A traditional clay stove or fireplace used in Indian kitchens for cooking, typically fueled by wood or dried dung.
From Hindi chūlhā, a word of South Asian origin referring to the traditional cooking hearth used across India and South Asia for centuries.
The chulha represents a cooking technology that's lasted millennia—millions of Indian families still cook on versions of these stoves, and the word is so culturally specific that English borrowed it wholesale rather than trying to describe the concept.
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