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Masala vs Madras - What's the difference?

masala | madras |

As nouns the difference between masala and madras

is that masala is any of many blends of spices used in Indian cuisine, most often containing cardamom, coriander, mace together with pepper, nutmeg, fennel seeds, jeera etc while Madras is a style of curry dish purported to originate from the Madras region.

As a proper noun Madras is

former name of Chennai|lang=en the state capital of Tamil Nadu, India.

masala

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of many blends of spices used in Indian cuisine, most often containing cardamom, coriander, mace together with pepper, nutmeg, fennel seeds, jeera etc.

    • Derived terms

    * garam masala * tikka masala

    Usage notes

    * The term is often used in the names of individual dishes.

    Anagrams

    * English terms derived from Hindi

    madras

    English

    (wikipedia Madras)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .

    • Synonyms

    * Chennai (current name)

    Noun

  • (British) A style of curry dish purported to originate from the Madras region.
    • I’ll have the Chicken Madras .

    See also

    * (l)

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