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'''Curry''' is a dish with a sauce or ] seasoned with spices, mainly derived from the interchange of ] with European taste in food, starting with the Portuguese, followed by the Dutch and British, and then thoroughly internationalised. Many dishes that would be described as curries in English are found in the native cuisines of countries in ] and ].<!--<ref name="Van Esterik"/>--> The English word is derived indirectly from some combination of Dravidian words such as the ] ''{{IAST|kaṟi}}'' ({{lang|ta|கறி}}) meaning 'sauce' or 'relish for rice'.<!--<ref name="Online Etym Dict"/>-->
'''Curry''' is a dish with a sauce or ] seasoned with spices, mainly associated with ].<ref name="eb">{{cite encyclopedia |title=Curry |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/curry |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=25 July 2024|date=31 May 2024 }}</ref> It is not to be confused with leaves from the ], although some curries do include curry leaves.<ref>{{cite news |publisher=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2011/09/28/140735689/fresh-curry-leaves-add-a-touch-of-india |date=28 September 2011 |title=Fresh Curry Leaves Add a Touch of India |access-date=6 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411111413/https://www.npr.org/2011/09/28/140735689/fresh-curry-leaves-add-a-touch-of-india |archive-date=11 April 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Raghavan |first=S. |title=Handbook of Spices, Seasonings and Flavourings |publisher=CRC Press |date=2007 |isbn=978-0-8493-2842-8 |page=302}}</ref> Curry is prepared in the native cuisines of many ] and ] countries.<ref name=eb/><ref name="Van Esterik" /><!--


A first step in the creation of curry was the arrival in India of spicy hot ]s, along with other ingredients such as tomatoes and potatoes, part of the ] of plants between the ] and the ]. During the ], ] developed, leading to ]'s 18th century recipe for "currey the India way" in England. Curry was then spread in the 19th century by indentured Indian sugar workers to the Caribbean, and by British traders to Japan. Further exchanges around the world made curry a fully international dish.
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Many types of curry exist in different countries. In Southeast Asia, curry often contains a spice paste and coconut milk. In India, the spices are fried in oil or ghee to create a paste; this may be combined with a water-based ], or sometimes with milk or coconut milk. In China and Korea, curries are based on a commercial curry powder. Curry restaurants outside their native countries often adapt their cuisine to suit local tastes; for instance, Thai restaurants in the West sell red, yellow, and green curries with chili peppers of those colours, often combined with additional spices of the same colours. In Britain, curry has become a national dish, with some types adopted from India, others modified or wholly invented, as with ], created by British Bangladeshi restaurants in the 20th century.
There are many varieties of curry. The choice of spices for each dish in traditional cuisine depends on regional cultural traditions and personal preferences.<ref name=eb/> Such dishes have names that refer to their ingredients, spicing, and cooking methods.<ref name="Oxford University">{{cite book |last=Collingham |first=Lizzie |title=Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors |url=https://archive.org/details/curry00lizz |url-access=registration|location=New York, NY |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=2006 |page=|access-date=16 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416071823/https://archive.org/details/curry00lizz |archive-date=16 April 2020 |url-status=live |quote=No Indian, however, would have referred to his or her food as a curry. The idea of curry as a particular dish does not exist in India. Indians referred to their different dishes by specific names. But the British lumped all these together under the heading of curry}}</ref> Outside the Indian subcontinent, a curry is a dish from Southeast Asia which uses ] or spice pastes and is commonly eaten over rice.<ref name="Van Esterik">{{cite book |last1=Van Esterik |first1=Penny |title=Food Culture in Southeast Asia |date=2008 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=9780313344206 |pages=58–59}}</ref> Curries may contain fish, meat, poultry, or shellfish, either alone or in combination with vegetables. Others are vegetarian. A ] mixture is a combination of dried or dry-roasted spices commonly homemade for some curries.<ref name=eb/>


== Etymology ==
Dry curries are cooked using small amounts of liquid, which is allowed to evaporate, leaving the other ingredients coated with the spice mixture. Wet curries contain significant amounts of sauce or gravy based on ], ] or ], dairy ] or ], or ] purée, ] crushed onion, or ].<ref name=eb/> ], a commercially prepared mixture of spices marketed in the West, was first exported to Britain in the 18th century when Indian merchants sold a ] of spices, similar to ], to the British East India Company returning to Britain.<ref name=eb/>


{{see also|Kadhi}}
==Etymology==
]'s recipe for curry, first published in her 1747 book '']''. It is the first known anglicised form of kaṟi. (The recipe uses ]). ]]


]'s recipe for "currey the India way", first published in her 1747 book '']''. It is the first known use of the word in English. (The recipe uses ]). ]]
Curry is an ] form of the ] ''{{IAST|kaṟi}}'' ({{lang|ta|கறி}}) meaning 'sauce' or 'relish for rice' that uses the leaves of the ] (''Murraya koenigii'').<ref>{{cite book |last=Senthil Kumar |first=A. S. |title=An Etymological Dictionary of Tamil Loanwords in English, Hindi, Sanskrit, Greek, Minoan, and Cypro-Minoan Languages |date=2017 |publisher=Senthil Kumar A.S. |page=83 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6PPEDgAAQBAJ&q=Murraya+koenigii+curry+tamil+kari+portuguese&pg=PA83 |access-date=23 January 2020 |archive-date=19 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219053205/https://books.google.com/books?id=6PPEDgAAQBAJ&q=Murraya+koenigii+curry+tamil+kari+portuguese&pg=PA83 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{sps|date=March 2023}}<ref name="oed">{{cite web |title=Curry |url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/curry#etymonline_v_491 |publisher=Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper |access-date=8 October 2018 |year=2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009013123/https://www.etymonline.com/word/curry#etymonline_v_491 |archive-date=9 October 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=curry, n.² |date=2024-02-06 |work=Oxford English Dictionary |url=https://oed.com/dictionary/curry_n2 |access-date=2024-03-31 |edition=3 |publisher=Oxford University Press |language=en |doi=10.1093/oed/9671826565}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-02-28 |title=What we know as "curry" has a long and curious history |url=https://thetakeout.com/what-we-know-as-curry-has-a-long-and-curious-history-1798252495 |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=The Takeout |language=en}}</ref> The word ''kari'' is also used in other ], namely in ], ] and ] with the meaning of "vegetables (or meat) of any kind (raw or boiled), curry".<ref>{{Cite web |title=kari – A Dravidian Etymological Dictionary |url=https://dsalsrv04.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/burrow_query.py?qs=ka%E1%B9%9Fi&searchhws=yes |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623031133/https://dsalsrv04.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/burrow_query.py?qs=ka%E1%B9%9Fi&searchhws=yes |archive-date=23 June 2020}}</ref> ''Kaṟi'' is described in a mid-17th century ] cookbook by members of the British ],<ref name=taylor/> who were trading with Tamil merchants along the ] of southeast India,<ref name = "SahniCur">Sahni, Julie (1980). ''Classic Indian Cooking''. New York: William Morrow. pp. 39–40.</ref> becoming known as a "spice blend ... called ''kari podi'' or curry powder".<ref name = "SahniCur" /> The first appearance in its anglicised form (spelled ''currey'') was in ]'s 1747 book '']''.<ref name=oed/><ref name="taylor">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/0/24432750 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329151125/http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/0/24432750|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 March 2014 |title=Curry: Where did it come from? |last=Taylor |first=Anna-Louise |date=11 October 2013 |work=BBC Food |access-date=4 January 2017}}</ref>


'Curry' is "ultimately derived"<ref name="Online Etym Dict"/> from some combination of Dravidian words of south Indian languages.<ref name="Online Etym Dict"/> One of those words is the ] ''{{IAST|kaṟi}}'' ({{lang|ta|கறி}}) meaning 'black' or 'burnt' and hence spiced food.<ref name="Online Etym Dict">{{cite web |title=Curry |url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/curry#etymonline_v_491 |publisher=Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper |access-date=8 October 2018 |year=2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009013123/https://www.etymonline.com/word/curry#etymonline_v_491 |archive-date=9 October 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2018-02-28 |title=What we know as "curry" has a long and curious history |url=https://thetakeout.com/what-we-know-as-curry-has-a-long-and-curious-history-1798252495 |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=The Takeout}}</ref> The Oxford Dictionaries suggest an origin specifically from Tamil.<ref>{{cite web |title=curry noun |url=https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/curry_1 |publisher=Oxford Dictionaries |access-date=1 January 2025 |quote=late 16th cent.: from Tamil kar̲i.}}</ref> Other ], namely ] (കറി ''kari'', "hot condiments; meats, vegetables"<ref>{{cite dictionary |last=Gundert |first=Herman |entry=കറി ''kari'' |title=Malayalam and English Dictionary |url=https://archive.org/details/MalayalamAndEnglishDictionary/page/n235/mode/2up |page=216 |date=1872 |publisher=C. Stolz }}</ref>), ] and ], have similar words.<ref>{{Cite web |title=kari – A Dravidian Etymological Dictionary | date=1984 |url=https://dsalsrv04.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/burrow_query.py?qs=ka%E1%B9%9Fi&searchhws=yes |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623031133/https://dsalsrv04.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/burrow_query.py?qs=ka%E1%B9%9Fi&searchhws=yes |archive-date=23 June 2020}}</ref> ''Kaṟi'' is described in a 17th century ]<ref name="Taylor 2013"/> who were trading with Tamil merchants along the ] of southeast India, becoming known as a "spice blend ... called ''kari podi'' or curry powder".<ref name="Sahni 1980">{{cite book |last=Sahni |first=Julie |year=1980 |title=Classic Indian Cooking |location=New York |publisher=William Morrow |pages=39–40}}</ref> The first appearance in its ] form (spelt ''currey'') was in ]'s 1747 book '']''.<ref name="Online Etym Dict" /><ref name="Taylor 2013">{{cite web |last=Taylor |first=Anna-Louise |title=Curry: Where did it come from? |date=11 October 2013 |work=BBC Food |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/0/24432750 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329151125/http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/0/24432750 |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 March 2014 |access-date=4 January 2017}}</ref>
The word ''cury'' in the 1390s English cookbook, '']'',<ref name=taylor/> is unrelated, coming from the Middle French word '']'', meaning 'to cook'.<ref>"Thys fourme of cury ys compyled of þe mayster cokes of kyng Richard þe secund ... by assent of Maysters of physik and of phylosophye". ''Things sweet to taste: selections from the Forme of Cury''. 1996 {{ISBN|0-86373-134-1}}</ref>


