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curry1
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nounplural noun curries
A dish of meat, vegetables, etc., cooked in an Indian-style sauce of hot-tasting spices and typically served with rice.
‘we went out for a curry’- ‘a beef curry’
- ‘I've been eating a lot of curry’
- ‘The foods served in the Balti pan are freshly cooked aromatically spiced curries.’
- ‘Lunch consists of rice served with vegetable and meat curries and sauces such as sambol, a spicy mixture of grated coconut and chili, peppers, pickles, and chutneys.’
- ‘Malays eat rice with fish or meat curry and vegetables cooked in various ways.’
- ‘Vegetables which I bring home to cook authentic Thai curries are full of spice and aroma.’
- ‘There are over 150 recipes, including a variety of meat, seafood and vegetable curries and other spiced dishes.’
- ‘The lamb curry and vegetable biryani that followed suffered by comparison, seeming just a little vague and hesitant.’
- ‘The royal dish is prepared by cooking a mixture of rich meat or vegetable curry with partially cooked rice.’
- ‘Sampling my companion's chicken korma dish - a mild curry with almond sauce and coconut butter, I was very impressed.’
- ‘They can be used interchangeably to complement curries and simply cooked meats, fish, and poultry, such as in our chicken salad.’
- ‘Side dishes range from boiled vegetables with a piece of dried fish to fried and stewed dishes including meat curries.’
- ‘It is generally acknowledged that Thai curries burn the palate intensely, but briefly, whereas other curries, with strong spices, burn for longer periods.’
- ‘Next week they'll be serving up sushi, oysters, satays, vegetarian and meat curries.’
- ‘When I first visited I was eating the curry and naan with my fingers and Munir, the owner, asked me where I was from.’
- ‘Go to someone's home when they've offered to cook a curry and there's something slightly wrong about it all.’
- ‘There was enough beef left for a curry or a tagine, but I didn't have the time for developed flavours.’
- ‘The traditional Sri Lankan meal is served with all dishes on the table at once: rice, fish and meat curries, soup, vegetables and accompaniments.’
- ‘My mother was at her wits end with lentil bakes and vegetable curries.’
- ‘He orders the Kukhurako maasu, which is a chicken curry cooked with vegetables.’
- ‘Nutritionally spiced up with vegetable curry, I see this as a decent compromise when convenience is key.’
- ‘We go to eat at a vegetarian curry house in the Indian neighbourhood; on the street people hang out in front of the Bollywood cinema.’
verbverb curries, verb currying, verb curried
[with object]Prepare or flavour (food) with a sauce of hot-tasting spices.
‘The chef chooses quality and safe cuts of beef from Australia to prepare Western and Asian dishes that are curried, barbecued, braised, grilled, roasted or stewed.’- ‘Meat and poultry eaters can select from succulently prepared lamb chops, curried or stir fried chicken, baby back ribs and beef tenderloin.’
- ‘Suggestions for fillings include curried chicken salad, or any other sandwich filling or vegetable combination.’
- ‘Can you blame me when I've been accustomed to egg sandwiches, cold pizza, sausage rolls and curried rice masquerading as ‘party food’ all my life!’
- ‘He loves preparing and cooking fresh fish, and one of his favourite dishes to prepare is lightly curried line fish in mango butter, topped with a mango and macadamia nut pesto.’
- ‘They tend to be curried in a rich brown rendang style sauce.’
- ‘The food, however, was fully seasoned with Trini herbs and spices, revellers enjoyed Dhal pourie, paratha, curried mango, aloo and channa, and lots of Trinidadian sweet bread.’
- ‘Foods that seemed to elicit symptoms included citrus fruits, dairy, pork, tomatoes, pineapple, shellfish, spiced or curried foods, apples, grapes, and melon.’
- ‘Yesterday they had leg of lamb, escovitched chicken and curried mutton, and I had some of each.’
- ‘We found the other local favourite, curried conch (a sort of giant sea snail), less to our liking.’
