On India"s east coast, Machilipatnam, a little port town in Andhra Pradesh"s Krishna district, and a few other nearby rural towns are home to the Bene Ephraim Jews, a population of a mere 50. Andhra"s fiery food (Andhra Pradesh is India"s largest producer of chillies) finds its way into the local Jewish cuisine, with spicy curries accompanying local Andhra dishes that fit into the Jewish tradition, such as tamarind rice, lemon rice, biryani, chicken with gongura (tangy roselle leaves), sambhar, chutneys and a sweet called bobbatlu (a flat, round wheat envelope with a sweet lentil filling).