The term "curry" is not derived from the name of the ], although some curries do include curry leaves among many other spices.<ref name="NPR 2011">{{cite news |publisher=] |url=https://www.npr.org/2011/09/28/140735689/fresh-curry-leaves-add-a-touch-of-india |date=28 September 2011 |title=Fresh Curry Leaves Add a Touch of India |access-date=6 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411111413/https://www.npr.org/2011/09/28/140735689/fresh-curry-leaves-add-a-touch-of-india |archive-date=11 April 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Raghavan |first=S. |title=Handbook of Spices, Seasonings and Flavourings |publisher=CRC Press |date=2007 |isbn=978-0-8493-2842-8 |page=302}}</ref> It is not related, either, to the word ''cury'' in '']'',<ref name="Taylor 2013"/> a 1390s English cookbook;<ref>"Thys fourme of cury ys compyled of þe mayster cokes of kyng Richard þe secund ... by assent of Maysters of physik and of phylosophye". ''Things sweet to taste: selections from the Forme of Cury''. 1996 {{ISBN|0-86373-134-1}}</ref> that term comes from the Middle French word '']'', meaning 'to cook'.<ref name="Online Etym Dict"/>
==History==
Evidence has been found that Austronesian merchants in South East Asia traded spices along marine trade routes between South Asia (primarily the ports on the south eastern coast of India and Sri Lanka) and East Asia as far back at 5000 BCE.<ref name="Manguin2016">{{cite book |last1=Manguin |first1=Pierre-Yves |title=Early Exchange between Africa and the Wider Indian Ocean World |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |year=2016 |isbn=9783319338224 |editor1-last=Campbell |editor1-first=Gwyn |pages=51–76 |chapter=Austronesian Shipping in the Indian Ocean: From Outrigger Boats to Trading Ships |access-date=26 March 2023 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XsvDDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA50 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326195021/https://books.google.com/books?id=XsvDDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA50 |archive-date=26 March 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author-link=Wilhelm Solheim |date=1996 |title=The Nusantao and north-south dispersals |journal=Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association |volume=15 |pages=101–109 |author-last=Solheim |author-first=Wilhelm G.}}</ref><ref name="Manguin20162">{{cite book |last1=Manguin |first1=Pierre-Yves |title=Early Exchange between Africa and the Wider Indian Ocean World |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |year=2016 |isbn=9783319338224 |editor1-last=Campbell |editor1-first=Gwyn |pages=51–76 |chapter=Austronesian Shipping in the Indian Ocean: From Outrigger Boats to Trading Ships |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XsvDDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA50}}</ref> Archaeological evidence dating to 2600 BCE from ] also suggests the use of ] to pound spices including ], ], ], and ] pods with which they flavoured food.<ref>Iyer, Raghavan (2008). ''660 Curries''. New York: Workman Publishing. pp. 2–3.</ref> ] is native to the ] and Southeast Asia and has been known to ] since at least 2000 BCE.<ref name=DS>Davidson & Saberi 178</ref>


== Cultural exchanges ==
The three basic ingredients of the spicy stew were ], ], and ]. Using a method called "starch grain analysis", archaeologists identified the residue of these spices in both skeletons and pottery shards from excavations in India, finding that turmeric and ginger were present.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/people-have-been-eating-curry-for-4500-years-8604270/|title=People Have Been Eating Curry for 4,500 Years|website=Smithsonian Magazine|access-date=26 December 2020|archive-date=17 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517012343/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/people-have-been-eating-curry-for-4500-years-8604270/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/01/indus-civilization-food-how-scientists-are-figuring-out-what-curry-was-like-4500-years-ago.html|title=Where Did Curry Come From?|first=Andrew|last=Lawler|date=29 January 2013|website=Slate|access-date=27 December 2020|archive-date=15 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115085836/https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/01/indus-civilization-food-how-scientists-are-figuring-out-what-curry-was-like-4500-years-ago.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


=== Ancient spice trade in Asia ===
The establishment of the ], in the early 16th century, also influenced some curries, especially in the north. Another influence was the establishment of the Portuguese trading centre in ] in 1510, resulting in the introduction of ], tomatoes and potatoes to India from the Americas, as a byproduct of the ].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Batsha|first=Nishant|author-link=Nishant Batsha|date=25 June 2020|title=Curry Before Columbus|url=https://contingentmagazine.org/2020/06/25/curry-before-columbus/|access-date=15 December 2020|website=Contingent|archive-date=17 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517012336/https://contingentmagazine.org/2020/06/25/curry-before-columbus/|url-status=live}}</ref>


Austronesian merchants in South East Asia ] along marine trade routes between South Asia (primarily the ports on the south eastern coast of India and Sri Lanka) and East Asia as far back at 5000 BCE.<ref name="Manguin2016">{{cite book |last=Manguin |first=Pierre-Yves |title=Early Exchange between Africa and the Wider Indian Ocean World |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |year=2016 |isbn=9783319338224 |editor-last=Campbell |editor-first=Gwyn |pages=51–76 |chapter=Austronesian Shipping in the Indian Ocean: From Outrigger Boats to Trading Ships |access-date=26 March 2023 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XsvDDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA50 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326195021/https://books.google.com/books?id=XsvDDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA50 |archive-date=26 March 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author-last=Solheim |author-first=Wilhelm G. |author-link=Wilhelm Solheim |date=1996 |title=The Nusantao and north-south dispersals |journal=Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association |volume=15 |pages=101–109}}</ref> Archaeological evidence dating to 2600 BCE from ] suggests the use of ] to pound spices including ], ], ], and ] pods with which they flavoured food.<ref>{{cite book |last=Iyer |first=Raghavan |author-link=Raghavan Iyer (chef) |year=2008 |title=660 Curries |location=New York |publisher=Workman Publishing |pages=2–3 |isbn=9780761137870}}</ref> ] is native to the ] and Southeast Asia and has been known to ] since at least 2000 BCE.<ref name="Davidson 2014 Pepper">{{harvnb|Davidson|2014|at="Pepper", pp. 612–613}}</ref> The three basic ingredients of the spicy stew were ], ], and ]. Using starch grain analysis, archaeologists identified the residue of these spices in both skeletons and pottery shards from excavations in India, finding that ] and ] were present.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/people-have-been-eating-curry-for-4500-years-8604270/ |title=People Have Been Eating Curry for 4,500 Years |website=] |access-date=26 December 2020 |archive-date=17 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517012343/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/people-have-been-eating-curry-for-4500-years-8604270/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Lawler 2013">{{Cite web |last=Lawler |first=Andrew |title=Where Did Curry Come From? |date=29 January 2013 |website=Slate |url=https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/01/indus-civilization-food-how-scientists-are-figuring-out-what-curry-was-like-4500-years-ago.html |access-date=27 December 2020 |archive-date=15 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115085836/https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/01/indus-civilization-food-how-scientists-are-figuring-out-what-curry-was-like-4500-years-ago.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Sauces in India before Columbus could contain black pepper or ] to provide a little heat, but not chili, so they were not ] by modern standards.<ref name="Twilley Graber 2019 transcript">{{cite web |last1=Twilley |first1=Nicola |last2=Graber |first2=Nicola |last3=Iyer |first3=Raghavan |author3-link=Raghavan Iyer (chef) |last4=Collingham |first4=Lizzie |author4-link=Lizzie Collingham |title=Transcript: The Curry Chronicles |url=https://gastropod.com/transcript-the-curry-chronicles/ |website=Gastropod |access-date=6 October 2024 |date=9 April 2019}}</ref>
The British lumped all sauce-based dishes under the generic name 'curry'.<ref name="Oxford University"/><ref name="theatlantic">{{cite news |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/04/why-we-call-indian-dishes-curry-colonial-history/586828/ |title=The Word Curry Came From a Colonial Misunderstanding |work=The Atlantic |date=20 April 2019 |access-date=10 May 2021 |archive-date=17 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517012341/https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/04/why-we-call-indian-dishes-curry-colonial-history/586828/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It was introduced to ] from ] in the 17th century, as spicy sauces were added to plain boiled and cooked meats.<ref name=Collingham>{{cite book |last1=Collingham |first1=Lizzie |title=Curry: A Biography |date=2005|publisher=Chatto & Windus|isbn=0701173351|location=London |page=115}}</ref> Curry was first served in coffee houses in Britain from 1809, and has been increasingly popular in Great Britain, with major jumps in the 1940s and the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8370054.stm |title=How Britain got the hots for curry |publisher=BBC |date=26 November 2009 |access-date=29 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128165253/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8370054.stm |archive-date=28 January 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> During the 19th century, curry was carried to the Caribbean by Indian ]d workers in the British ]. Since the mid-20th century, curries of many national styles have become popular far from their origins, and increasingly become part of international ].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mishan |first=Ligaya |date=10 November 2017 |title=Asian-American Cuisine's Rise, and Triumph |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/10/t-magazine/asian-american-cuisine.html |access-date=29 March 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=22 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322223518/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/10/t-magazine/asian-american-cuisine.html |url-status=live }}</ref>


=== Early modern trade ===
==By region==
===South Asia===
{{Main|South Asian cuisine}}
]-]'', curried red kidney beans with steamed rice, from India]]
]'' (left) and'' ] ''(right) used to serve ]]]
India is the home of curry, and many ] are curry-based, prepared by adding different types of vegetables, lentils, or meats. The content of the curry and style of preparation vary by region. Most curries are water-based, with occasional use of dairy and coconut milk. Curry dishes are usually thick and spicy and are eaten along with steamed rice and a variety of Indian breads. The popular ], for example, from ], is a wet curry of lamb with a red gravy coloured by Kashmiri chillies and an extract of the red flowers of the ] (''mawal'').<ref>"Rogan Josh". In Khan Mohammed Sharief Waza, Khan Mohammed Shafi Waza, and Khan Mohammed Rafiq Waza (2007). ''Wazwaan: Traditional Kashmiri Cuisine''. New Delhi: Roli & Janssen. p. 34.</ref> ''Goshtaba'' (large lamb meatballs cooked in yoghurt gravy) is another curry dish from the ] tradition occasionally found in Western restaurants.<ref>"Ghushtaba". In Khan Mohammed Sharief Waza, Khan Mohammed Shafi Waza, and Khan Mohammed Rafiq Waza (2007). ''Wazwaan: Traditional Kashmiri Cuisine''. New Delhi: Roli & Janssen. p. 37.</ref>


] brought chili peppers to India.<ref name="Batsha 2020"/> Anglo-Indian food came to Britain in the 17th century.<ref name="Twilley Graber 2019 transcript"/> The word "curry" was first recorded in print in ]'s 1747 English cookery book.<ref name="Online Etym Dict" /> In the 19th century, curry spread to the Caribbean<ref name="Mishan 2017"/> and to Japan,<ref name="Itoh 2011"/> and from there to Chinese people, starting in Singapore.<ref name="Lim 1886"/> Further migration and globalisation (not shown) made curry a fully international dish.<ref name="Davidson 2014 Curry"/>]]
Rice and curry is the staple dish of Sri Lanka.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nationalfoody |title=National Dish of Sri Lanka Rice and Curry |url=https://nationalfoods.org/recipe/national-dish-of-sri-lanka-rice-and-curry/ |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=National Dishes of the World |language=en-US}}</ref>


