kedgeree
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English
Alternative forms
- kedgaree, kegeree, kidgeree, kitchari, kitcherie, kitchiri, cutchery, kitchery, kitcheree, kitcharee, cutcheree
Etymology
From Hindi खिचड़ी (khicṛī), from Sanskrit खिच्चा (khiccā). Compare khichdi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɛd͡ʒəɹi/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
kedgeree (countable and uncountable, plural kedgerees)
- (obsolete) Khichdi.
- An Anglo-Indian dish of flaked, smoked haddock, eggs and rice.
- 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
- Peter, after the manner of man at the breakfast table, had allowed half his kedgeree to get cold and was sniggering over a letter.
- 2024 May 7, Tamal Ray, “Kedgeree and lamb curry: Tamal Ray’s recipes for homely favourites”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
- 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.