"malai" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /məˈlaɪ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi मलाई (malāī). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|hi|मलाई}} Hindi मलाई (malāī) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} malai (uncountable)
  1. (cooking) An Indian cream made by heating and then cooling non-homogenized whole milk and then skimming off the resulting fatty layer. Wikipedia link: malai Tags: uncountable Derived forms: malai kofta, ras malai
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