taramasalata

(tä′rä mä sä lä)

noun

a Greek appetizer consisting of a thick paste made from salted fish roe, onion, and lemon juice, pureed with bread or potato
also sp. taramosalata

See taramasalata in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A paste of fish roe, olive oil, lemon juice, and potatoes or moistened bread crumbs.

Origin:

Origin: Modern Greek

Origin: : taramas, preserved roe (from Turkish tarama, soft roe)

Origin: + saláta, salad (from Italian insalata, from feminine past participle of insalare, to salt : Latin in-, in, on; see in-2 + Vulgar Latin *salāre, to salt from Latin sāl, salt; see sal)

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