The establishment of the ], in the early 16th century, influenced some curries, especially in the north. Another influence was the establishment of the ] in ] in 1510, resulting in the introduction of ]s, tomatoes and potatoes to India from the Americas, as a byproduct of the ].<ref name="Batsha 2020">{{Cite web |last=Batsha |first=Nishant |author-link=Nishant Batsha |date=25 June 2020 |title=Curry Before Columbus |url=https://contingentmagazine.org/2020/06/25/curry-before-columbus/ |access-date=15 December 2020 |website=Contingent |archive-date=17 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517012336/https://contingentmagazine.org/2020/06/25/curry-before-columbus/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The scholar of food culture ] suggests that the Portuguese in ] (in West India) heard and adopted words adopted into a local <!--Indo-Aryan--> language<!--presumably ], would need a source for that--> from the Dravidian words from South India, becoming ''caril'' or ''carree'' as transcribed by British travellers of the time. This adoption resulting eventually in curry's modern meaning of a dish, often spiced, in a sauce or gravy.<ref name="Twilley Graber 2019">{{cite news |last1=Twilley |first1=Nicola |last2=Graber |first2=Cynthia |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/04/why-we-call-indian-dishes-curry-colonial-history/586828/ |title=The Word Curry Came From a Colonial Misunderstanding |work=] |date=20 April 2019 |access-date=10 May 2021 |archive-date=17 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517012341/https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/04/why-we-call-indian-dishes-curry-colonial-history/586828/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1598, an English translation of a Dutch book about travel in the East Indies mentioned a "somewhat sour" broth called ''Carriel'', eaten with rice.<ref name="Davidson 2014 Curry"/> The later Dutch word {{lang|nl|karie}} was used in the ] from the 19th century; many Indians had by then migrated to Southeast Asia.<ref name="Davidson 2014 Curry"/>
===East Asia===
Curry spread to other regions of Asia. Although not an integral part of ], curry powder is added to some dishes in the southern part of China. The curry powder sold in Chinese grocery stores is similar to Madras curry powder but with addition of ] and cinnamon.<ref name="Sen2009">{{cite book|author=Colleen Taylor Sen|title=Curry: A Global History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=94tRvbuCqWcC&pg=PA1|date=15 November 2009|publisher=Reaktion Books|isbn=978-1-86189-704-6|page=105|access-date=16 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226114045/https://books.google.com/books?id=94tRvbuCqWcC&pg=PA1|archive-date=26 December 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The former Portuguese colony of Macau has its ] and curry dishes, including ] and curry crab. ] is a sauce flavoured with curry and thickened with ].<ref name="HoustonPTChicken">{{cite news|last1=Levitt|first1=Alice|title=Our Latest Obsession: Portuguese Chicken at Wing Kee Restaurant|url=https://www.houstoniamag.com/articles/2016/12/28/our-latest-obsession-portuguese-chicken-wing-kee-restaurant|access-date=6 March 2018|work=]|date=28 December 2016|archive-date=7 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307023204/https://www.houstoniamag.com/articles/2016/12/28/our-latest-obsession-portuguese-chicken-wing-kee-restaurant|url-status=live}}</ref>


=== British influence ===
] style {{lang|ja-Latn|Karē-Raisu}} (curry rice)]]


{{further|Anglo-Indian cuisine}}
] is usually eaten as {{lang|ja-Latn|karē raisu}} – curry, rice, and often pickled vegetables, served on the same plate and eaten with a spoon, a common lunchtime canteen dish. It is less spicy and seasoned than Indian and Southeast Asian curries, being more of a thick stew than a curry. British people brought curry from the ] back to Britain<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sb-worldwide.com/curry/history.html|title=History of Japanese curry|author=S&B Company|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411190436/http://www.sb-worldwide.com/curry/history.html|archive-date=11 April 2013|access-date=28 February 2013}}</ref> and introduced it to Japan during the ] (1868 to 1912), after Japan ended its policy of national self-isolation ({{lang|ja-Latn|]}}), and curry in Japan was categorised as a ].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Booth |first1=Michael |title=The Meaning of Rice: And Other Tales from the Belly of Japan |date=2017 |publisher=Random House |isbn=9781473545816 |page=278 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rYPkDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT278 |access-date=4 December 2020 |archive-date=19 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219053208/https://books.google.com/books?id=rYPkDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT278 |url-status=live }}</ref> Its spread across the country is attributed to its use in the ] and ] which adopted it extensively as convenient field and naval canteen cooking, allowing even conscripts from the remotest countryside to experience the dish. The ] traditionally have curry every Friday for lunch and many ships have their own recipes.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/08/26/food/curry-its-more-japanese-than-you-think/|title=Curry – it's more 'Japanese' than you think|last=Itoh|first=Makiko|date=26 August 2011|work=The Japan Times|access-date=8 January 2018|language=en-US|issn=0447-5763|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108233344/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/08/26/food/curry-its-more-japanese-than-you-think/|archive-date=8 January 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The standard Japanese curry contains onions, carrots, potatoes, and sometimes ], and a meat that is cooked in a large pot. Sometimes grated apples or ] are added for additional sweetness and other vegetables are sometimes used instead.<ref>. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710232600/http://curryken.fc2web.com/minzoku/minzoku.htm |date=10 July 2011 }} (in Japanese)</ref>


] created what they called curry by selecting regional ingredients from all over ] using them in Indian dishes from other regions. ] describes their taste as "eclectic", "pan-Indian", "lacking sophistication", embodying a "passion for garnishes", and forming a "coherent repertoire"; but it was eaten only by the British. Among their creations were ], and ], which were served with ]s, ]s, ], and ]s.{{sfn|Collingham|2006|pp=118–125, 140}}]]
Curry was popularized in ] when ] entered the Korean food industry with a curry powder in 1969.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20150625001118|title= Ottogi becomes Korea's representative curry product|date=25 June 2015|newspaper=]|access-date=10 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110163940/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20150625001118|archive-date=10 January 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="sohn">{{Cite news|url=http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Business/view?articleId=122393|title=Ottogi Curry brings Indian cuisine to the table|last=Sohn|first=JiAe|date=24 October 2014|access-date=10 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215171434/http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Business/view?articleId=122393|archive-date=15 December 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Korean curry, usually served with rice, is characterized by the golden yellow colour of turmeric. Curry ] is made of ] (rice cakes), ] (fish cakes), eggs, vegetables, and curry. Curry can be added to Korean dishes such as ] (fried rice), ] (silken tofu stew), fried chicken, vegetable stir-fries, and salads.


Curry was introduced to ] from ] in the 17th century, as spicy sauces were added to plain boiled and cooked meats.{{sfn|Collingham|2006|p=115}} That cuisine was created in the ] when British wives or memsahibs instructed Indian cooks on the food they wanted, transforming many dishes in the process.<ref name="Davidson 2014 Anglo-Indian">{{harvnb|Davidson|2014|at="Anglo-Indian" pp. 21–22}}</ref> Further, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, when there were few British women in India, British men often lived with Indian mistresses, acquiring the local customs, language, and food.{{sfn|Collingham|2006|pp=110–111}} Curry was first served in coffee houses in Britain from 1809.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8370054.stm |title=How Britain got the hots for curry |publisher=] |date=26 November 2009 |access-date=29 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128165253/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8370054.stm |archive-date=28 January 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Southeast Asia===
] (Indonesian curry), usually served as part of the ] menu]]


Indian cooks in the 19th century prepared curries for their British masters simplified and adjusted to Anglo-Indian taste. For instance, a ''quarama'' from ] contained (among other ingredients) ghee, yoghurt, cream, crushed almonds, cloves, cardamom, and saffron; whereas an 1869 Anglo-Indian ''quorema'' or ''korma'', "different in substance as well as name",{{sfn|Collingham|2006|pp=116–117}} had no cream, almonds, or saffron, but it added the then-standard British curry spices, namely coriander, ginger, and black peppercorns.{{sfn|Collingham|2006|pp=116–117}}<ref>{{cite book |author=Thirty-Five Years' Resident |chapter=Kurma or Quorema Curry |title=The Indian Cookery Book |date=1869 |publisher=Wyman & Co. |location=Calcutta |page=22 |chapter-url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=EvcpAAAAYAAJ&pg=GBS.PA22&hl=en_GB |quote=This, without exception, is one of the richest of Hindoostanee curries, but it is quite unsuited to European taste, if made according to the original recipe, of which the following is a copy:}}</ref> Curry, initially understood as "an unfamiliar set of Indian stews and ragouts",{{sfn|Collingham|2006|p=118}} had become "a dish in its own right, created for the British in India".{{sfn|Collingham|2006|p=118}} Collingham describes the resulting Anglo-Indian cuisine as "eclectic", "pan-Indian", "lacking sophistication", embodying a "passion for garnishes", and forming a "coherent repertoire"; but it was eaten only by the British.{{sfn|Collingham|2006|pp=118–125, 140}} Collingham writes that "The idea of a curry is, in fact, a concept that the Europeans imposed on India's food culture. Indians referred to their different dishes by specific names... But the British lumped all these together under the heading of curry.{{sfn|Collingham|2006|p=115}}
] consists of adaptations of authentic dishes from ], as well as original creations inspired by the diverse food culture of ]. Curry in ] is ''kari'' and in ] is ''kare''. In ] especially in ], there is a dish called '']'', a combined of ] and beef yellow curry soup.<ref>{{cite web |title=5 Rekomendasi Lontong Kari Enak di Bandung, Cocok Pisan buat Sarapan! |url=https://www.idntimes.com/food/dining-guide/ranggana/5-rekomendasi-lontong-kari-enak-di-bandung-c1c2 |website=idntimes.com |access-date=25 April 2023 |language=Indonesian}}</ref> In ], ''kare rajungan'', ] curry has become a delicacy of ], ].<ref>{{cite web |title=Kare Rajungan Khas Tuban yang Gurih dan 'Nendang' |url=https://genpi.id/kare-rajungan-khas-tuban/ |website=genpi.id |date=21 September 2021 |access-date=25 April 2023 |language=Indonesian}}</ref> ], the national dish of Indonesia, which is originated from ], is drier and contains mostly meat and more coconut milk than a conventional Malaysian curry; it was mentioned in Malay literature in the 1550s by ].<ref>{{cite book|title=Hikayat Amir Hamzah 1 (Menentang Jin di Bukit Qaf)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rahQDaE0bD8C&pg=PA10|year=2008|publisher=PTS Fortuna|isbn=978-983-192-116-6|page=10|access-date=5 January 2016|archive-date=19 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219053239/https://books.google.com/books?id=rahQDaE0bD8C&pg=PA10|url-status=live}}</ref>


Elsewhere in the 19th century, curry was carried to the Caribbean by Indian ]d workers in the British ].<ref name="Mishan 2017"/><ref name="Davidson 2014 Curry"/>
] may have initially incorporated curries via the Indian population, but it has become a staple among the Malay and Chinese populations there. Malaysian curries typically use turmeric-rich curry powders, coconut milk, shallots, ginger, ] (shrimp paste), chili peppers, and garlic. ] is also often used.


