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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a principal dish" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the main or most important dish in a meal or menu.
Example: "At the banquet, the chef prepared a principal dish of roasted lamb that was the highlight of the evening."
Alternatives: "main dish" or "primary dish".
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Potatoes, baked mushrooms, cream and Parmesan Serves 3 as a principal dish, 6 as a side dish.
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The president of the Association of Lebanese Businessmen, Fadi Abboud, conveyed their displeasure and announced his intention of registering, with the European Union, certain dishes as officially "Lebanese," including one principal dish: hummus.
The principal dish was fish, and the Metropolitan explained to me that in his Syrian Jacobite Church three days in February were appointed as a special Lent, to commemorate the fasting of the Ninevites when Jonah had preached to them and caused them to repent.
Thus, while Pippali offers a good number of what might be called Indian street food items, like spinach-and-lentil filled samosas and papri chat lentil-rice crisps with potatoes, chickpeas and a yogurt-tamarind sauce, the principal dishes are of a kind you'll find in upscale, modern restaurants in Mumbai and New Delhi, including quail, duck and rack of lamb.
Others are suitable as accompaniments or principal dishes.
He's a principal".
He is a principal trombonist.
a principal with Milliman, a consulting firm.
You were a principal at the Rockwell Group.
SC.org: As a principal investigator.
I am a principal engineer.
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