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Rice vs Roti - What's the difference?

rice | roti |

As verbs the difference between rice and roti

is that rice is while roti is .

As an adjective roti is

roast.

As a noun roti is

roast (roast meat).

rice

English

(wikipedia rice)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (uncountable) Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food.
  • A specific variety of this plant.
  • (uncountable) The seeds of this plant used as food.

    • Verb

  • To squeeze through a ricer; to mash or make into rice-sized pieces.
  • To throw rice at a person (usually at a wedding).
  • To belittle a government emissary or similar on behalf of a more powerful militaristic state.
  • To harvest wild rice Zinzania sp.

    • Derived terms

    * arborio rice * brown rice * golden rice * Indian rice * jollof rice * mealie rice * Patna rice * brewer's rice * broken rice * rice bowl * iron rice bowl * rice grass * rice leafhopper * rice paper * rice pudding * rice rat * rice weevil * ricebird * rice-paper plant * ricer * Spanish rice * sticky rice * white rice * wild rice

    Related terms

    * Menominee * rijsttafel * risotto

    See also

    * basmati * bhelpuri * California roll * dosa * gumbo * idli * idli * jambalaya * khir * mirin * mochi * nasi goreng * onigiri * pad thai * paella * pilaf, pilau * rangoli * risotto * sake * samshu * sushi

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    roti

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A pancake-like pastry, common in the cuisine of India and some neighboring countries, often stuffed with curry.
  • * {{quote-news, 2007, January 27, Dennis Hevesi, Carlos Lezama, 83, Dies; Shaped West Indian Parade, New York Times citation
    • , passage=Along the sidewalks, hundreds of vendors hawked everything from commemorative T-shirts to rum to roti , the breadlike Caribbean pastry stuffed with pungently barbecued goat or chicken.}}
    Nepalis eat sweet fried rice-flour doughnuts called ''sel roti'' .

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