- ‘Huge oysters, terrifyingly substantial octopus tentacles, lightly curried saffron prawns and lobster, crayfish and crab meat, cod fillet and winkles.’
- ‘Inside a long, high room, on mustard and black linens, sits a bowl of gently curried cream of carrot soup.’
- ‘If sampling spicy foods like curried goat or beef patties ask about the spice content or you might need a fire extinguisher to cool your scalding tongue.’
- ‘Meat and fish were curried or peppered in order to preserve them and we picked the abundant fruit that grew in our garden.’
- ‘We went to a restaurant for Christmas lunch because I can only do pasta and Dad can only do curried sausages and Marianne can only do cereal.’
- ‘Some are broth based, others cream based, almost all have curried meat or seafood.’
- ‘Secular and religious holidays are occasions for the preparation of special foods, with fish soup and dumplings, peas and rice, salt fish, stewed mutton, curried goat and grilled local fish preferred.’
- ‘Ortanique makes a mango-papaya salsa that goes on our West Indian curried crab cakes.’
- ‘Salted fish, curried goat, and jerk chicken also are popular.’
- ‘Whether baked, barbecued, curried, grilled, stewed, or stir-fried, shrimp are palate pleasers throughout the Western world.’
Origin
Late 16th century from Tamil kaṟi.
curry2
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verbverb curries, verb currying, verb curried
[with object]1mainly North American Groom (a horse) with a curry comb.
‘I was brushing and currying the horse’- ‘Heaven help the poor kid who had to go in there, muck the floor, and curry the horse.’
- ‘Now he had to curry all the horses, and to clean out their shoes.’
- ‘With superb quickness she curried off the horse, who's winter coat had yet to shed out.’
- ‘Wiping sweat from his face at the end of class, he led the horse to his stall, giving him a good rubdown and currying his mane and tail as well as brushing his body.’
- ‘Every horse and mule when in use is curried in the morning before taken from the stable and at 12 o'clock; also at night when they appear unusually sweaty and fatigued.’
groom, untangle, disentangle, smooth out, straighten, arrange, neaten, tidy, dress, rake2 historical Treat (tanned leather) to improve its properties.
‘I made the deer's hide be curried and dressed by a tanner’- ‘The hide was first stretched on a variety of different frames, depending on the type of leather to be curried.’
- ‘Also, while it sounds like curried grain leather would work, I cannot find it used in this context, so I can't recommend it either.’
3 archaic Thrash; beat.
- ‘he swore he would curry his hide’
Phrases
- curry favour
Ingratiate oneself with someone through obsequious behaviour.
‘a wimpish attempt to curry favour with the new bosses’- ‘But for the man still in the post, the players have to place demands on themselves and not be overly concerned about doing the outgoing coach a favour or currying favour with his eventual replacement.’
- ‘Conversely, but equally false, is the image of a toady who curries favor from higher-ups or someone who twists self-sacrifice into a self-serving art form.’
- ‘The frenzy to pass as many Section 140 motions as possible in advance of the June 11 elections is all about currying favour with voters.’
- ‘I've got to start currying favour with him pronto.’
- ‘In the name of promoting sales through currying favour with the right people, some business people throw lavish dinners.’
- ‘It just strikes me as currying favour again in a specific kind of way.’
- ‘That pair are gearing up for their own preselections and currying favour with the party faithful.’
- ‘Young chefs at Oakbank School have been currying favour with teachers to raise cash for charity.’
- ‘In addition, exorbitant spending aimed at currying favor with buyers or government officials has naturally brought about the rapid growth of the pleasure-seeking industry and the underground economy.’
- ‘Of course, Lance has never been one to curry the favor of critics.’
Origin
Alteration of Middle English curry favel, from the name (Favel or Fauvel) of a chestnut horse in a 14th-century French romance who became a symbol of cunning and duplicity; hence ‘to curry (or groom) Favel’ meant to use the cunning which he personified.
Origin
Middle English from Old French correier, ultimately of Germanic origin.
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