Palm wine

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Palm wine is an alcoholic beverage created from the sap of various species of palm tree such ... In the Philippines, tubâ and "Kallu"  in Tamil and Malayalam refers both to the freshly .... In the Indian state of Kerala, toddy is used in leavening (as a substitute for yeast) a local form of hopper called the "Vellayappam

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