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casserole

/ˈkæsərəʊl/noun

उच्चारण कैसरोल

कैसरोल (ढक्कनदार बर्तन; उसमें पका व्यंजन)

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noun
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    a container with a lid, used for cooking or serving food; a hot dish made by cooking meat, vegetables slowly in liquid in an oven

    कैसरोल (ढक्कनदार बर्तन; उसमें पका व्यंजन)

    • Keep the rotis warm in the casserole.
    • a vegetable casserole
    • Mother baked a chicken casserole for the guests.
    + 2 more examples
    • Put the casserole in the oven for an hour.
    • The steel casserole kept the chapatis soft until dinner.

    Synonyms hot pot stew pot dish

§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

casserole (noun, countable and uncountable)

Casserole is a countable noun for the covered dish itself, and also names the dish of food cooked in it; the food sense is often uncountable.

'Casserole' ढक्कनदार बर्तन के लिए countable noun है और उसमें पकाए गए व्यंजन का नाम भी है; व्यंजन के अर्थ में यह प्रायः uncountable रहता है।

  • She served the dal in a steel casserole.
  • We had vegetable casserole for dinner.

casserole of + food

Use of to say what the casserole contains.

कैसरोल में क्या है, यह बताने के लिए 'of' का प्रयोग होता है।

  • Mother made a casserole of rice and vegetables.

in a casserole

Use in for the dish where food is cooked or kept hot, as with any container.

जिस बर्तन में खाना पकाया या गर्म रखा जाता है, उसके लिए 'in' आता है।

  • Keep the chapatis in a casserole so that they stay soft.

casserole + verb (cook, bake, serve)

As a dish, it is baked or cooked slowly in the oven, so the natural verbs are bake, cook and serve.

व्यंजन के रूप में इसे ओवन में धीमी आँच पर पकाया जाता है, इसलिए bake, cook और serve स्वाभाविक verbs हैं।

  • Bake the casserole for forty minutes before serving.
+Collocations 4

adjective + casserole

hotvegetablechickenslow-cookedbaked

  • A hot chicken casserole is ideal on a cold evening.

verb + casserole

bakecookserveheatreheat

  • Reheat the casserole gently so the sauce does not dry up.

casserole + noun

dishlidrecipepot

  • Radhika tried a new casserole recipe from a magazine.

noun + casserole

beanlambpaneerpotato

  • The paneer casserole disappeared in ten minutes at the party.
“More examples 5
  • Please pass the casserole; the rotis inside are still warm.

कृपया कैसरोल पकड़ाइए; उसके भीतर की रोटियाँ अभी गर्म हैं।

  • The hostel cook baked a cheese and vegetable casserole on Sunday.

छात्रावास के रसोइए ने रविवार को चीज़ और सब्ज़ियों का कैसरोल पकाया।

  • She gave her friend a glass casserole as a wedding present.

उसने अपनी सहेली को विवाह के उपहार में काँच का कैसरोल दिया।

  • Leave the casserole in the oven until the top turns golden brown.

कैसरोल को तब तक ओवन में रखिए जब तक ऊपरी परत सुनहरी भूरी न हो जाए।

  • A casserole is a good choice when you need to cook for many guests.

जब कई मेहमानों के लिए खाना बनाना हो, तब कैसरोल अच्छा विकल्प है।

!Common mistakes 3

✗ Put the rotis in the cassarole.

✓ Put the rotis in the casserole.

The correct spelling is casserole, with double s and the ending -ole.

सही spelling 'casserole' है, जिसमें double s और अंत में -ole आता है।

✗ She served the dal in a casserole which she bought it yesterday.

✓ She served the dal in a casserole which she bought yesterday.

In a relative clause, which already stands for the object; do not add it.

Relative clause में 'which' स्वयं object का काम करता है; उसके बाद 'it' नहीं जोड़ते।

✗ The casserole are kept on the table.

✓ The casserole is kept on the table.

A single casserole is singular, so the verb must be is.

एक कैसरोल singular है, इसलिए verb 'is' होना चाहिए।

≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

hot pot stew pot dish

AaSpelling

cas·se·role

Double s and one r (not 'casarole' or 'caserole').

दो s और एक r ('casarole' या 'caserole' गलत है)।

?Which word?

Keep the cooking-dish words together: casserole (with a lid, for slow cooking or keeping food warm), saucepan (with a long handle), wok, cauldron (large, over a fire), tureen (for serving soup).

बर्तनों के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: casserole (ढक्कनदार, धीमे पकाने या भोजन गर्म रखने के लिए), saucepan (लंबे हत्थे वाला), wok, cauldron (आग पर बड़ा), tureen (सूप परोसने के लिए)।

§Grammar and usage

Indian English: a casserole is often an insulated container for keeping chapatis warm.

भारतीय English में casserole प्रायः रोटियाँ गर्म रखने का insulated बर्तन है।