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Definition of bummalo in English: bummalonounˈbʌmələʊˈbəməˌlō A small elongated fish of southern Asian coasts which is dried and used as food. 龙头鱼。亦称BOMABY DUCK Harpodon nehereus, family Harpadontidae Also called Bombay duck Example sentencesExamples - Also called bummalo, Bombay Duck is a marine lizardfish, Harpodon nehereus, from southern Asia, particularly abundant in the Ganges Delta and the Arabian Sea of western India.
- Bombay Duck is a traditional north western Indian delicacy of bummalo fish, salted and dried in the sun on the beach it was landed on, before being deep fried.
- Traditionally Bombay Duck is prepared by sun drying the bummalo fish on the beach in the open air, then deep frying it.
- (And as for that popular yet pungent crispy curry condiment called Bombay duck… well it seems that the dried bummalo fish was caught long ago by European Union import restrictions).
- One imagines, therefore, that a cosmopolitan Chinese duck might not know what it is called, just as a bummalo might wonder why it is called a duck at all.
- Also known as bummalo, the first part of the name Bombay duck appears to have arisen as a corruption of the Marathi name of the fish, bombila, and has nothing to do with the city of Bombay.
- Under normal cooking conditions the fresh bummalo fish is almost rendered to a pulp (bones and all).
- But the traditional way of preparing the north-west Indian delicacy, which is made from dried bummalo fish, is for it to be dried in the sun on the beach.
OriginLate 17th century: perhaps from Marathi bombīl. Definition of bummalo in US English: bummalonounˈbəməˌlō A small elongated fish of southern Asian coasts which is dried and used as food. 龙头鱼。亦称BOMABY DUCK Harpodon nehereus, family Harpadontidae Also called Bombay duck Example sentencesExamples - Under normal cooking conditions the fresh bummalo fish is almost rendered to a pulp (bones and all).
- (And as for that popular yet pungent crispy curry condiment called Bombay duck… well it seems that the dried bummalo fish was caught long ago by European Union import restrictions).
- Also known as bummalo, the first part of the name Bombay duck appears to have arisen as a corruption of the Marathi name of the fish, bombila, and has nothing to do with the city of Bombay.
- Bombay Duck is a traditional north western Indian delicacy of bummalo fish, salted and dried in the sun on the beach it was landed on, before being deep fried.
- But the traditional way of preparing the north-west Indian delicacy, which is made from dried bummalo fish, is for it to be dried in the sun on the beach.
- Traditionally Bombay Duck is prepared by sun drying the bummalo fish on the beach in the open air, then deep frying it.
- One imagines, therefore, that a cosmopolitan Chinese duck might not know what it is called, just as a bummalo might wonder why it is called a duck at all.
- Also called bummalo, Bombay Duck is a marine lizardfish, Harpodon nehereus, from southern Asia, particularly abundant in the Ganges Delta and the Arabian Sea of western India.
OriginLate 17th century: perhaps from Marathi bombīl. |