gado-gado
English
Noun
gado-gado (uncountable)
Indonesian
Etymology
From Betawi gado-gado, reduplication of gado, from Javanese gado.
Noun
gado-gado (plural gado-gado)
- a traditional dish in Indonesian cuisine (originally Betawi cuisine), a vegetable salad served with a peanut sauce dressing
- (colloquial, figurative) a miscellany of mixed things: hodgepodge; mishmash
Further reading
- “gado-gado” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.