pholourie

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noun

A Caribbean snack of fried, spiced dough balls made of dhal, served with chutney.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounpholourie (countable and uncountable, plural pholouries)

plural pholouries · alternative phoulourie · alternative phulourie · alternative phulouri

  1. countableuncountableA Caribbean snack of fried, spiced dough balls made of dhal, served with chutney.

    We headed straight for the kitchen, where Mom had already mixed ground peas and flour and some other colorful seasonings to make pholouries. I watched the many little yellow balls floating around in the steaming hot oil in the pot.

    2011, Pearlie Chandra Singh, A Thousand Broken Pieces, page 19
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