jalfrezi

American  

[jal-fray-zee] / dʒælˈfreɪ zi /

noun

Indian Cooking.

• jalfrezis
  plural

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.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• jalfrezis
  plural

Etymology

Origin of jalfrezi

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

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jalfrezi

"In order to avoid customers being driven chicken jalfrezi by a cacophony of sound, we are kindly asking phone users to pipe down," he added.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

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 ● Dec. 22, 2022

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 ● Mar. 2, 2020

Menu ranges from salmon quinoa palao to the curry jalfrezi re-imagined as chicken tacos.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 2020

The Anglo-Indians also have a distinctive cuisine - jalfrezi was a staple in our household, but unlike anything on Indian restaurant menus.

From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2013