: an Indian dish of usually braised meat or vegetables cooked with spices and often yogurt or cream
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Curry options include tikka masala, korma (cashew, almond and pistachio cream sauce), saag, coconut and vindaloo which can be had with chicken, lamb, shrimp, vegetables, or paneer.
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Greg Morago, Houston Chronicle, 29 Jan. 2020
For a squash main course, the pea and pumpkin korma needs only a side of rice or flatbread to accompany it.
—Nik Sharma, SFChronicle.com, 22 Nov. 2019
On the menu: beef massaman curry, vegetarian korma and hundreds of sandwiches.
—Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2020
Go with the lamb and beef meatball pizza ($17), where juicy nuggets of meat mix with a creamy korma gravy, melted mozzarella and sharp pickled red onions.
—Nick Kindelsperger, chicagotribune.com, 9 Oct. 2019
India isn’t represented in Epcot, so head to A’taj , just outside one of the resort’s southern gates, for kebabs, curries and kormas in a fairly opulent setting that belies its strip-mall address.
—Jim Webster, Twin Cities, 29 June 2019
Greg Morago, Houston Chronicle, 29 Jan. 2020
For a squash main course, the pea and pumpkin korma needs only a side of rice or flatbread to accompany it.
—Nik Sharma, SFChronicle.com, 22 Nov. 2019
On the menu: beef massaman curry, vegetarian korma and hundreds of sandwiches.
—Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2020
Go with the lamb and beef meatball pizza ($17), where juicy nuggets of meat mix with a creamy korma gravy, melted mozzarella and sharp pickled red onions.
—Nick Kindelsperger, chicagotribune.com, 9 Oct. 2019
India isn’t represented in Epcot, so head to A’taj , just outside one of the resort’s southern gates, for kebabs, curries and kormas in a fairly opulent setting that belies its strip-mall address.
—Jim Webster, Twin Cities, 29 June 2019
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Word History
Etymology
Hindi & Urdu qormā, of Turkic origin; akin to Turkish kavurma fried meat, from kavur- to fry, roast
First Known Use
1832, in the meaning defined above
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“Korma.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/korma. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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