kedgeree

English

Alternative forms

• kedgaree, kegeree, kidgeree, kitchari, kitcherie, kitchiri, cutchery, kitchery, kitcheree, kitcharee, cutcheree

Etymology

From Hindi खिचड़ी (khicṛī), from Sanskrit खिच्चा (khiccā). Compare khichdi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛd͡ʒəɹi/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

kedgeree (countable and uncountable, plural kedgerees)

1. (obsolete) Khichdi.
2. An Anglo-Indian dish of flaked, smoked haddock, eggs and rice.
   • 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:

     Peter, after the manner of man at the breakfast table, had allowed half his kedgeree to get cold and was sniggering over a letter.

   • 2024 May 7, Tamal Ray, “Kedgeree and lamb curry: Tamal Ray’s recipes for homely favourites”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Kedgeree was the invention of the British in colonial India, but was inspired by khichuri, a more ancient dish of rice and lentils, so here I’ve reinstated the pulses in the form of mung dal and peas: an Indian dish, adapted by the British, and changed again by an Indian living in Britain.

Derived terms

• kedgeree pot

See also

• cutchery, cutcherry