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Eating street food in India on a tiny budget is actually very easy. There is so much amazing food to be had for under $1. The Indian Rupee fluctuates periodically, however generally one can count that the exchange rate will always stay between 50-60 Rupees to one US Dollar, and the number of goods one can buy with that amount is limitless here. A new series from Wilderness Films, titled “India Under a Dollar”, has arrived to explore the possibilities of cheap living from day to day in this country, and the possibilities are endless! A samosa or samoosa is a fried or baked pastry with savory filling, such as spiced potatoes, onions, peas, lentils and sometimes ground lamb, ground beef or ground chicken. They may or may not also contain pine nuts. The samosa originated in the Middle East pr
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