An Indian sweet made from sesame seeds or chickpea flour mixed with ghee and sugar, also known as gul or brittle candy.
From Hindi/Urdu 'ghalva,' derived from Persian origins. The word traveled along trade routes from India to English dictionaries. Regional variations exist across India with different base ingredients.
This word traveled with Indian spice traders and shows how food vocabulary spreads globally—today you can find ghalva in Indian shops worldwide, and the word came right along with it!
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