The hilly regions of the Western Ghats and Deccan plateau regions use groundnut in place of coconut and depend more on jowar (sorghum) and bajra (millet) as staples.
Ang maburol rehiyon ng talampas rehiyon ng Western Ghats at Deccan gamitin groundnut sa lugar ng niyog at depende higit pa sa jowar (sorghum) at bajra (bansa) bilang Staples.