coriander

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I don't have coriander, and didn't want to spend $5 on it, so I used some black pepper and curry powder instead.

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  1. noun An aromatic annual Eurasian herb (Coriandrum sativum) in the parsley family, having parsleylike leaves and umbels of tiny white to pinkish flowers. It is cultivated for its edible fruits, leafy shoots, and roots.
  2. noun The fresh young leafy plantlets of this herb, used in salads and various dishes as a flavoring and garnish. Also called Chinese parsley, cilantro.
  3. noun The seedlike fruit of this plant, used whole or ground as a flavoring for food and as a seasoning, as in curry powder.

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  • Rub meat with the rest of the chili powder and coriander, then season with salt and pepper.
  • • A dressing of finely chopped fresh coriander, garlic, green chilli, lime juice, fish sauce and a pinch of sugar. —  The Guardian World News
  • I have a lot more spices like coriander, fennel, cummins, poppy seeds, tumeric and etc to share in future posts. —  Best Recipes
  • CK IN2U Heat for him ~ the "sultry warmth of a summer evening", featuring pear, coriander, caipirinha, maté tea, ginger, iris, vetiver and musk. —  Now Smell This
  • Coriandrum sativum 'Leisure' - the leafier version of coriander —  British Blogs
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  1. Middle English coriandre, from Old French, from Latin coriandrum, from Greek koriandron.

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  1. Earlier coliander, from Middle English coliaundre, caliawndyre, from Anglo-Saxon coliandre, also celendre = Old High German chullantar, cullentar, kullandar, collinder, etc. (from Middle Latin coliandrum, coleandrum, coliandrus); = D. G. Danish Swedish koriander, = French coriandre = Provencal coriandre, coliandre = Spanish Italian coriandro = Portuguese coentro; from Latin coriandrum, Middle Latin also coriander, coriannum (also coliandrum, etc.: see above), from Greek κορίαννον, also κόριον, coriander; said to be from κόρις, a bedbug, with allusion to the smell of the leaves.
 

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