Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A South Asian soup having a meat or chicken base and curry seasoning.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A famous East Indian soup made of meat or fowl, strongly flavored with curry. Also spelled
mullatgatawny .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
mullagatawny .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
Indian soup having ameat base andcurry seasoning .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a soup of eastern India that is flavored with curry; prepared with a meat or chicken base
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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As far as I can tell, the only agreed upon fact about mulligatawny is that it is a fusion of British and Indian cuisines -- and actually cooked more by the British, I believe, at least originally.
Laura's Mistaken Mulligatawny Laura 2008
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As far as I can tell, the only agreed upon fact about mulligatawny is that it is a fusion of British and Indian cuisines -- and actually cooked more by the British, I believe, at least originally.
Archive 2008-09-01 Laura 2008
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And oh, the taste of delicious, mysterious soups named "mulligatawny" and "Billi bi."
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You think if aliens invade Britain and I've got the choice of a rocket launcher to blow their annoying ET heads off or a pissing Knorr stock cube to make some delicious mulligatawny while men do it for me, I'm going down the broth route?
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You think if aliens invade Britain and I've got the choice of a rocket launcher to blow their annoying ET heads off or a pissing Knorr stock cube to make some delicious mulligatawny while men do it for me, I'm going down the broth route?
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I really want to figure out mulligatawny soup and daal--yum!
Maria Rodale: Curry Chicken from Scratch Maria Rodale 2011
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Thumbs Down: Naan and other breads; dals, including mulligatawny soup acceptable in Pre-Maintenance and Lifetime Maintenance; biryani dishes; chutneys made with added sugar; samosas and fritters.
THE NEW ATKINS FOR A NEW YOU Dr. Eric C. Westman 2010
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This is my quick version of mulligatawny soup, a well-known standard of Indian cuisine.
SARA MOULTON’S EVERYDAY FAMILY DINNERS SARA MOULTON 2010
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Grace said ... ah, mulligatawny -- fun to say and fun to eat. very nice -- bring on the fall!
Laura's Mistaken Mulligatawny Laura 2008
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Months later, alone, in the restaurant early, I peeled a small beginning of skin and floated it into the pot of mulligatawny.
Soup Mark Sutz 2010
brtom commented on the word mulligatawny
Pungent mockturtle oxtail mulligatawny. I'm hungry too.
Joyce, Ulysses, 8
January 3, 2007
jax commented on the word mulligatawny
One of my favorites....
January 9, 2007
arby commented on the word mulligatawny
I love this word! It sounds very Irish/Scottish/Gaelic to me, but AmHer sez it's all Indian:
ETYMOLOGY: Tamil miaguta : miagu, pepper + tar, cool water ( ta, cool + r, water).
May 6, 2007
ravages commented on the word mulligatawny
tamil "milagu" (மிளக�?) = pepper, and tamil "thanni" (தண�?ணீர�?) = water.
December 16, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word mulligatawny
"'Mullga-tawny', or pepper-water soup, was a favourite among those returning from India and the East, made of meat in a clear stock flavoured with pounded coriander seeds, cinnamon-like cassia, some black and cayenne pepper, turmeric, browned onions and garlic, with a little lemon juice and cream swirled in just before it was served. Everyone had a recipe for mulligatawny, and most served it with a ballast of boiled rice."
--Kate Colquhoun, Taste: The Story of Britain Through Its Cooking (NY: Bloomsbury, 2007), 265
January 18, 2017