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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.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any dish prepared with such spices.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any powder of ground ingredients, not necessarily used in cuisine.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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History
Borrowed from Hindustani مصالحہ (maṣālḥa, maṣāliḥa) / मसाला (masālā, “spice(s)”), from Classical Persian مصالح (masālih, “affairs, materials, spices”), plural of مصلحت (maṣlaḥat, “affair, policy, best thing to do”), both from Arabic, derived from صَلَحَ (ṣalaḥa, “be fit, competent, usable”).
