murgh

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Persian مرغ‎ (morğ).

Noun

murgh (uncountable)

  1. (Indian cookery) chicken
    • 1976, Chicago (volume 25, page 125)
      Our other entrée was murgh massalam ($3.50), half a chicken of fall-off-the-bone tenderness in a rich brown cream sauce garnished with a whole hard-boiled egg.
    • 2014, ‎Laura Siciliano-Rosen, Delhi Food and Travel Guide
      But of those bold curries, butter chicken, or murgh makhani, is the richest of all.
    • 2015, Dominique Auzias, ‎Jean-Paul Labourdette, Best of France 2016 Petit Futé
      As a starter, the murgh tikka are pieces of chicken breast marinated cooked in tandoor that can be prepared in various ways with various spices with crushed cashew nuts and cream, or spinach, spices and coriander.
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