jal·fre·zi

or jal·fra·zi (jäl&-frā′zē)

A style of curry made with onion, tomato, and green chiles.

adj.

Being or served with a curry of onion, tomato, and green chiles: chicken jalfrezi.

[Anglo-Indian, leftover meat fried in a dry sauce of chiles and onions, perhaps from colloquial Bengali jhālpharezī : Bengali jhāl, hot, spicy (from Middle Indic *jhāla-, perhaps from a dialectal variant of Sanskrit kṣāra-, burning, hot; see dheg^wh- in Indo-European roots) + Hindi and Urdu parhezī, forming part of a diet, abstemious (from parhez, abstention, from Persian parhēz, verbal noun of parhēkhtan, to abstain, from Middle Persian pahrēxtan, from Old Iranian *pati-raič- (attested in Avestan paiti-raēč-, to leave behind) *pati, against, opposite + *raič-, to leave; see leik^w- in Indo-European roots). Alternatively, Anglo-Indian ultimately from Bengali jhāl, hot, spicy + Persian farēz, dried meat, peeling, shaving.]

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jalfrezi

(ˌdʒælˈfreɪzɪ)

a medium-hot curry made with green chillies

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Bucking a national trend which has seen tikka masala and korma variously take the top spot in national polls, jalfrezi has been declared the region's favourite curry, closely followed by a traditional Black Country balti.

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So we'll continue with a Madras or jalfrezi and count the benefits - without losing any sleep over it.

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Chicken jalfrezi MANCHESTER has its Curry Mile but there is a mecca for all things Indian cuisine a lot closer to home - Ocean Road in South Shields.

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A PILOT about to land in turbulent conditions warned passengers it would be 'spicy - on a curry level of jalfrezi.'.

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The meals for two include tikka marinated chicken jalfrezi with naan dumplings, aubergine and courgette parmigiana, smoked haddock and king prawn fisherman's pie, mac & cheese and king prawn, chicken and chorizo paella.

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I'm a chicken jalfrezi, chapatis and rice kind of girl and eat the same thing every time, so I stepped out of my comfort zone and let my friend do the ordering.

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