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curry roux

curry roux noun: roux with curry powder.

Noun

curry roux (countable and uncountable, plural curry roux)

  1. (Japan) Roux with curry powder.
    • If she was preparing a smaller amount of sauce she would make a curry roux, but this time she takes a shortcut.2016, “Iceland: Nanna Rögnvaldardóttir”, in Ken Albala, editor, At the Table: Food and Family around the World, Santa Barbara, Calif.: Greenwood, →ISBN, page 119

Forms of curry roux

pluralcurry roux

Origin of curry roux

Calque of Japanese カレールー (karē rū), from English curry and French roux.

Questions about curry roux

What does curry roux mean?
Curry roux means roux with curry powder.
What part of speech is curry roux?
Curry roux is a noun.
What is the plural of curry roux?
The plural of curry roux is curry roux.

Words near curry roux in the dictionary

  1. curry puff
  2. curry puffs
  3. curry queen
  4. curry queens
  5. Curry Rivel
  6. curry roux
  7. curry stuff
  8. curry stuffs
  9. curry tree
  10. curry trees
  11. Curry's paradox

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