noun

curry

KUR-ee/ˈkɜːri/

A spiced dish or sauce common in South Asian cuisines.

The vegetable curry sits in a thick sauce beside rice and roti.

A shallow serving bowl of South Asian vegetable curry, with vegetables in a thick orange-brown spiced sauce, accompanied by a small portion of basmati rice and folded roti.

Etymology

Caril names an Indian dish or sauce, a meaning English retained before also using curry for the spice blend. Portuguese is the probable, rather than certain, immediate source.

In context

Velvet Recaps41:18

Curious about the spiced filling, Allen asks what it is. Our girl explains that it is curry, a hearty stew packed with spices.

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More examples

She prepared a mild curry.
Several curries appeared on the menu.
He added coconut milk to the curry.

Forms

curry · curries

Similar words

stew: Need not use the spices or sauces associated with curry.
sauce: Can accompany another food rather than constitute a dish.