popadam

noun

pop·​a·​dam

variants or popadum

ˈpäpədəm

plural -s

: an Indian cake often eaten with curry and made of a thin strip or a ball of gluten flour or cornmeal fried in oil or other fat

Word History

Etymology

Tamil-Malayalam pappaṭam

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