gado-gado

Indonesian

Etymology

From Betawi gado-gado, reduplication of gado, from Javanese gado.

Noun

gado-gado (first-person possessive gado-gadoku, second-person possessive gado-gadomu, third-person possessive gado-gadonya)

  1. a traditional dish in Indonesian cuisine (originally Betawi cuisine), a vegetable salad served with a peanut sauce dressing.
  2. (colloquial) A confused mass of ingredients mixed together: hodgepodge

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