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mandi

mandi

8.3
A rice and meat dish from the Middle East cooked with spices
  • noun
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  • The traditional mandi is cooked in a tandoor, giving it a unique flavor that's hard to resist.

Examples

  • At the wedding, the guests enjoyed a delicious plate of mandi, seasoned with aromatic spices and tender meat.

  • My favorite dish is mandi, which is often served during festive occasions in the Middle East.

  • (39) Mandi says:

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Surface Forms

mandi singular
mandis plural

Etymology

Mandi for the rice-and-meat dish comes from Yemen in the Arabian Peninsula, where cooks used deep ovens or ground pits to make a shared meal of rice and meat. So mandi now means a fragrant, communal dish often served at celebrations.