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‖ popadam|ˈpɒpədəm|
Also papadam, papadom, papadum, papodam, papodum, poppadom, poppadum, puppadum, puppodum, -odam.
[Tamil pappaḍam, contr. from paruppu aḍam ‘lentil cake’ (Yule).]
(See quots.)
1820Asiat. Res. XIII. 315 Papaḍoms, (fine cakes, made of gram flour, and a fine species of alkali, which gives them an agreeable salt taste and serves the purpose of yeast). 1883Fisheries Exhib. Catal. (ed. 4) 155 Poppadums, from Madras (cakes eaten with curries). 1904Daily Chron. 19 Mar. 8/5 The Anglo-Indian may have with his curry toasted poppodams, water biscuits made from Indian dhall. 1906Mrs. Beeton's Bk. Househ. Managem. lviii. 1601 Thin wafer-like cakes called Papodums. 1928Daily Express 19 July 5/2 There are Bombay ducks and papodams. 1928Sunday Express 12 Feb. 10 And then add the curry... The hot chutney of Madras is the best accompaniment, and with it you may take, if you will, poppadums, Bombay ducks, and a little powdered mint. 1931Punch 13 May 506/3 A puppodum is a thin wafer-like cake made of lentil-flour or something like that. 1932Times Lit. Suppl. 22 Dec. 978/1 Papadums are essential to a curry; but to make a papadum requires the accumulated experience of a few generations. 1936Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Oct. 792/2 A reputable firm will supply..curry powder, puppadums, [etc.]. 1951Good Housek. Home Encycl. 432/2 Chupatties and papadum are types of Indian breads often served with curries. 1959Good Food Guide 316 Curried chicken Madras with poppadoms and Bombay duck. 1962Housewife (Ceylon) Feb. 33 A meal devoid of appetizers, in the form of a salad, papadams or a blob of cream on the fruit salad, is, I feel, a miserable failure. 1969Guardian 21 Mar. 11/3 A new play opens at the Arts Laboratory..‘Chicken Curry and Poppadoms’ by Richard Huggett. 1974‘J. Le Carré’ Tinker, Tailor xxviii. 243 Jerry Westerby with his enormous hands shattered a popadam on to the hottest curry on the menu. |