=== Globalisation ===
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Since the mid-20th century, curries of many national styles have become popular far from their origins, and increasingly become part of international ].<ref name="Mishan 2017">{{cite news |last=Mishan |first=Ligaya |date=10 November 2017 |title=Asian-American Cuisine's Rise, and Triumph |work=] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/10/t-magazine/asian-american-cuisine.html |access-date=29 March 2023 |archive-date=22 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322223518/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/10/t-magazine/asian-american-cuisine.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ] writes that curry's worldwide extension is a result of the ] and ], starting within the British Empire, and followed by economic migrants who brought Indian cuisine to many countries.<ref name="Davidson 2014 Curry">{{harvnb|Davidson|2014|at="Curry", p. 240}}</ref> In 1886, 咖喱 (''Gālí'') (Chinese pronunciation of "curry") appeared among the Chinese in Singapore.<ref name="Lim 1886">{{cite book |last=Lim |first=Hiong Seng |chapter=Provisions, Fish, Vegetable and Fruit |title=Handbook of the Swatow Vernacular |location=Singapore |publisher=Koh Yew Hean Press |date=1886 |page=95 |url=https://en.wikisource.org/Page:Handbook_of_the_Swatow_vernacular.djvu/111}}</ref> ] then most likely brought curry to China.<ref name="Davidson 2014 Curry"/>
In ], curries are broadly called ''hin''. ] generally consist of protein that is simmered in a curry base of aromatics including shallots, onions, ginger, and garlic, alongside dried spices like turmeric, paprika, and garam masala. Burmese curries generally differ from other Southeast Asian curries in that dried spices are also used commonly to season the dishes, while coconut milk is only used sparingly for select dishes.


In India, spices are always freshly prepared for use in sauces.<ref name="Davidson 2014 Powder">{{harvnb|Davidson|2014|at="Curry Powder" p. 241}}</ref> Derived from such mixtures (but not containing curry leaves<ref name="Davidson 2014 Leaves">{{harvnb|Davidson|2014|at="Curry leaf" p. 240}}</ref>), ] is a ready-prepared spice blend first sold by Indian merchants to European colonial traders. This was commercially available from the late 18th century,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/item126721.html |title=First British advert for curry powder |website=bl.uk |access-date=29 December 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823180723/http://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/item126721.html}}</ref><ref name="ChaudhuriStrobel1992">{{cite book |author1=Nupur Chaudhuri |author2=Margaret Strobel |title=Western Women and Imperialism: Complicity and Resistance |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-jH6LEPVn80C&pg=PA240 |year=1992 |publisher=] |isbn=0-253-20705-3 |pages=240– |access-date=29 December 2020 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413123912/https://books.google.com/books?id=-jH6LEPVn80C&pg=PA240 |url-status=live }}</ref> with brands such as ] and ] persisting to the present.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/inside-factory-tv-review-greg-wallace-curry-chicken-tikka-masala-a8489311.html |title=TV review: Inside the Factory lifts the lid on how our curries are made |date=15 August 2018 |website=] |access-date=7 March 2021 |archive-date=17 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211017012043/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/inside-factory-tv-review-greg-wallace-curry-chicken-tikka-masala-a8489311.html |url-status=live }}</ref> British traders introduced the powder to ] Japan, in the mid-19th century, where it became known as ].<ref name="Itoh 2011">{{Cite news |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/08/26/food/curry-its-more-japanese-than-you-think/ |title=Curry — it's more 'Japanese' than you think |last=Itoh |first=Makiko |date=26 August 2011 |work=] |language=en |access-date=19 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108233344/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/08/26/food/curry-its-more-japanese-than-you-think/ |archive-date=8 January 2018}}</ref>
], a variant of the native {{lang|fil|]}} with ]]]


== Types ==
], two kinds of curry traditions are seen corresponding with the cultural divide between the Hispanicised north and Indianised/Islamised south. In the northern areas, a linear range of new curry recipes could be seen. The most common is a variant of the native {{lang|fil|]}} (chicken cooked in coconut milk) dish with the addition of ], known as the "]". This is the usual curry dish that northern Filipinos are familiar with. Similarly, other northern Filipino dishes that can be considered "curries" are usually {{lang|fil|]}} (cooked with coconut milk) variants of other native meat or seafood dishes such as {{lang|fil|]}}, {{lang|fil|]}}, and {{lang|fil|]}}, that simply add curry powder or non-native Indian spices.<ref name="pp">{{cite web |title=Pinoy Chicken Curry Recipe |url=https://panlasangpinoy.com/chicken-curry-pinoy-style/ |website=Panlasang Pinoy |access-date=20 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420064900/https://panlasangpinoy.com/chicken-curry-pinoy-style/ |archive-date=20 April 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>


There are many varieties of curry. The choice of spices for each dish in traditional cuisine depends on regional cultural traditions and personal preferences.<ref name="eb">{{cite encyclopedia |title=Curry |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/curry |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=25 July 2024 |date=31 May 2024 }}</ref> Such dishes have names such as dopiaza and rogan josh that refer to their ingredients, spicing, and cooking methods.{{sfn|Collingham|2006|p=115}} Outside the Indian subcontinent, a curry is a dish from Southeast Asia which uses ] and spice pastes, and is commonly eaten over rice.<ref name="Van Esterik">{{cite book |last1=Van Esterik |first1=Penny |title=Food Culture in Southeast Asia |date=2008 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=9780313344206 |pages=58–59}}</ref> Curries may contain fish, meat, poultry, or shellfish, either alone or in combination with vegetables. Others are vegetarian. A ] mixture is a combination of dried or dry-roasted spices commonly homemade for some curries.<ref name=eb/>
] with pork]]


Dry curries are cooked using small amounts of liquid, which is allowed to evaporate, leaving the other ingredients coated with the spice mixture. Wet curries contain significant amounts of sauce or gravy based on ], ] or ], dairy ] or ], or ] purée, ] crushed onion, or ].<ref name=eb/> ], a commercially prepared mixture of spices marketed in the West, was first exported to Britain in the 18th century when Indian merchants sold a ] of spices, similar to ], to the British ] returning to Britain.<ref name=eb/>
In ] are called {{lang|th|kaeng}}, and usually consist of meat, fish or vegetables in a sauce based on a paste made from chilies, onions or shallots, garlic, and ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thaicooking.nationmultimedia.com/?p=1382 |title=Thai cooking, food thai, Thai menu, pad thai recipe |work=The Nation|location=Thailand |access-date=22 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817162611/http://thaicooking.nationmultimedia.com/?p=1382 |archive-date=17 August 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Additional spices and herbs define the type of curry. Local ingredients, such as chili peppers, ] leaves, ], ] are used and, in central and southern Thai cuisine, coconut milk. Northern and northeastern Thai curries generally do not contain coconut milk. Due to the use of sugar and coconut milk, Thai curries tend to be sweeter than Indian curries. In the West, some of the Thai curries are described by colour; ] use red chilies while ] use green chilies. ]—called {{lang|th|kaeng kari}} (by various spellings) in ], of which a literal translation could be "curry soup"—is more similar to Indian curries, with the use of turmeric, cumin, and other dried spices. A few stir-fried Thai dishes also use an Indian style curry powder (Thai: {{lang|th|phong kari}}).


{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto;"
]
|+ Ways curries can vary<ref name="Dillon 2024"/><ref name=eb/>
|-
! Type of variation !! From !! To
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! Mild ↔ Hot&nbsp;&nbsp;
| ] (aromatic spices{{efn|Korma can be made with flavourings such as cloves, ginger, cardamom, cumin, coriander, turmeric, bay, onion and garlic.}}) || ] (chili)
|-
! Watery ↔ Creamy
| ] (]) || ] (yoghurt or cream)
|-
! Dry ↔ Wet
| ] (skewered meat, spices) || ] (tomato, cream)
|-
! &nbsp;Sour ↔ Sweet
| ] (onion, lemon) || ] (almonds, sugar)
|-
! &nbsp;Stir-fry ↔ Simmer
| ] (oil, onion, potato) || ] (lentils, spices, tomato)
|}


== By region ==
In ], it is known as ''cà ri'' and is made of ingredients such as coconut milk, potatoes, sweet potatoes, taro, and chicken, along with coriander and green onions. This dish is more like soup than Indian curry. Goat meat curry is also available, but only in a few special restaurants in Vietnam. Curry is often served with bread, vermicelli or rice. Curry is considered a dish in the south. The other ingredients of the curry are very diverse, depending on the meat ingredients, the main fruit for cooking curry as well as the chef's creativity. Vietnamese curries are also made with coconut milk, red cashew, onions, ginger, potatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots, radishes, vegetables, and various types of meat.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}


===Africa=== === United Kingdom===
] served in Durban, South Africa]]
Consumption of curry spread to ] with the migration of people from the Indian subcontinent to the region in the colonial era. ] curries, ] curries and ] curries include the traditional Natal curry, the Durban curry, ], and roti rolls. South African curries appear to have been founded in both ] and the ], while other curries developed across the country over the late 20th century and early 21st century to include ekasi, coloured, and ] curries.<ref name="seid">{{cite news|last1=Seid|first1=Shelley|title=Curry is the story of South Africa on a plate |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/lifestyle/food/2017-10-18-curry-is-the-story-of-south-africa-on-a-plate/ |access-date=27 January 2018 |newspaper=The Sunday Times |date=19 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127061712/https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/lifestyle/food/2017-10-18-curry-is-the-story-of-south-africa-on-a-plate/ |archive-date=27 January 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> ] has the largest population of Indians outside of India in the world.<ref name="ishay">{{cite web |last1=Govender-Ypma |first1=Ishay |title=The Brutal History of South Africa's Most Famous Curry |url=https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/qv3njv/the-brutal-history-of-south-africas-most-famous-curry |publisher=Munchies |access-date=27 January 2018 |date=11 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180128021236/https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/qv3njv/the-brutal-history-of-south-africas-most-famous-curry |archive-date=28 January 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> Bunny chow or a "set", a South African standard, consists of either lamb, chicken or bean curry poured into a tunnelled-out loaf of bread to be eaten with one's fingers by dipping pieces of the bread into it.<ref name=seid/><ref name=ishay/>


{{main|Curry in the United Kingdom}}
===Europe===
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] has been called Britain's national dish.<ref name="Spinks 2005"/>]]
Curry is very popular in the ], with a curry house in nearly every town.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jahangir |first=Rumeana |title=How Britain got the hots for curry |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8370054.stm |work=BBC News |date=26 November 2009 |access-date=14 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824122427/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8370054.stm |archive-date=24 August 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=National Curry Week: Why Britain loves curry |url=http://www.fsc.uk.com/national-curry-week-britain-loves-curry/ |work=Fleet Street Communications |date=13 October 2017 |access-date=16 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110103644/https://www.fsc.uk.com/national-curry-week-britain-loves-curry/ |archive-date=10 January 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> Such is the popularity of curry in the United Kingdom, that it has frequently been called its "adopted national dish".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Spinks |first=Rosie |title=Curry on cooking: how long will the UK's adopted national dish survive? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/jul/08/uk-indian-restaurants-struggling-to-curry-on-lack-of-chefs |work=The Guardian |date=8 July 2005 |access-date=14 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707230506/https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/jul/08/uk-indian-restaurants-struggling-to-curry-on-lack-of-chefs |archive-date=7 July 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> It was estimated that in 2016 there were 12,000 curry houses, employing 100,000 people and with annual combined sales of approximately £4.2&nbsp;billion.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Moore |first=Malcolm |title=The great British curry crisis |url=https://www.ft.com/content/2165379e-b4b2-11e5-8358-9a82b43f6b2f |work=Financial Times |date=8 January 2016 |access-date=14 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014204251/https://www.ft.com/content/2165379e-b4b2-11e5-8358-9a82b43f6b2f |archive-date=14 October 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>


