Conjee
/ˈkɒn.dʒi/noun
A thin rice porridge, especially in South or Southeast Asian cooking; an older variant of congee.
Did you know?The word entered English during the age of European trade in India, when British writers often recorded local foods by adapting their sounds into English spelling.
Etymological Timeline
Early Dravidian
Dravidian
*kañci
“A reconstructed term for gruel or a thin porridge; the exact prehistoric form is debated.”
Medieval Tamil
Tamil
kañci
“Rice gruel or thin rice porridge.”
16th–17th Century
Portuguese
canje
“A South Asian rice porridge, recorded in Portuguese accounts of India.”
17th Century
Anglo-Indian English
congee/conjee
“Rice gruel or porridge, borrowed and respelled in English.”
Modern English
English
conjee
“An established but relatively uncommon spelling variant of congee.”