postpositive Denoting an Indian dish cooked in a rich sauce made with butter or ghee, onions, tomatoes, and cream.
Example sentencesExamples
- Dal makhani is one dish that I have never prepared at home.
- This is what is known as chicken makhani.
- Add garam masala powder to the dal makhani and simmer for 15 minutes.
- He had served dal makhani, with rajma in it instead of sambar.
- A quick check of my fridge and spice drawer later, I had enough stuff to make murgh makhani (Indian butter chicken).