moori
An Indian term for puffed rice — those light, crispy, airy rice puffs that are a staple street food and snack across South Asia, especially in West Bengal and eastern India.
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An Indian term for puffed rice — those light, crispy, airy rice puffs that are a staple street food and snack across South Asia, especially in West Bengal and eastern India. Moori shows up in jhalmuri (a spicy snack mix), as a light breakfast with tea, or as an offering in religious ceremonies. It's the kind of food that's always around in Indian households — cheap, light, and beloved across generations. Outside India, you'd recognize it as a simpler cousin of Rice Krispies.
She grabbed a bag of moori from the vendor outside the train station and ate it on the platform.
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(India) Puffed rice.
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