jalfrezi

[ jal-frey-zee ]

noun

, Indian Cooking.

, plural jal·fre·zis.

1. a medium-hot curry made with stir-fried meat, poultry, fish, or vegetables, in a sauce with green chili peppers and usually onions and tomatoes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of jalfrezi¹

First recorded in 1975–80; from Bengali jhālpharezī, from jhāl “hot, spicy” + Hindi, Urdu parhezī “suitable for someone on a diet” (ultimately from Persian parhiz “abstention, diet”)

Example Sentences

A WhatsApp message inviting people to the event asked whether they're a "Badenoch Balti" or a "Jenrick Jalfrezi".

From BBC

Although more recent surveys have named other curries, such as chicken jalfrezi, as the most popular in Britain, chicken tikka masala is pervasive.

From Seattle Times

Although we didn’t visit the tasting room, we enjoyed an al fresco dinner at its restaurant and found the sauvignon blanc went nicely with the pungent chicken jalfrezi.

From New York Times

“I likes to get wrecked up down at the Priest Hole / Your dad’s always there ‘cause he’s on the dole / My rhymes is tight, yeah I make it look easy / Dylan’s beats are hot like chicken jalfrezi!”

From Literature

The nation's lust for tikka masala, korma and jalfrezi is said to be worth £4bn to the British economy, and curry frequently appears on the list of the UK's favourite foods, even topping that list at various points in recent years.

From BBC