Chili vs Xacuti - What's the difference?
chili | xacuti |
The pungent/spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used especially to add heat, or as a flavouring in cooking; associated with Mexican, Indian and Tex-Mex cuisine.
A dish made with this fruit and other ingredients, such as beans and beef; chili con carne.
(uncountable) Powdered chili peppers, used as a spice or flavouring in cooking.
A Goan curry with a complex mixture of spices including white poppy seeds and large dried red chilis, usually prepared with chicken or lamb.
As nouns the difference between chili and xacuti
is that chili is the pungent/spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used especially to add heat, or as a flavouring in cooking; associated with Mexican, Indian, and Tex-Mex cuisine while xacuti is a Goan curry with a complex mixture of spices including white poppy seeds and large dried red chilis, usually prepared with chicken or lamb.As a proper noun Chili
is alternative form of Chile|lang=en.chili
English
Alternative forms
* chile (US) * chilli (UK)Noun
(en-noun)- ''The farmers’ market had a wide variety of chilis from anchos to jalapeños to habaneros.
- I fancy having some chili for dinner tonight. What about you?
- I want to make this pasta spicy so I’m going to add some chili to it.