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Jalfrezi (/ dʒ æ l ˈ f r eɪ z i /; Bengali: ঝালফ্রেজী; also jhal frezi, jaffrazi, and many other alternative spellings) is a stir-fried curry dish originating in Bengal and popular throughout South Asia. [2] Jalfrezi means "hot-fry". [3]
Madras curry gets its name from the city of Madras (now Chennai) at the time of the British Raj; the name is not used in Indian cuisine. The name and the dish were invented in Anglo-Indian cuisine for a simplified spicy sauce made using curry powder, tomatoes, and onions. [1] The name denotes a generalised hot curry. [2]
It is one of the hottest forms of curry regularly available, even hotter than the vindaloo, using many ground standard chilli peppers, or a hotter type of chilli such as scotch bonnet, habanero, or Carolina Reaper. Typically, the dish is a tomato-based thick curry and includes ginger and optionally fennel seeds. [2]
'Curry' is "ultimately derived" [1] from some combination of Dravidian words of south Indian languages. [1] One of those words is the Middle Tamil kaṟi (கறி) meaning 'black' or 'burnt' and hence spiced food. [1] [2] The Oxford Dictionaries suggest an origin specifically from Tamil. [3]
A balti or bāltī gosht (Urdu: بالٹی گوشت, Hindi: बाल्टी गोश्त) is a type of curry served in a thin, pressed-steel wok called a "balti bowl". [1] The name may have come from the metal dish in which the curry is cooked, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] rather than from any specific ingredient or cooking technique. [ 4 ]
Madras Bashai evolved largely during the past three centuries. With the eponymous city's emergence into importance in British India (when the British recovered it from the French), and as the capital of Madras Presidency, the region's exposure to the western world increased, and a number of English words crept into the vocabulary: many such words were introduced by educated, middle-class Tamil ...
Even though the word aloo (आलू) means potato in Hindi, [8] ... 38 languages Add topic. Jump to content. Main menu. Main menu. move to sidebar hide.
It is known as Pitwaa in Hindi, Kotrum in Jharkhand, Mestapat in Bengali, Amaari in Chhattisgarhi, Pandi/Pundi SOPPU in Kannada, Anthur in Mizo, Sougri in Manipuri, Sankokda in Punjabi, Aamelli in Chakma, Mwitha in Bodo, Kenaf Leaves in English, and Chin Baung in Burmese. . It is a summer crop, and the hotter the place, the sourer the leaf gets.