masale

Noun

masala (countable and uncountable, plural masalas or masale)

1. Any of many blends of spices used in Indian cuisine, most often containing cardamom, coriander, mace together with pepper, nutmeg, fennel seeds, jeera etc.
   • A couple of vegetables, sambar (spicy and sour lentils and vegetables boiled with masalas and spices), rasam (a hot and fiery lentil soup-like dish) and curds (yoghurt) served with heaps of rice and eaten in that order. […] Basically, it’s a juicy naan bread with an egg coating, stuffed with mutton...2017 July 12, Sanjiv Khamgaonkar, “40 Mumbai foods we can’t live without”, in CNN
2. Any dish prepared with such spices.
   • We ordered two lamb bhunas and a masala.
3. Any powder of ground ingredients, not necessarily used in cuisine.