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1. aloo, n. View full entry 1916
...In South Asian cookery: a potato; a dish containing this. Cf. aloo chaat...
2. aloo chaat, n. View full entry 1954
...In South Asian cookery: a spicy potato snack served as salad, light meal, or side dish. Cf. chaat...
3. aloo gobi, n. View full entry 1974
...In South Asian cookery: a dish of potatoes and cauliflower cooked with onions, garlic, and spices....
4. appam, n. View full entry 1972
...In South and South-East Asian cookery: a thin pancake made with rice flour (typically fermented with toddy or yeast) and coconut or coconut milk....
5. bhaji, n. View full entry 1832
...An Indian dish of fried vegetables. Also (esp. in onion bhaji, spinach bhaji), a deep-fried vegetable snack....
6. biryani, n. View full entry 1932
...A highly-spiced Indian dish made of meat or vegetables cooked with rice, saffron, and usu. brown lentils....
7. bobachee, n. View full entry 1810
...A male cook....
8. brandy-pawnee, n. View full entry 1816
...Brandy-and-water....
9. chaat, n. View full entry 1954
...In South Asian cookery: a snack or salad consisting of chopped and spiced fruit or vegetables. Freq. attrib. or as postmodifier....
10. chillum, n. View full entry 1781
...The part of the hookah containing the tobacco and charcoal balls; also applied loosely to the entire hookah, the act of smoking, and the ‘fill’ of tobacco....
11. choola, n. View full entry 1813
...An Indian fireplace or cooking-place....
12. chota, adj. View full entry 1814
...Small; younger, junior; spec. applied to a ‘peg’ of whisky....
13. chupatti, n. View full entry 1810
...A small cake of unleavened bread, generally made of coarse wheaten meal, flattened with the hand, and baked on a griddle. ‘The usual form of native bread and the staple food of...
14. conjee | congee, n. View full entry 1698
...The water in which rice has been boiled; used as an article of diet for invalids, and as starch....
15. curry, n.2 View full entry 1598
...A preparation of meat, fish, fruit, or vegetables, cooked with a quantity of bruised spices and turmeric, and used as a relish or flavouring, esp. for dishes composed of or...
16. dhania, n. View full entry 1925
...Coriander; coriander-seed....
17. dixie, n.1 View full entry 1900
...An iron kettle or pot, used by soldiers for making tea or stew....
18. dumpoked, adj. View full entry 1696
...Applied to a steamed dish of boned and stuffed meat....
19. garam masala, n. View full entry 1954
...A mixture of ground spices used in Indian cookery. Cf. masala...
20. handi, n. View full entry 1895
...An earthenware or metal pot used in Indian cooking....
