chili
The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking.
Other meanings
Powdered chili pepper, used as a spice or flavouring in cooking.
A spicy stew of chicken or paneer, capsicum and onion, eaten as an appetizer.
A kind of
- dish
Word history
From Spanish "chile".
Where this comes from
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