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fried

/fraɪd/adjective

उच्चारण फ़्राइड

तला हुआ

Basic word

adjective
  1. 1

    cooked in hot fat or oil

    तला हुआ

    • fried rice
    • a fried egg
    • Too much fried food is bad for your health.
    + 3 more examples
    • She ordered fried noodles for lunch.
    • Fried snacks are common during the rainy season.
    • The fish was fried in mustard oil.

    Opposite boiled raw

§Structures (grammar patterns) 5

fried + noun (adjective)

Before a noun it means cooked in hot oil or fat.

संज्ञा से पहले इसका अर्थ गर्म तेल या घी में पकाया हुआ है।

  • Radhika ordered fried rice and a fried egg.
  • Fried snacks are popular in the rainy season.

deep-fried / pan-fried / stir-fried

Compounds say how food is fried.

Compound शब्द बताते हैं कि भोजन कैसे तला गया है।

  • Pakoras are deep-fried.
  • The vegetables were stir-fried in a wok.

fry (verb) + fried (participle)

The verb is 'fry', past 'fried'; the participle is also 'fried', as in 'The onions were fried'.

क्रिया 'fry' है, उसका past 'fried' है; participle भी 'fried' है, जैसे 'The onions were fried'।

  • She fried the onions until golden.
  • The fish was fried in mustard oil.

be fried (informal): very tired or ruined

Informally, 'I'm fried' means extremely tired; it is slang and not suitable for exams.

अनौपचारिक रूप से 'I'm fried' का अर्थ बहुत थका होना है; यह slang है और परीक्षा के लिए उपयुक्त नहीं।

  • After the long exam week, my brain was fried.

fried in + oil / ghee / butter

The fat used is introduced by 'in'.

प्रयुक्त चिकनाई 'in' से जुड़ती है।

  • The potatoes were fried in mustard oil.
  • The paratha is fried in ghee.
+Collocations 5

fried + food

riceeggchickenfishpotatoesnoodles

  • Fried rice with vegetables is a popular lunch.

adverb + fried

lightlydeeplycrisplyfreshlydouble

  • Freshly fried jalebis smell wonderful.

fried + snack

samosapakorapuribhaturakachori

  • A fried samosa with chutney is a street favourite.

verb + fried food

avoideatserveordercut down on

  • Doctors advise us to cut down on fried food.

fried + sweet

jalebimalpuagulab jamunchurrosdoughnut

  • Fried jalebis are sold hot near the temple.
“More examples 7
  • The doctor advised her father to avoid fried food.

डॉक्टर ने उसके पिता को तला हुआ भोजन न खाने की सलाह दी।

  • At the fair, Radhika ate fried dumplings from a stall.

मेले में राधिका ने एक स्टॉल से तले हुए मोमो खाए।

  • Fried foods contain more fat than boiled foods.

तले हुए भोजन में उबले भोजन की तुलना में अधिक वसा होती है।

  • She had fried eggs and toast for breakfast.

उसने नाश्ते में तले अंडे और टोस्ट खाए।

  • The cook fried the fish until it turned crisp.

रसोइये ने मछली को कुरकुरी होने तक तला।

  • Fried food from street stalls tastes great, but it is not always healthy.

सड़क के ठेले का तला भोजन स्वादिष्ट होता है, पर हमेशा सेहतमंद नहीं।

  • Radhika's grandmother fried the puris in a large iron pan for the festival.

राधिका की दादी ने त्योहार के लिए बड़ी लोहे की कड़ाही में पूरियाँ तलीं।

!Common mistakes 1

✗ The fish was fry in oil.

✓ The fish was fried in oil.

The passive needs the past participle 'fried'.

passive में past participle 'fried' चाहिए।

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fry verb