Meaning

noun (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice

verb season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking

verb treat by incorporating fat

origin1747 (as currey, first published recipe for the dish in English), from Tamil கறி (kaṟi), influenced by existing Middle English cury (“cooking”), from Middle French cuyre (“to cook”) (whence also cuisine), from Vulgar Latin cocere, from Latin coquere. Earlier cury found in 1390 cookbook Forme of Cury (Forms of Cooking) by court chefs of Richard II of England.

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