How to Use vindaloo in a Sentence

vindaloo

noun
  • Buns are filled with vegetable stew, pork vindaloo or a green chile omelet.
    Sherrie Nachman, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2021
  • Both the methi chicken ($16) and the pork belly vindaloo ($14) are on the petite size.
    Nick Kindelsperger, chicagotribune.com, 9 Oct. 2019
  • Some vindaloo, some of that amazing buttery rice, some garlic naan and I am set.
    cleveland.com, 11 May 2018
  • What should sting — vindaloo, for instance — does, although the heat tends to be revealed in little waves rather than bugle blasts.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 26 June 2019
  • The breads, and favorites like the vindaloo, three-chile chicken and Eggs Kejriwal are staying put.
    Priya Krishna, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2018
  • The vindaloo lamb curry ($13.50) is guaranteed to clear the stuffiest of noses, with tender pieces of lamb and potato stewed in a zesty, brick-red curry sauce.
    James Patrick Kelly, idahostatesman, 22 Dec. 2016
  • There’s also lamb vindaloo, served as meatballs zapped with ginger, garlic and garam masala and arranged on fluffy brown rice.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2022
  • The beef vindaloo was tasty and my companion was pleasing to the eye, although hardly loquacious.
    Ronan O’Brien, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2020
  • The hot, vinegary sauce in a dish of pork vindaloo is not far from the one that moistens a whole-hog barbecue sandwich in Eastern North Carolina.
    Kim Severson, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2017
  • Shrimp vindaloo, though a bit underflavored, packed a pleasing punch of chili pepper.
    Rand Richards Cooper, courant.com, 26 Nov. 2019
  • Pork ribs with a South Indian spiced marinade is a Goan dish influenced by the Portuguese taste for vinegared food like vindaloo.
    John Mariani, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021
  • The rest of the menu is a mix of eclectic dishes and flavors, including Thai mussels, cioppino, and roasted chicken vindaloo.
    Erinne Magee, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Even hotter than vindaloo, this dish will absolutely light your mouth up.
    Terry Ward, CNN, 27 Oct. 2022
  • By a talking fish, in a delirium, after some bad chicken vindaloo.
    James Parker, The Atlantic, 13 May 2017
  • Some of the other dishes on the menu include half or whole chicken tandoori, lamb shahi korma, vegetable biryani, goat masala and spicy shrimp vindaloo.
    Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Anybody who’s watched that classic episode of Red Dwarf knows how dangerous a mutated vindaloo can be!
    Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 22 Feb. 2012
  • Steel pans are the decorations that matter most, though — steel pans filled with lamb vindaloo that needed no special instructions to bring the heat, roiling with chile heat over tender cubes of lamb that soaked up the buttery sauce.
    Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 12 July 2018
  • The menu changes daily, but the most popular dishes are always on the menu: Spicy chicken vindaloo, chicken tikka masala, tandoori chicken, and chicken with chili garlic.
    Janet H. Cho, cleveland.com, 31 May 2017
  • Goat curry and shahi paneer in Reseda Indian by Nature is open in Reseda, serving tandoori sheekh kabob, goat curry, shrimp vindaloo and shahi paneer.
    Hadley Tomicki, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2019
  • Sweet 27 has since expanded to include a sit-down restaurant serving Indian specialties like lamb vindaloo.
    Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 31 Oct. 2020
  • Gulf dynamite shrimp spiced with serranos, and sweet and fiery mango habanero salmon, alongside traditional dishes like chicken tikka masala and lamb vindaloo.
    Megha McSwain, Chron, 22 Mar. 2022
  • Curry options include tikka masala, korma (cashew, almond and pistachio cream sauce), saag, coconut and vindaloo which can be had with chicken, lamb, shrimp, vegetables, or paneer.
    Greg Morago, Houston Chronicle, 29 Jan. 2020
  • Highlights include lamb roganjosh with tomato sauce with yogurt, onion, ginger, garlic, and spices; tandori lamb chops; a selection of fresh and delicious seafood dishes like fish vindaloo; and classics like butter chicken and biryani rice dishes.
    Chelsea Davis, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2021
  • In addition to classics like chicken tikka masala and lamb vindaloo, look for several vegan and vegetarian options, like killer dal and paneer entrees.
    Jessica Yadegaran, The Mercury News, 19 June 2019

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