Curry is very popular in the ], with a curry house in nearly every town.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jahangir |first=Rumeana |title=How Britain got the hots for curry |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8370054.stm |work=BBC News |date=26 November 2009 |access-date=14 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824122427/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8370054.stm |archive-date=24 August 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=National Curry Week: Why Britain loves curry |url=http://www.fsc.uk.com/national-curry-week-britain-loves-curry/ |work=Fleet Street Communications |date=13 October 2017 |access-date=16 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110103644/https://www.fsc.uk.com/national-curry-week-britain-loves-curry/ |archive-date=10 January 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Such is its popularity that it has frequently been called its "adopted national dish".<ref name="Spinks 2005">{{Cite news |last=Spinks |first=Rosie |title=Curry on cooking: how long will the UK's adopted national dish survive? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/jul/08/uk-indian-restaurants-struggling-to-curry-on-lack-of-chefs |work=] |date=8 July 2005 |access-date=14 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707230506/https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/jul/08/uk-indian-restaurants-struggling-to-curry-on-lack-of-chefs |archive-date=7 July 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> It was estimated that in 2016 there were 12,000 curry houses, employing 100,000 people and with annual combined sales of approximately £4.2&nbsp;billion.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Moore |first=Malcolm |title=The great British curry crisis |url=https://www.ft.com/content/2165379e-b4b2-11e5-8358-9a82b43f6b2f |work=Financial Times |date=8 January 2016 |access-date=14 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014204251/https://www.ft.com/content/2165379e-b4b2-11e5-8358-9a82b43f6b2f |archive-date=14 October 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> The food offered is cooked to British taste, but with increasing demand for authentic Indian styles.<ref name=NYT11415>{{cite news |last=de Freytas-Tamura |first=Kimiko |title=Britons Perturbed by a Troubling Shortage of Curry Chefs |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/05/world/europe/britain-curry-house-shortage-chefs.html|access-date=4 November 2015 |work=] |date=4 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151107015902/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/05/world/europe/britain-curry-house-shortage-chefs.html |archive-date=7 November 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2001, ] was described by the British ] ] as "a true British national dish, not only because it is the most popular, but because it is a perfect illustration of the way Britain absorbs and adapts external influences."<ref name=Guardian2001>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/apr/19/race.britishidentity |title=Robin Cook's chicken tikka masala speech: Extracts from a speech by the foreign secretary to the Social Market Foundation in London |date=19 April 2001 |newspaper=The Guardian }}</ref> Its origin is not certain, but many sources attribute it to ]s; some cite ] as the city of origin.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dutt |first1=Vijay |title=60 years of Chicken Tikka Masala |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/60-years-of-chicken-tikka-masala/story-cPUJ0MAdX4WxqcxYTrqA3H.html |website=] |access-date=13 December 2021 |date=21 October 2007}}</ref><ref name="ghosh bb">{{cite news |last=Ghosh |first=Bobby |title=How I Learned to Stop Hating and Respect Chicken Tikka Masala |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-19/who-created-chicken-tikka-masala-history-of-uk-s-national-dish |access-date=26 February 2023 |work=] |date=19 January 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Taylor |first1=Emma |title=Most people have no clue chicken tikka masala isn't an Indian dish, according to a top Indian chef |url=https://www.insider.com/chicken-tikka-masala-not-indian-dishoom-chef-naved-nasir-2019-11 |website=Insider |access-date=13 December 2021}}</ref> It may derive from ], popular in the north of India.<ref name="Handbook">{{cite book |last1=Thaker |first1=Aruna |last2=Barton |first2=Arlene |title=Multicultural Handbook of Food, Nutrition and Dietetics |date=2012 |publisher=] |isbn=9781405173582 |page=74 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YF1YCg5Ig-EC&pg=PA74}}</ref>
The food offered is Indian food cooked to British taste, but with increasing demand for authentic Indian styles. As of 2015, curry houses accounted for a fifth of the restaurant business in the UK, but, being historically a low wage sector, they were plagued by a shortage of labour. Established Indian immigrants from South Asia were moving on to other occupations; there were difficulties in training Europeans to cook curry; and immigration restrictions, which require payment of a high wage to skilled immigrants, had crimped the supply of new cooks.<ref name=NYT11415>{{cite news |author1=Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura |title=Britons Perturbed by a Troubling Shortage of Curry Chefs|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/05/world/europe/britain-curry-house-shortage-chefs.html|access-date=4 November 2015 |work=] |date=4 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151107015902/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/05/world/europe/britain-curry-house-shortage-chefs.html |archive-date=7 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>


Curries in Britain are derived partly from India and partly from invention in local Indian restaurants. They vary from mildly-spiced to extremely hot, with names that are to an extent standardised across the country, but are often unknown in India.<ref name="Dillon 2024">{{cite web |last=Dillon |first=Sheila |author-link=Sheila Dillon |title=From balti to bhuna: the ultimate guide to curry |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3jPY8xvk41DrT93Lw4XPk1w/from-balti-to-bhuna-the-ultimate-guide-to-curry |publisher=] |access-date=7 October 2024 |date=2024}}</ref>
==Curry powder==
{{Main| Curry powder}}


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"Curry powder", as available in certain western markets, is a commercial spice blend, and first sold by Indian merchants to European colonial traders. This resulted in the export of a derived version of Indian concoction of spices.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/agriculture/food/12097923/Monks-discover-chicken-curry-recipe-in-200-year-old-cookbook.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/agriculture/food/12097923/Monks-discover-chicken-curry-recipe-in-200-year-old-cookbook.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Monks discover chicken curry recipe in 200-year-old cookbook |website=The Telegraph|date=13 January 2016 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> and commercially available from the late 18th century,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/item126721.html |title=First British advert for curry powder |website=bl.uk |access-date=29 December 2020 |archive-date=23 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823180723/http://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/item126721.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="ChaudhuriStrobel1992">{{cite book |author1=Nupur Chaudhuri |author2=Margaret Strobel |title=Western Women and Imperialism: Complicity and Resistance |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-jH6LEPVn80C&pg=PA240 |year=1992 |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=0-253-20705-3 |pages=240– |access-date=29 December 2020 |archive-date=13 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413123912/https://books.google.com/books?id=-jH6LEPVn80C&pg=PA240 |url-status=live }}</ref> with brands such as ] and ] persisting to the present.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/inside-factory-tv-review-greg-wallace-curry-chicken-tikka-masala-a8489311.html |title=TV review: Inside the Factory lifts the lid on how our curries are made |date=15 August 2018 |website=The Independent |access-date=7 March 2021 |archive-date=17 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211017012043/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/inside-factory-tv-review-greg-wallace-curry-chicken-tikka-masala-a8489311.html |url-status=live }}</ref> British traders introduced the powder to Meiji Japan, in the mid-19th century, where it became known as ].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/08/26/food/curry-its-more-japanese-than-you-think/ |title=Curry — it's more 'Japanese' than you think |last=Itoh |first=Makiko |date=26 August 2011 |work=The Japan Times |access-date=19 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108233344/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/08/26/food/curry-its-more-japanese-than-you-think/ |archive-date=8 January 2018}}</ref>
|+ Range of strengths of British curries<ref name="Dillon 2024"/>
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| ] || ] court, North India || 16th century || Mild, creamy; may have almond, coconut, or fruit
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| ] || British Bangladeshi restaurants || 1970s || Red, spicy with chili powder
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! style="background:Orange;" | Hot
| ] || British Bangladeshi restaurants{{efn|The name 'Vindaloo' is from Portuguese ''vinha d'alhos'' (with wine and garlic), but the British version is quite different.<ref name="Dillon 2024"/>}} || 1970s || Very spicy with chili peppers and potatoes{{efn|The addition of potatoes may be from confusion of 'Vindaloo' with Hindi {{lang|hi|आलू}} {{transliteration|hi|āloo}}, potato.<ref name="Dillon 2024"/>}}
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! style="background:Salmon;" | Extreme
| ] || British Bangladeshi, ] || 20th century || High-strength chili pepper e.g. ], ]
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==See also== === South Asia ===
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{{further|Indian cuisine}}
==Gallery==


]'' (left) and'' ] ''(right) serving dishes ]]
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File:Balti gosht.jpg|A ] curry
Many ] are spicy. The spices chosen for a dish are freshly ground and then fried in hot oil or ghee to create a paste.<ref>{{cite web |title=What is a Bhuna? |url=https://www.seasonedpioneers.com/what-is-a-bhuna |website=Seasoned Pioneers |access-date=7 October 2024}}</ref>
File:Chicken makhani.jpg|] served in an Indian restaurant
The content of the dish and style of preparation vary by region.<ref name="Jaffrey 1982"/> The sauces are made with spices including black pepper, cardamom, chili peppers, cinnamon, cloves, coriander, cumin, fennel seed, mustard seed, and turmeric.<ref name="Jaffrey 1982"/> As many as 15 spices may be used for a meat curry.<ref name="Jaffrey 1982"/> The spices are sometimes fried whole, sometimes roasted, sometimes ground and mixed into a paste.<ref name="Jaffrey 1982"/> The sauces are eaten with steamed rice or ] rice cakes in south India,<ref name="Jaffrey 1982">{{cite book |last=Jaffrey |first=Madhur |author-link=Madhur Jaffrey |title=Madhur Jaffrey's Indian Cookery |date=1982 |publisher=] |isbn=978-0-563-16491-3 |pages=7–10}}</ref> and breads such as ]s, ], and ] in the north.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gopalakrishnan |first1=Srividhya |title=The Indian Bread Types You Need to Know |url=https://www.tasteofhome.com/collection/indian-bread-types/ |website=Taste of Home |access-date=8 October 2024}}</ref>
File:Buttermilk curry in a vessel.jpg|] from Kerala
The popular ], for example, from ], is a wet dish of lamb with a red gravy coloured by Kashmiri chillies and an extract of the red flowers of the ] (''mawal'').<ref>"Rogan Josh". In Khan Mohammed Sharief Waza, Khan Mohammed Shafi Waza, and Khan Mohammed Rafiq Waza (2007). ''Wazwaan: Traditional Kashmiri Cuisine''. New Delhi: Roli & Janssen. p. 34.</ref> Rice and curry is the staple dish of Sri Lanka.<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Dish of Sri Lanka Rice and Curry |url=https://nationalfoods.org/recipe/national-dish-of-sri-lanka-rice-and-curry/ |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=National Dishes of the World}}</ref>
File:Chicken Curry 1.JPG|] from Pakistan

File:Homemade chicken tikka masala.jpg|Homemade ]
=== East Asia ===
File:Meen curry 2.JPG|]

