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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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Kanji
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Kanji

This fermented purple carrot elixir practically makes itself.
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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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Snake Wine
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Snake Wine

The traditional Chinese medicine can also be deadly.
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Black Chicken Soup
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Black Chicken Soup

In Asia, the black-skinned silkie chicken forms the base of a medicinal broth.
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Bamboo Pole Noodles
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Bamboo Pole Noodles

The dying art of flattening dough by seesawing on it.
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Blaa Bread
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Blaa Bread

This adaption of French refugee bread is now a protected Irish specialty.
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Trits
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Trits

Costa Rica's iconic ice cream tub contains indescribably addictive cookies.
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Palm Wine
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Palm Wine

It takes only two hours for palm sap to become palm wine.
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Sauna Sausage
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Sauna Sausage

In Finland, you sizzle along with your meal.
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Kransekake
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Kransekake

For special occasions, Norwegians stack 18 rings of cake into a tower.
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Fresh Duck Blood Salad
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Fresh Duck Blood Salad

In this Laotian specialty, a medley of herbs, chilis, and peanuts swims in a sanguine dressing.
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Bird's Nest Soup
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Bird's Nest Soup

It's expensive, it's gelatinous, it's made from swiftlet spit.
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Redlove Apple
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Redlove Apple

Apples are red, blueberries are blue / But these pommes d’amour are red inside, too.
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Maggi Seasoning
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Maggi Seasoning

This condiment proves that what the world considers delicious is (nearly) universal.
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Komplet Lepinja
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Komplet Lepinja

Cream, eggs, and pork drippings combine in the ultimate Serbian bread bowl.
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Pule
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Pule

The world's most expensive cheese is made from Balkan donkey milk.
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Mozartkugel
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Mozartkugel

Like the famed composer himself, this Mozart-homage bonbon originated in Salzburg, Austria.
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Turnip Schnapps
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Turnip Schnapps

The modest root vegetable makes a potent liquor in Wildschönau, Austria.
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Motiv Zuckerl
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Motiv Zuckerl

These detailed, dainty confections are made by hand with minimal tools.
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