nihari

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Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu نہاری, from Persian نهاری (nehâri, breakfast), from Arabic نهار (nahār, daytime, day).

Noun

nihari (uncountable)

  1. A South Asian stew of slow-cooked beef or lamb with bone marrow.
    • 2015 July 6, Helen Pidd, “Working lunches around the world: what's in your lunchbox?”, in The Guardian:
      Today we’re having slow-cooked lamb nihari, sag aloo, lentil dal, pilau rice, green salad and seekh kebab.