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”)