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  • noun In Indian cooking, cauliflower.

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Examples

  • Their aloo gobi is heavy on the cauliflower, and the biriyani looks really tempting in the steam table.

    Indus Express is Like an Indian Version of a Midtown Deli | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan 2008

  • So aloo gobi is an example of a simple stir-fried vegetable dish, North-Indian style, and is homely enough for everyday meals, and loved enough to be served at a nice dinner.

    Archive 2007-01-01 Nupur 2007

  • The word gobi, which Europeans have corrupted into cobi, signifies in the Mongol tongue a naked desert.

    Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

  • The word gobi, which Europeans have corrupted into cobi, signifies in the Mongol tongue a naked desert.

    Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814

  • Mostly, though, the surface was low grass, gravel, or scrub, hence the generic name gobi, which means “stony desert” in Mongolian.6 Despite fears of sand encroachment on cities and farms, the gravel was more mobile and often more of a threat to habitation.7 Inappropriate human activity often paved its way.

    When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010

  • Mostly, though, the surface was low grass, gravel, or scrub, hence the generic name gobi, which means “stony desert” in Mongolian.6 Despite fears of sand encroachment on cities and farms, the gravel was more mobile and often more of a threat to habitation.7 Inappropriate human activity often paved its way.

    When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010

  • Mostly, though, the surface was low grass, gravel, or scrub, hence the generic name gobi, which means “stony desert” in Mongolian.6 Despite fears of sand encroachment on cities and farms, the gravel was more mobile and often more of a threat to habitation.7 Inappropriate human activity often paved its way.

    When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010

  • In Hindi, cauliflower is sometimes called just "gobi" or then called "fulgobi" (ful = flower) to distinguish it from "patta-gobi" or cabbage (patta = leaf).

    Archive 2007-03-01 Nupur 2007

  • Maybe throw everything off completely by doing it alphabetically, starting with A for aloo gobi which is always a favorite and can never be bad and B for bengan bharta that was creamy without being heavy, all the way to T for tikka masala, chicken in a luscious sauce that was far less spicy than I was hoping?

    Cones, Pyramids, and 3D Triangles - Nizam Indian Cuisine 2006

  • Maybe throw everything off completely by doing it alphabetically, starting with A for aloo gobi which is always a favorite and can never be bad and B for bengan bharta that was creamy without being heavy, all the way to T for tikka masala, chicken in a luscious sauce that was far less spicy than I was hoping?

    Archive 2006-01-01 2006

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