Question: what are the famous traditional food items of maharashtra

title: Maharashtrian cuisine
text: Other ingredients include oil seeds such as flax , karale , coconut , peanuts , almonds and cashew nuts . Peanut powder and whole nuts are used in many preparations including , chutney , khosimbir and bhaaji . More - expensive nuts ( almonds and cashew ) are used for sweet dishes . Flax and karale seeds are used in making dry chutneys . Traditionally , sugar cane based jaggery was used as the sweetening agent , but has been largely replaced by refined cane sugar . Fruit such as mango are used in many preparations including pickles , jams , drinks and sweet dishes . Bananas and jackfruit are also used . Peanut powder is often added to curry recipes .