File:Karnatakadishes.jpg|Karnataka food
] is usually eaten as {{lang|ja-Latn|karē raisu}} – curry, rice, and often pickled vegetables, served on the same plate and eaten with a spoon, a common lunchtime canteen dish. It is less spicy and seasoned than Indian and Southeast Asian curries, being more of a thick stew than a curry. British people brought curry from the ] back to Britain<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sb-worldwide.com/curry/history.html|title=History of Japanese curry |author=S&B Company |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411190436/http://www.sb-worldwide.com/curry/history.html |archive-date=11 April 2013 |access-date=28 February 2013}}</ref> and introduced it to Japan during the ] (1868 to 1912), after Japan ended its policy of national self-isolation ({{lang|ja-Latn|]}}), and curry in Japan was categorised as a ].<ref>{{cite book |last=Booth |first=Michael |title=The Meaning of Rice: And Other Tales from the Belly of Japan |date=2017 |publisher=Random House |isbn=9781473545816 |page=278 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rYPkDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT278 |access-date=4 December 2020 |archive-date=19 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219053208/https://books.google.com/books?id=rYPkDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT278 |url-status=live }}</ref> Its spread across the country is attributed to its use in the ] and ] which adopted it extensively as convenient field and naval canteen cooking, allowing even conscripts from the remotest countryside to experience the dish. The ] traditionally have curry every Friday for lunch and many ships have their own recipes.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Itoh |first=Makiko |title=Curry – it's more 'Japanese' than you think |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/08/26/food/curry-its-more-japanese-than-you-think/ |date=26 August 2011 |work=] |access-date=8 January 2019 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108233344/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/08/26/food/curry-its-more-japanese-than-you-think/ |archive-date=8 January 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> The standard Japanese curry contains onions, carrots, potatoes, and sometimes ], and a meat that is cooked in a large pot. Sometimes grated apples or ] are added for additional sweetness and other vegetables are sometimes used instead.<ref>. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710232600/http://curryken.fc2web.com/minzoku/minzoku.htm |date=10 July 2011 }} (in Japanese)</ref>
File:Thai green chicken curry and roti.jpg|]

File:Korean curry rice.jpg|Korean curry rice
Curry spread to other regions of Asia. Curry powder is added to some dishes in the southern part of China. The curry powder sold in Chinese grocery stores is similar to Madras curry powder, but with the addition of ] and cinnamon.<ref name="Sen2009">{{cite book |last=Sen |first=Colleen Taylor |title=Curry: A Global History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=94tRvbuCqWcC&pg=PA1|date=15 November 2009|publisher=Reaktion Books |isbn=978-1-86189-704-6 |page=105 |access-date=16 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226114045/https://books.google.com/books?id=94tRvbuCqWcC&pg=PA1 |archive-date=26 December 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> The former Portuguese colony of Macau has its ] and curry dishes, including '']'' ("Portuguese-style chicken") and curry crab. ] is a sauce flavoured with curry and thickened with ].<ref name="HoustonPTChicken">{{cite news |last=Levitt |first=Alice |title=Our Latest Obsession: Portuguese Chicken at Wing Kee Restaurant |url=https://www.houstoniamag.com/articles/2016/12/28/our-latest-obsession-portuguese-chicken-wing-kee-restaurant |access-date=6 March 2018|work=] |date=28 December 2016 |archive-date=7 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307023204/https://www.houstoniamag.com/articles/2016/12/28/our-latest-obsession-portuguese-chicken-wing-kee-restaurant |url-status=live}}</ref>
File:Angamaly mango curry with mango.jpg|Mango curry from Kerala

File:Nihari.JPG|] with nihari salad
Curry was popularized in ] when ] entered the Korean food industry with an imported curry powder in 1969.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20150625001118 |title= Ottogi becomes Korea's representative curry product |date=25 June 2015 |newspaper=] |access-date=10 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110163940/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20150625001118 |archive-date=10 January 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="sohn">{{Cite news |last=Sohn |first=JiAe |title=Ottogi Curry brings Indian cuisine to the table |url=http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Business/view?articleId=122393 |date=24 October 2014 |access-date=10 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215171434/http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Business/view?articleId=122393 |archive-date=15 December 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> Korean curry powder contains spices including cardamom, chili, cinnamon, and turmeric.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lee |first1=Jiyoung |title=Real Korean Recipes |date=2024 |publisher=Beeolive Books |location=Seoul, Korea |isbn=979-11-987166-0-6 |page=23 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yHP8EAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Korean+curry%22+%22turmeric%22&pg=PA23}}</ref>
File:Vindalho.jpg|Pork ] in a Goan restaurant
Curry '']'' is made of '']'' (rice cakes), '']'' (fish cakes), eggs, vegetables, and '']'', fermented red chili paste. As in India, chilis were brought to Korea by European traders. Spicy chili sauce then replaced the soy sauce formerly used in ''tteokbokki''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Huskey |first=Brian |title=Asia: The Ultimate Cookbook (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Asian) |date=2022 |publisher=Cider Mill Press |pages=19, 398}}</ref>
File:Red roast duck curry.jpg|] duck curry (hot and spicy) from Thailand

File:Rice and chenopodium album leaf curry with potatoes and onions40.JPG|Rice and '']'' leaf curry with onions and potatoes; a vegetarian curry
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File:Rogan josh02.jpg|] curry
File:Kare-Raisu.jpg|] style {{lang|ja-Latn|Karē-Raisu}} (curry rice)
File:Kaeng kari kai.JPG|]
File:Stir-fried rice cakes with ground pork, gochujang, and gailan.jpg|Korean '']''<br/>(rice cake curry)
File:Kadhi Chawal from India.jpg|Yoghurt and ] curry
File:Spicy Anda Curry.jpg|Anda (egg) curry
</gallery> </gallery>

=== Southeast Asia ===

<!--West to East-->
In ], curries are broadly called ''hin''. ] contains meat simmered in a curry paste containing onion, garlic, shrimp paste, tomato, and turmeric. Burmese curries are often mild, without chili, and somewhat oily.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bush |first=Austin |title=Burmese curry restaurants |url=https://www.austinbushphotography.com/blog/blog/burmese-curry-restaurants.html |publisher=Austin Bush Photography |access-date=7 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109223207/https://www.austinbushphotography.com/blog/blog/burmese-curry-restaurants.html |archive-date=9 January 2021 |date=5 December 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=DeWitt |first=Dave |title=Precious Cargo: How Foods From the Americas Changed The World |date=2014-05-26 |publisher=Catapult |isbn=978-1-61902-388-8 |page=300}}</ref>

] are called {{lang|th|gaeng}}, and usually consist of meat, fish or vegetables in a sauce based on a paste made from chilies, onions or shallots, garlic, and ].<ref>{{cite web |title=Thai Food History Chapter 5: Thai Cuisine: Original? |work=The Nation |location=Thailand |url=http://thaicooking.nationmultimedia.com/?p=1382 |access-date=2 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817162611/http://thaicooking.nationmultimedia.com/?p=1382 |archive-date=17 August 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> A few stir-fried Thai dishes use {{lang|th|phong kari}}, an Indian style curry powder.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thaifoodmaster.com/recipes/main_dish_recipes/42 |title=Stir Fried Prawns with Curry Powder and Eggs Recipe |work=Thaifoodmaster |date=18 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100309200917/http://www.thaifoodmaster.com/recipes/main_dish_recipes/42 |archive-date=9 March 2010}}</ref> In the West, Thai curries are often colour-coded green, yellow, and red, with green usually the mildest, red the hottest. Green curry is flavoured with green chili, coriander, ], and basil; yellow, with yellow chili and turmeric; and red, with red chili.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Schmidt |first1=Darlene |title=Thai Curry Types: The Difference Between Red, Yellow, and Green Curries |url=https://www.thespruceeats.com/thai-curry-differences-red-yellow-green-3217020 |website=The Spruce Eats |access-date=7 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241001183151/https://www.thespruceeats.com/thai-curry-differences-red-yellow-green-3217020 |archive-date=1 October 2024 |date=22 September 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>

] adapted curries (such as {{lang|my|gulai}}, with coconut milk) via the region's Indian population,<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Raji |first1=Mohd Nazri Abdul |last2=Ab Karim |first2=Shahrim |last3=Ishak |first3=Farah Adibah Che |last4=Arshad |first4=Mohd Mursyid |date=2017-12-01 |title=Past and present practices of the Malay food heritage and culture in Malaysia |journal=Journal of Ethnic Foods |volume=4 |issue=4 |pages=221–231 |doi=10.1016/j.jef.2017.11.001 |doi-access=free}}</ref> but it has become a staple among the Malay and Chinese populations there. Malaysian curries have many varieties, but are often flavoured with cumin, cinnamon, turmeric, coconut milk, shallots, chili peppers, and garlic.<ref>{{cite web |title=Malaysian Curry: Authentic and Delicious |url=https://mamalams.com/malaysian-curry-authentic-and-delicious/ |website=Mama Lam's |access-date=7 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240302090756/https://mamalams.com/malaysian-curry-authentic-and-delicious/ |archive-date=2 March 2024 |date=14 January 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

] consists of adaptations of authentic dishes from ], as well as original creations inspired by the diverse food culture of ]. Curry in ] is ''kari'' and in ], ''kare''. In ] especially in ], there is a dish called '']'', a combined of ] and beef yellow curry soup.<ref>{{cite web |title=5 Rekomendasi Lontong Kari Enak di Bandung, Cocok Pisan buat Sarapan!|language=Indonesian |trans-title=5 Recommendations of Delicious Curry Lontong in Bandung, Great for Breakfast! |url=https://www.idntimes.com/food/dining-guide/ranggana/5-rekomendasi-lontong-kari-enak-di-bandung-c1c2 |website=idntimes.com |access-date=25 April 2023 }}</ref> In ], ''kare rajungan'', ] curry has become a delicacy of ], ].<ref>{{cite web |title=Kare Rajungan Khas Tuban yang Gurih dan 'Nendang' |url=https://genpi.id/kare-rajungan-khas-tuban/ |website=genpi.id |date=21 September 2021 |archive-date=16 October 2021 |url-status=live<!--slow!--> |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016172933/https://genpi.id/kare-rajungan-khas-tuban/ |access-date=25 April 2023 |language=Indonesian}}</ref>

In ], influenced by both Thai and Indian cooking, curry is known as ''cà ri''. It is made with coconut milk, Madras curry powder with plenty of turmeric, and a variety of fresh ingredients such as coriander, lemongrass, and ginger.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nguyen |first1=Andrea |title=Excite Your Tastebuds with Cà Ri Gà, Vietnamese Chicken Curry |url=https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/chicken_curry_with_sweet_potato_and_lemongrass/ |website=Simply Recipes |access-date=7 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915014452/https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/chicken_curry_with_sweet_potato_and_lemongrass/ |archive-date=15 September 2024 |date=30 August 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>

