makes a vibrant accompaniment to celebrations in Northern India.
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Szechuan Button
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Szechuan Button

This herb gives cocktails another kind of buzz.
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Vologda Butter
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Vologda Butter

This regional Russian delicacy once called itself Parisian.
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Tenili
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Tenili

These rare, hand-pulled strands of cheese are making a comeback in southwestern Georgia.
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