Bebinca, a dessert of many thin baked layers, belongs to the cuisine of which state?
- A.Goa
- B.Odisha
- C.Kerala
- D.West Bengal
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The correct answer is A, Goa. Bebinca is the best known Goan sweet, baked layer upon layer from coconut milk, flour, egg yolk, sugar and ghee, one layer set before the next is poured, and it belongs to the Portuguese inheritance of Goan cooking along with vindaloo, sorpotel and xacuti. The state's spirit feni, distilled from cashew or coconut, carries a Geographical Indication.
Option B is wrong because the signature sweet of Odisha is chhena poda, baked cottage cheese with sugar and cardamom, along with rasabali. Option C is wrong because Kerala closes its Sadya with payasam. Option D is wrong because West Bengal is the state of rosogolla, sandesh and mishti doi, in which the sweetmeat maker works with chhena rather than with baked layers.
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- A.Punjab
- B.Jammu and Kashmir
- C.Himachal Pradesh
- D.Ladakh
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- A.Tamil Nadu
- B.Karnataka
- C.Kerala
- D.Andhra Pradesh
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- A.Gujarat
- B.Rajasthan
- C.Haryana
- D.Madhya Pradesh
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- A.Odisha
- B.Assam
- C.Bihar
- D.Chhattisgarh
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- A.Venkateswara temple, Tirupati
- B.Jagannath temple, Puri
- C.Somnath temple, Veraval
- D.Kashi Vishwanath temple, Varanasi
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