TABLE 2.
Favored purchased snacks reported by school-going girls (n = 23)
| Item | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Singara (aka samosa: wheat flour with potato, chickpea, carrots, and peanut; deep fried in oil) | 14 (61) |
| “Mixed puffed rice” | 13 (57) |
| Biscuits | 12 (52) |
| Puri (small, round bread made of wheat flour and lentils; deep fried in oil) | 7 (30) |
| Cake | 7 (30) |
| Chanachur (spicy mix of dried ingredients, including fried lentils, peanuts, chickpea flour, noodles, corn, chickpeas, flaked rice, fried onion and curry leaves) | 5 (22) |
| Piyazu (red lentils with green chili, onion, turmeric powder, garlic, salt and deep fried in oil) | 5 (22) |
| Pickles | 4 (17) |
| Bread | 4 (17) |
| Fuchka (fried puff-pastry balls filled with spiced mashed potato, boiled gram, spiced water, and tamarind juice) | 3 (13) |
| Chocolate | 3 (13) |
| Porata (flat bread that is fried in a pan with oil) | 2 (9) |
| Samocha (fried snack made with flour, potato, onions, lentils) | 2 (9) |
| Sweets | 2 (9) |
| Burger | 1 (4) |
| Chatpoti (mix of chickpeas, potatoes, onions, and chilies and tamarind juice) | 1 (4) |
| “Soft drinks” | 1 (4) |
| Laddu (ball-shaped sweets made of flour, sugar, milk, and other ingredients) | 1 (4) |
| Instant noodles | 1 (4) |
| Cucumber | 1 (4) |
| Pattis (small flat cake of minced food, especially meat) | 1 (4) |
| Juice | 1 (4) |