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curry roux en · NOUN

Etymology

Calque of Japanese カレールー (karē rū), from English curry and French roux.

Meanings

1. (Japan, countable, uncountable) Roux with curry powder.
   • If she was preparing a smaller amount of sauce she would make a curry roux, but this time she takes a shortcut. 2016, “Iceland: Nanna Rögnvaldardóttir”, in Ken Albala, editor, At the Table: Food and Family around the World, Santa Barbara, Calif.: Greenwood, →ISBN, page 119:

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