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- noun A mixture of
pickled vegetables used in thecuisine of theBalkans andMiddle East
Etymologies
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Examples
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She's as curvy as tabrizi bread, as sweet as sheer moz, as hot as morabaye bahar narenj, and as spicy as a bowl of felfel torshi.
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Little did I know that she brought my mom gondi torshi in the hospital on the night after I was born to break her fast yes I was born on Yom Kippur, and yes my mom fasted on her delivery day!
Archive 2006-06-01 tannaz 2006
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She gave us the recipe for gondi torshi, sweet and sour rice balls that were the traditional Yom Kippur fast-breaking meal for her in-laws.
The Book, Auntie Mohtaram, and One Last Category tannaz 2006
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She gave us the recipe for gondi torshi, sweet and sour rice balls that were the traditional Yom Kippur fast-breaking meal for her in-laws.
Archive 2006-06-01 tannaz 2006
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Little did I know that she brought my mom gondi torshi in the hospital on the night after I was born to break her fast yes I was born on Yom Kippur, and yes my mom fasted on her delivery day!
The Book, Auntie Mohtaram, and One Last Category tannaz 2006
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For side dishes Peter ordered torshi, which while translating vaguely as "pickle," included a diversity of vegetables that had been soaked in a very spicy brine; wara einab, which were grape leaves stuffed with small quantities of rice; and khaltay a rice dish made with raisins, nuts and chunks of meat and liver.
From This Beloved Hour Lambert, Willa 1982
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By the way, try the torshi, a salty vinegary side of pickled peppers that goes with pretty much everything - in fact, dip your bread in it.
NYT > Home Page By SCOTT VEALE 2011
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Oh, and I would like the best and easiest but good recipe for the pickle torshi left.
Wired Campus 2010
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Oh, and I would like the best and easiest but good recipe for the pickle torshi left.
Wired Campus 2010
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Vegetables are also eaten as incredibly tart pickles called torshi.
The Poor Mouth 2009
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