joojeh bademjan

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Definitions

  • n. A Persian chicken and eggplant stew with ghooreh (sour grapes).

Example Sentences

  • "Nilou uses slender Japanese eggplants to make joojeh bademjan; they’re softer, cook faster, and lack the bitterness present in other eggplant varieties." (source)

  • "To help us document her recipes, she deftly prepares Shabbat dishes like flavorful and plump gondi, the quintessential Jewish Persian dumplings along with the joojeh bademjan." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Persian

Etymology

  • جوجۀ بادمجان, lit. 'eggplant chicken'

      • Who Uses This

      • Persian: Jews with recent ancestry in Iran

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

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      Alternative Spellings

      jujeh bademjan, juje bademjan, jooje bademjan

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