], a dish that may have been directly inspired by Indian curries is the ] stew {{lang|fil|]}}, possibly influenced by ] expatriates during the brief ] (1762–1764), or indirectly via Southeast Asian spicy dishes.<ref name="Villar">{{cite news |last1=Villar |first1=Roberto |title=The Fascinating History of Kare-kare |url=https://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/features/the-fascinating-history-of-kare-kare-a2386-20190802-lfrm2 |access-date=15 November 2024 |work=Esquire |date=2 August 2019}}</ref> {{lang|fil|]}} are native dishes using ],<ref>{{cite web |title=Ginataang Alimasag (Crabs in Coconut Milk) |url=https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/276743/ginataang-alimasag-crabs-in-coconut-milk/ |website=allrecipes |access-date=15 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Sobel |first=Adam |title=Ginataang Langka (Filipino Jackfruit in Coconut Milk) |url=https://cinnamonsnail.com/ginataang-langka-recipe/ |website=Cinnamon Snail |date=25 July 2024 |access-date=15 November 2024}}</ref> which as in the case of ] can be called 'curries' when ] is added.<ref name="pp">{{cite web |title=Pinoy Chicken Curry Recipe |url=https://panlasangpinoy.com/chicken-curry-pinoy-style/ |website=Panlasang Pinoy |access-date=20 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420064900/https://panlasangpinoy.com/chicken-curry-pinoy-style/ |archive-date=20 April 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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=== South Africa ===

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Curry spread to ] with the migration of people from the Indian subcontinent to the region in the colonial era. ] curries, ] curries and ] curries include the traditional Natal curry, the Durban curry, ], and roti rolls. South African curries appear to have been created in both ] and the ], while others developed across the country over the late 20th and early 21st centuries to include ekasi, coloured, and ] varieties.<ref name="seid">{{cite news |last=Seid |first=Shelley |title=Curry is the story of South Africa on a plate |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/lifestyle/food/2017-10-18-curry-is-the-story-of-south-africa-on-a-plate/ |access-date=27 January 2018 |newspaper=The Sunday Times |date=19 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127061712/https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/lifestyle/food/2017-10-18-curry-is-the-story-of-south-africa-on-a-plate/ |archive-date=27 January 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> ] has the largest population of Indians outside of India in the world.<ref name="ishay">{{cite web |last1=Govender-Ypma |first1=Ishay |title=The Brutal History of South Africa's Most Famous Curry |url=https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/qv3njv/the-brutal-history-of-south-africas-most-famous-curry |publisher=Munchies |access-date=27 January 2018 |date=11 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180128021236/https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/qv3njv/the-brutal-history-of-south-africas-most-famous-curry |archive-date=28 January 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> Bunny chow or a "set", a South African standard, consists of either lamb, chicken or bean curry poured into a tunnelled-out loaf of bread to be eaten with one's fingers by dipping pieces of the bread into it.<ref name=seid/><ref name=ishay/> 'Bunny chow' means 'Indian food', from ], an Indian. The method of serving the curry was created because ] forbade black people from eating in Indian restaurants; the loaves could speedily be taken away and eaten in the street.{{sfn|Collingham|2006|p=243}}


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== Notes ==

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== References ==

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== Sources ==

* {{cite book |last=Collingham |first=Lizzie |author-link=Lizzie Collingham |title=Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors |date=2006 |orig-year=2005 (]) |publisher=] |location=London |isbn=978-0-099-43786-4}}
* {{cite book |last=Davidson |first=Alan |author-link=Alan Davidson (food writer) |editor=Tom Jaine |title=] |edition=3rd |location=Oxford |publisher=] |year=2014 |isbn=978-0-19-967733-7}}

== Further reading ==

* Achaya, K.T. ''Indian Food: A Historical Companion''. Delhi, ], 1994.
* Burton, David. ''The Raj at Table''. London: ], 1993.
* ]. ''Pat Chapman's Curry Bible''. ], 1997.
* Grove, Peter & Colleen. ''The Flavours of History''. London: Godiva Books, 2011.


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==Further reading==
* ]. ''Curry Club Indian Restaurant Cookbook''. London&nbsp;– Piatkus.{{ISBN|0-86188-378-0}} & {{ISBN|0-86188-488-4}} (1984 to 2009)
* ]. ''The Little Curry Book''. London&nbsp;– Piatkus.{{ISBN|978-0861883646}} (1985)
* Achaya, K.T. ''A Historical Dictionary of Indian Food''. Delhi, ] (1998)
* Grove, Peter & Colleen. ''The Flavours of History''. London, Godiva Books (2011)
* ]. ''India: Food & Cooking''. London, New Holland&nbsp;– {{ISBN|978-1-84537-619-2}} (2007)
* ''Indian Food: A Historical Companion''. Delhi, Oxford University Press, 1994
* David Burton. ''The Raj at Table''. London, ] (1993)
* '']'s Curry Bible''. Hodder & St&nbsp;– {{ISBN|0-340-68037-7}} & {{ISBN|0-340-68037-7}} & {{ISBN|0-340-68562-X}} & {{ISBN|0-340-68562-X}} (1997)
* ''New Curry Bible'', An unaltered edition of '']'s Curry Bible'' published by John Blake Publishers. {{ISBN|978-1-84358-159-8}} (2005)
* E.M. Collingham. ''Curry: A Biography''. London, ], 2005
* ''An Invitation to Indian Cooking''. London, Penguin, 1975
* ]. Various books on curry from 1973 to 2015.
* ]. ''Petit Plats Curry''. Paris. Hachette Marabout. {{ISBN|2-501-03308-6}} (2000)
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Spicy Asian-influenced dishes

This article is about the dish with spices. For the spice mix, see Curry powder. For other uses, see Curry (disambiguation).

Lamb Madras curry

Curry is a dish with a sauce or gravy seasoned with spices, mainly derived from the interchange of Indian cuisine with European taste in food, starting with the Portuguese, followed by the Dutch and British, and then thoroughly internationalised. Many dishes that would be described as curries in English are found in the native cuisines of countries in Southeast Asia and East Asia. The English word is derived indirectly from some combination of Dravidian words such as the Tamil kaṟi (கறி) meaning 'sauce' or 'relish for rice'.

A first step in the creation of curry was the arrival in India of spicy hot chili peppers, along with other ingredients such as tomatoes and potatoes, part of the Columbian exchange of plants between the Old World and the New World. During the British Raj, Anglo-Indian cuisine developed, leading to Hannah Glasse's 18th century recipe for "currey the India way" in England. Curry was then spread in the 19th century by indentured Indian sugar workers to the Caribbean, and by British traders to Japan. Further exchanges around the world made curry a fully international dish.

Many types of curry exist in different countries. In Southeast Asia, curry often contains a spice paste and coconut milk. In India, the spices are fried in oil or ghee to create a paste; this may be combined with a water-based broth, or sometimes with milk or coconut milk. In China and Korea, curries are based on a commercial curry powder. Curry restaurants outside their native countries often adapt their cuisine to suit local tastes; for instance, Thai restaurants in the West sell red, yellow, and green curries with chili peppers of those colours, often combined with additional spices of the same colours. In Britain, curry has become a national dish, with some types adopted from India, others modified or wholly invented, as with chicken tikka masala, created by British Bangladeshi restaurants in the 20th century.

Etymology

See also: Kadhi
Hannah Glasse's recipe for "currey the India way", first published in her 1747 book The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy. It is the first known use of the word in English. (The recipe uses the long s, "ſ").

'Curry' is "ultimately derived" from some combination of Dravidian words of south Indian languages. One of those words is the Middle Tamil kaṟi (கறி) meaning 'black' or 'burnt' and hence spiced food. The Oxford Dictionaries suggest an origin specifically from Tamil. Other Dravidian languages, namely Malayalam (കറി kari, "hot condiments; meats, vegetables"), Middle Kannada and Kodava, have similar words. Kaṟi is described in a 17th century Portuguese cookbook who were trading with Tamil merchants along the Coromandel Coast of southeast India, becoming known as a "spice blend ... called kari podi or curry powder". The first appearance in its anglicised form (spelt currey) was in Hannah Glasse's 1747 book The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy.

The term "curry" is not derived from the name of the curry tree, although some curries do include curry leaves among many other spices. It is not related, either, to the word cury in The Forme of Cury, a 1390s English cookbook; that term comes from the Middle French word cuire, meaning 'to cook'.

Cultural exchanges

Ancient spice trade in Asia

Austronesian merchants in South East Asia traded spices along marine trade routes between South Asia (primarily the ports on the south eastern coast of India and Sri Lanka) and East Asia as far back at 5000 BCE. Archaeological evidence dating to 2600 BCE from Mohenjo-daro suggests the use of mortar and pestle to pound spices including mustard, fennel, cumin, and tamarind pods with which they flavoured food. Black pepper is native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia and has been known to Indian cooking since at least 2000 BCE. The three basic ingredients of the spicy stew were ginger, garlic, and turmeric. Using starch grain analysis, archaeologists identified the residue of these spices in both skeletons and pottery shards from excavations in India, finding that turmeric and ginger were present. Sauces in India before Columbus could contain black pepper or long pepper to provide a little heat, but not chili, so they were not spicy hot by modern standards.

Early modern trade

Origin and spread of curry around the world. Mild spices were traded between India and East Asia from 5000 BCE. The Columbian Exchange brought chili peppers to India. Anglo-Indian food came to Britain in the 17th century. The word "curry" was first recorded in print in Hannah Glasse's 1747 English cookery book. In the 19th century, curry spread to the Caribbean and to Japan, and from there to Chinese people, starting in Singapore. Further migration and globalisation (not shown) made curry a fully international dish.

The establishment of the Mughal Empire, in the early 16th century, influenced some curries, especially in the north. Another influence was the establishment of the Portuguese trading centre in Goa in 1510, resulting in the introduction of chili peppers, tomatoes and potatoes to India from the Americas, as a byproduct of the Columbian Exchange. The scholar of food culture Lizzie Collingham suggests that the Portuguese in Goa (in West India) heard and adopted words adopted into a local language from the Dravidian words from South India, becoming caril or carree as transcribed by British travellers of the time. This adoption resulting eventually in curry's modern meaning of a dish, often spiced, in a sauce or gravy. In 1598, an English translation of a Dutch book about travel in the East Indies mentioned a "somewhat sour" broth called Carriel, eaten with rice. The later Dutch word karie was used in the Dutch East Indies from the 19th century; many Indians had by then migrated to Southeast Asia.

British influence

Further information: Anglo-Indian cuisine
Anglo-Indian cooks created what they called curry by selecting regional ingredients from all over British India using them in Indian dishes from other regions. Lizzie Collingham describes their taste as "eclectic", "pan-Indian", "lacking sophistication", embodying a "passion for garnishes", and forming a "coherent repertoire"; but it was eaten only by the British. Among their creations were kedgeree, and Madras curry, which were served with chutneys, pickles, Bombay duck, and poppadoms.

Curry was introduced to English cuisine from Anglo-Indian cooking in the 17th century, as spicy sauces were added to plain boiled and cooked meats. That cuisine was created in the British Raj when British wives or memsahibs instructed Indian cooks on the food they wanted, transforming many dishes in the process. Further, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, when there were few British women in India, British men often lived with Indian mistresses, acquiring the local customs, language, and food. Curry was first served in coffee houses in Britain from 1809.

