Definition of "paprika" []

• A mild powdered seasoning made from sweet red peppers. (noun)
• A dark to deep or vivid reddish orange. (noun)

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• "And, lest I have scared you off from the dish, subbing in paprika works just fine and both my kids were able to eat this when I made it."
• "I thought maybe my family would like it too (little did I realize back then just how much my family does not care for Indian food), and so I made it for them, increasing the mustard seeds but massively reducing the pepper flakes for my heat-averse mother (I did not know to sub in paprika then)."
• "Not wanting to blow their heads off, though, my mom comprimised, taking two different cookbook recipes (one German, one Polish) and adding four different types of pepper instead of a ton of one specific kind (which would have been paprika from the Polish version)."