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dhungar

dhungar noun: a Rajput method of smoking food that uses ghee dripped onto a live coal.

Noun

dhungar (uncountable)

  1. A Rajput method of smoking food that uses ghee dripped onto a live coal.
    • There’s an Indian method called dhungar, which involves setting tiny bowls of smoldering charcoal within covered casseroles of cooked food.2007 January 24, Dana Bowen, “Smokers Welcome: Try This at Home”, in New York Times

Questions about dhungar

What does dhungar mean?
Dhungar means a Rajput method of smoking food that uses ghee dripped onto a live coal.
What part of speech is dhungar?
Dhungar is a noun.

Words near dhungar in the dictionary

  1. Dhumal
  2. Dhumals
  3. Dhunche
  4. dhunchee
  5. dhunchi
  6. dhungar
  7. Dhunikolhu
  8. Dhunnunid
  9. Dhunnunids
  10. Dhupadhola
  11. dhupi

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