Indian cooks in the 19th century prepared curries for their British masters simplified and adjusted to Anglo-Indian taste. For instance, a quarama from Lucknow contained (among other ingredients) ghee, yoghurt, cream, crushed almonds, cloves, cardamom, and saffron; whereas an 1869 Anglo-Indian quorema or korma, "different in substance as well as name", had no cream, almonds, or saffron, but it added the then-standard British curry spices, namely coriander, ginger, and black peppercorns. Curry, initially understood as "an unfamiliar set of Indian stews and ragouts", had become "a dish in its own right, created for the British in India". Collingham describes the resulting Anglo-Indian cuisine as "eclectic", "pan-Indian", "lacking sophistication", embodying a "passion for garnishes", and forming a "coherent repertoire"; but it was eaten only by the British. Collingham writes that "The idea of a curry is, in fact, a concept that the Europeans imposed on India's food culture. Indians referred to their different dishes by specific names... But the British lumped all these together under the heading of curry.

Elsewhere in the 19th century, curry was carried to the Caribbean by Indian indentured workers in the British sugar industry.

Globalisation

Since the mid-20th century, curries of many national styles have become popular far from their origins, and increasingly become part of international fusion cuisine. Alan Davidson writes that curry's worldwide extension is a result of the Indian diaspora and globalisation, starting within the British Empire, and followed by economic migrants who brought Indian cuisine to many countries. In 1886, 咖喱 (Gālí) (Chinese pronunciation of "curry") appeared among the Chinese in Singapore. Malay Chinese people then most likely brought curry to China.

In India, spices are always freshly prepared for use in sauces. Derived from such mixtures (but not containing curry leaves), curry powder is a ready-prepared spice blend first sold by Indian merchants to European colonial traders. This was commercially available from the late 18th century, with brands such as Crosse & Blackwell and Sharwood's persisting to the present. British traders introduced the powder to Meiji era Japan, in the mid-19th century, where it became known as Japanese curry.

Types

There are many varieties of curry. The choice of spices for each dish in traditional cuisine depends on regional cultural traditions and personal preferences. Such dishes have names such as dopiaza and rogan josh that refer to their ingredients, spicing, and cooking methods. Outside the Indian subcontinent, a curry is a dish from Southeast Asia which uses coconut milk and spice pastes, and is commonly eaten over rice. Curries may contain fish, meat, poultry, or shellfish, either alone or in combination with vegetables. Others are vegetarian. A masala mixture is a combination of dried or dry-roasted spices commonly homemade for some curries.

Dry curries are cooked using small amounts of liquid, which is allowed to evaporate, leaving the other ingredients coated with the spice mixture. Wet curries contain significant amounts of sauce or gravy based on broth, coconut cream or coconut milk, dairy cream or yogurt, or legume purée, sautéed crushed onion, or tomato purée. Curry powder, a commercially prepared mixture of spices marketed in the West, was first exported to Britain in the 18th century when Indian merchants sold a concoction of spices, similar to garam masala, to the British East India Company returning to Britain.

Ways curries can vary
Type of variation From To
Mild ↔ Hot   Korma (aromatic spices) Madras (chili)
Watery ↔ Creamy Rogan josh (broth) Korma (yoghurt or cream)
Dry ↔ Wet Tikka (skewered meat, spices) Tikka masala (tomato, cream)
 Sour ↔ Sweet Dopiaza (onion, lemon) Pasanda (almonds, sugar)
 Stir-fry ↔ Simmer Balti (oil, onion, potato) Dhansak (lentils, spices, tomato)

By region

United Kingdom

Main article: Curry in the United Kingdom
Chicken tikka masala has been called Britain's national dish.

Curry is very popular in the United Kingdom, with a curry house in nearly every town. Such is its popularity that it has frequently been called its "adopted national dish". It was estimated that in 2016 there were 12,000 curry houses, employing 100,000 people and with annual combined sales of approximately £4.2 billion. The food offered is cooked to British taste, but with increasing demand for authentic Indian styles. In 2001, chicken tikka masala was described by the British foreign secretary Robin Cook as "a true British national dish, not only because it is the most popular, but because it is a perfect illustration of the way Britain absorbs and adapts external influences." Its origin is not certain, but many sources attribute it to British Asians; some cite Glasgow as the city of origin. It may derive from butter chicken, popular in the north of India.

Curries in Britain are derived partly from India and partly from invention in local Indian restaurants. They vary from mildly-spiced to extremely hot, with names that are to an extent standardised across the country, but are often unknown in India.

Range of strengths of British curries
Strength Example Place of origin Date of origin Description
Mild Korma Mughal court, North India 16th century Mild, creamy; may have almond, coconut, or fruit
Medium Madras British Bangladeshi restaurants 1970s Red, spicy with chili powder
Hot Vindaloo British Bangladeshi restaurants 1970s Very spicy with chili peppers and potatoes
Extreme Phall British Bangladeshi, Birmingham 20th century High-strength chili pepper e.g. scotch bonnet, habanero

South Asia

Further information: Indian cuisine
Traditional karahi (left) and handi (right) serving dishes

Many Indian dishes are spicy. The spices chosen for a dish are freshly ground and then fried in hot oil or ghee to create a paste. The content of the dish and style of preparation vary by region. The sauces are made with spices including black pepper, cardamom, chili peppers, cinnamon, cloves, coriander, cumin, fennel seed, mustard seed, and turmeric. As many as 15 spices may be used for a meat curry. The spices are sometimes fried whole, sometimes roasted, sometimes ground and mixed into a paste. The sauces are eaten with steamed rice or idli rice cakes in south India, and breads such as chapatis, roti, and naan in the north. The popular rogan josh, for example, from Kashmiri cuisine, is a wet dish of lamb with a red gravy coloured by Kashmiri chillies and an extract of the red flowers of the cockscomb plant (mawal). Rice and curry is the staple dish of Sri Lanka.

East Asia

Japanese curry is usually eaten as karē raisu – curry, rice, and often pickled vegetables, served on the same plate and eaten with a spoon, a common lunchtime canteen dish. It is less spicy and seasoned than Indian and Southeast Asian curries, being more of a thick stew than a curry. British people brought curry from the Indian colony back to Britain and introduced it to Japan during the Meiji period (1868 to 1912), after Japan ended its policy of national self-isolation (sakoku), and curry in Japan was categorised as a Western dish. Its spread across the country is attributed to its use in the Japanese Army and Navy which adopted it extensively as convenient field and naval canteen cooking, allowing even conscripts from the remotest countryside to experience the dish. The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force traditionally have curry every Friday for lunch and many ships have their own recipes. The standard Japanese curry contains onions, carrots, potatoes, and sometimes celery, and a meat that is cooked in a large pot. Sometimes grated apples or honey are added for additional sweetness and other vegetables are sometimes used instead.

Curry spread to other regions of Asia. Curry powder is added to some dishes in the southern part of China. The curry powder sold in Chinese grocery stores is similar to Madras curry powder, but with the addition of star anise and cinnamon. The former Portuguese colony of Macau has its own culinary traditions and curry dishes, including Galinha à portuguesa ("Portuguese-style chicken") and curry crab. Portuguese sauce is a sauce flavoured with curry and thickened with coconut milk.

Curry was popularized in Korean cuisine when Ottogi entered the Korean food industry with an imported curry powder in 1969. Korean curry powder contains spices including cardamom, chili, cinnamon, and turmeric. Curry tteokbokki is made of tteok (rice cakes), eomuk (fish cakes), eggs, vegetables, and gochujang, fermented red chili paste. As in India, chilis were brought to Korea by European traders. Spicy chili sauce then replaced the soy sauce formerly used in tteokbokki.

Southeast Asia

In Burmese cuisine, curries are broadly called hin. Burmese curries contains meat simmered in a curry paste containing onion, garlic, shrimp paste, tomato, and turmeric. Burmese curries are often mild, without chili, and somewhat oily.

Thai curries are called gaeng, and usually consist of meat, fish or vegetables in a sauce based on a paste made from chilies, onions or shallots, garlic, and shrimp paste. A few stir-fried Thai dishes use phong kari, an Indian style curry powder. In the West, Thai curries are often colour-coded green, yellow, and red, with green usually the mildest, red the hottest. Green curry is flavoured with green chili, coriander, kaffir lime, and basil; yellow, with yellow chili and turmeric; and red, with red chili.

Malaysian Indian cuisine adapted curries (such as gulai, with coconut milk) via the region's Indian population, but it has become a staple among the Malay and Chinese populations there. Malaysian curries have many varieties, but are often flavoured with cumin, cinnamon, turmeric, coconut milk, shallots, chili peppers, and garlic.

Indian Indonesian cuisine consists of adaptations of authentic dishes from India, as well as original creations inspired by the diverse food culture of Indonesia. Curry in Indonesian is kari and in Javanese, kare. In Indonesian cuisine especially in Bandung, there is a dish called lontong kari, a combined of lontong and beef yellow curry soup. In Javanese cuisine, kare rajungan, blue swimmer crab curry has become a delicacy of Tuban Regency, East Java.

In Vietnamese cuisine, influenced by both Thai and Indian cooking, curry is known as cà ri. It is made with coconut milk, Madras curry powder with plenty of turmeric, and a variety of fresh ingredients such as coriander, lemongrass, and ginger.

In the Philippines, a dish that may have been directly inspired by Indian curries is the oxtail stew kare-kare, possibly influenced by Sepoy expatriates during the brief British occupation of Manila (1762–1764), or indirectly via Southeast Asian spicy dishes. Ginataan are native dishes using coconut milk, which as in the case of Filipino chicken curry can be called 'curries' when curry powder is added.

South Africa

Bunny chow, South Africa

Curry spread to South Africa with the migration of people from the Indian subcontinent to the region in the colonial era. African curries, Cape Malay curries and Natal curries include the traditional Natal curry, the Durban curry, Bunny chow, and roti rolls. South African curries appear to have been created in both KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape, while others developed across the country over the late 20th and early 21st centuries to include ekasi, coloured, and Afrikaner varieties. Durban has the largest population of Indians outside of India in the world. Bunny chow or a "set", a South African standard, consists of either lamb, chicken or bean curry poured into a tunnelled-out loaf of bread to be eaten with one's fingers by dipping pieces of the bread into it. 'Bunny chow' means 'Indian food', from Banian, an Indian. The method of serving the curry was created because apartheid forbade black people from eating in Indian restaurants; the loaves could speedily be taken away and eaten in the street.

See also

Notes

  1. Korma can be made with flavourings such as cloves, ginger, cardamom, cumin, coriander, turmeric, bay, onion and garlic.
  2. The name 'Vindaloo' is from Portuguese vinha d'alhos (with wine and garlic), but the British version is quite different.
  3. The addition of potatoes may be from confusion of 'Vindaloo' with Hindi आलू āloo, potato.

References

  1. ^ "Curry". Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper. 2018. Archived from the original on 9 October 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
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