kedgeree

• kedgaree, kidgeree, kitchari, kitcherie, kitchiri, cutchery

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛd͡ʒəɹi/

kedgeree (countable and uncountable, plural kedgerees)

1. (obsolete) Khichdi.
2. A European dish of flaked, smoked haddock, eggs and rice.
   • 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in The Cuckoo in the Nest:

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

• kedgeree pot

• cutchery, cutcherry