Bombay duck Bombay duck The Bombay duck or bummalo ("Harpadon nehereus"), is a lizardfish. Adults may reach a maximum length of 40 cm, but the usual size is around 25 cm. The origin of the term "Bombay duck" is uncertain. One popular etymology relates to railways. When the rail links started on the Indian subcontinent, people from eastern Bengal were made aware of the great availability of the locally prized fish on India's western coasts and began importing them by the railways. Since the smell of the dried fish was overpowering, its transportation was later consigned to the mail train; the Bombay
Nepalese cuisine tofu or cottage cheese. The cuisine has a wide range of fermented preparations, whereas Pahari cuisine has beyond a few "aachar" condiments. "Kwāti" (क्वाति soup of different beans), "kachilā" (कचिला spiced minced meat), "chhoylā" (छोयला water buffalo meat marinated in spices and grilled over the flames of dried wheat stalks), "pukālā" (पुकाला fried meat), "wo" (व: lentil cake), "paun kwā" (पाउँक्वा sour soup), "swan pukā" (स्वँपुका stuffed lungs), "syen" (स्येँ fried liver), "mye" (म्ये boiled and fried tongue), "sapu mhichā" (सःपू म्हिचा leaf tripe stuffed with bone marrow) and "sanyā khunā" (सन्या खुना jellied fish soup) are some of the