: a varying blend of spices used in Indian cooking
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The grocer opened its doors to customers on June 17 and is the first H-E-B to offer Masala House, an H-E-B product line of in-house meal options like chicken masala, butter chicken, naan, chutney dips and other items.—
Fousia Abdullahi,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 July 2026 Each shrimp is carefully cleaned and then pan-seared with cumin, coriander and masala.—
Maddie Connors,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026 This restaurant, like so many recent high-profile openings, is part of the genuinely thrilling wave of South Asian restaurants arguing for regional precision, pushing back against decades of commodity Indian cuisine, the culture- and geography-flattening tikka masalas and garlic naans.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
31 May 2026 Paneer cheese, cooked chicken and potato masala were below proper hot holding temperatures.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
may 29,
Sacbee.com,
29 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for masala
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Etymology
Hindi & Urdu masālā materials, ingredients, spices