vindaloo

Definitions

Food

  • A particularly hot Indian stew (from chillies). The name is a corruption of vinho de alhos (‘wine and garlic marinade’) introduced to the Portuguese colony of Goa. Other authorities derive the name from ‘vinegar’ and aloo (the Indian word for ‘potato’).

Travel

  • noun a very hot curry sauce made with coriander, red chilli, ginger, and other spices, or a dish cooked in this sauce
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