Meaning & use

Gobi

noun·Everyday

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Cauliflower, especially as used in South Asian cooking.

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She made a spicy gobi curry for dinner.

Gobi Manchurian is a popular Indo-Chinese street food dish.

A note on using this word

"Gobi" comes from Hindi-Urdu and is widely used in English-language menus and recipes for South Asian cuisine; it is unrelated to the Gobi Desert, whose name comes from Mongolian.

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cauliflower

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