Definitions For Papadam

Noun

PAPADAM (plural PAPADAMs) A thin, crisp Indian bread made from lentil flour, optionally spiced or flavoured in various ways and either grilled or deep-fried, which may be eaten on its own as a snack, with chutney, chutneys as a starter or as an accompaniment to a meal.

Related terms

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Alternative forms

A large number of spelling variants exist, but most are very rare; the only common forms are papadam, pappadam, papadum, pappadum, poppadum and poppadom, and to a lesser extent pappadom, papadom, popadum and popadom. papodum popodam popodom poppodom poppodum puppadom puppadum puppodum

Etymology

Borrowed from , from . Although the word began to be attested in English in the 1860s, shortly after the establishment of the , it only came into consistent use around 1940, after which all of the forms indicated below as common have remained in use.