guleh

Dutch

Alternative forms

• goeleh

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese gule, from Old Javanese gulay, probably from Tamil குழை (kuḻai, “to become soft, well cooked”).

Noun

guleh m (uncountable)

1. (Suriname) a soup made with beef or goat tripe and coconut milk, eaten with compressed rice cakes
   • 2020 March 8, “Ode aan alle vrouwen met geslaagde PL Men's Cook Out [Ode to all women with successful PL Men's Cook Out]”, in Dagblad Suriname‎^[1], retrieved 19 February 2022:

     Als ode aan de vrouw hebben mannelijke adspirant kandidaten en structuren van de Pertjajah Luhur (PL) vandaag, Internationale Dag van de Vrouw, gekookt voor alle vrouwelijke bezoekers. (...) De vrouwen werden verwend met heerlijke gerechten, die varieerden van pindasoep, guleh, pom en pastei tot krabben, kwikwi, zoetzure vis en vissenkuit.

     Today, on International Women's Day, as an ode to women, male prospective candidates and functionaries of the Pertjajah Luhur Party cooked for all female visitors. (...) The women were treated to delicious dishes ranging from peanut soup, guleh, new cocoyam casserole, and pie, to crabs, hassar, sweet-and-sour fish, and fish roe.