sujin.
/ˈsuːdʒiː/ A flour obtained by grinding Indian wheat; a nutritious food prepared from this.
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the world > food and drink > food > flour > [noun] > flour from specific cereals
rye flour?a1425
wheat-floura1425
barley-flour1620
randan1743
cornflour1791
suji1810
sattu1814
Oswego flour1855
atta1860
corn starch1862
Oswego1881
kalo1966
1810 T. Williamson E. India Vade-mecum II. 136 Soojy, (the basis of the bread,) is frequently boiled into ‘stir-about’ for breakfast.
1843 J. Pereira Treat. Food & Diet 307 Semolina, Soujee, and Mannacroup, are granular preparations of wheat, deprived of bran.
1844 T. Webster & F. Parkes Encycl. Domest. Econ. 767 Semolina..is called also soojee: and a still smaller kind, called semoletta, is sifted out of the other.
1853 T. C. Archer Pop. Econ. Bot. 86 Semolina, Semoletta, Semola, Semola rarita, Soojee, and Urena, are names used to designate a product of wheat.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Soojee, Indian wheat, ground but not pulverized; a kind of semolino.
Compounds
suji halwa n. [halva n.] a kind of dessert made with suji.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > [noun] > other confections or sweet dishes
pionade1302
spinee1381
pokerouncea1450
strawberry cream1523
pannag1540
alkermes1547
sugar-bread1587
snow1597
flammick1600
Norfolk fool1623
fool1653
chocolate cream1702
meringue1706
steeple cream1747
trifle1755
snowball1769
sweet bread1777
marrangle1809
meteor1820
mimpins1820
Nesselrode1835
meringué1845
Swiss cream1845
turban1846
coconut cream1847
panforte1865
yokan1875
bombe1892
Eton mess1896
meringue Chantilly1901
streusel1909
rocky road1920
ringocandy1922
stem ginger1922
dulce de leche1923
kissel1924
some-more1925
cream-crowdie1929
Pavlova cake1929
s'more1934
cranachan1946
sugar-on-snow1947
calavera1948
suji halwa1955
vacherin1960
zuppa inglese1961
brûlée1966
pav1966
delice1967
banoffi1974
macaroon1985
Nanaimo1991
macaron1993
1955 R. P. Jhabvala To whom she Will xxi. 157 O she is such a clever girl, kheer she makes,..and sooji halwa [etc.].
1971 Femina (Bombay) 16 Apr. 57/2 Sooji Halwa. 220 gms. sooji (fine semolina); 60 gms. fat; 110 gms. sugar; 30 gms. peanuts; 2 gms. salt.
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