dopiaza

English

Alternative forms

• dupiaza

Etymology

Persian دوپیازه (literally “two onions”)

Noun

dopiaza (countable and uncountable, plural dopiazas)

1. A style of curry, usually of medium heat, prepared with onions.

   He ate chicken dopiaza with plain rice and a nan.

   • 1831, Sandford Arnot (translator), “Indian Cookery, as Practised and Described by the Natives of the East”, in Miscellaneous Translations from Oriental Languages‎^[1], volume I, London: J.L. Cox, retrieved 2016-07-03, page 19:

     No.7 DOPIYÁZAH. Take Meat, ½ ser (1lb. avoir.) ...