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kedgeree en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkɛd͡ʒəɹi/

Etymology

From Hindi खिचड़ी (khicṛī), from Sanskrit खिच्चा (khiccā). Compare khichdi.

Meanings

1. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Khichdi.
2. (countable, uncountable) An Anglo-Indian dish of flaked, smoked haddock, eggs and rice.
   • Peter, after the manner of man at the breakfast table, had allowed half his kedgeree to get cold and was sniggering over a letter. 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
   • Kedgeree was the invention of the British in colonial India, but was inspired by khichuri, a more ancient dish of rice and lentils, so here I’ve reinstated the pulses in the form of mung dal and peas: an Indian dish, adapted by the British, and changed again by an Indian living in Britain. 2024 May 7, Tamal Ray, “Kedgeree and lamb curry: Tamal Ray’s recipes for homely favourites”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

Forms

Deriveds

kedgeree pot

Relateds

cutcherry · cutchery