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Answers: I keep seeing things about curries. What exactly is a curry?
Technically, curry is a spice used in Indian food. In the UK, a curry means an Indian meal.
A type of sauce that's Indian in origin.
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Curry is a spice. It is used a lot in Indian or Thai foods. There are red and green curries - each has it's own unique taste. They tend to be on the spicy side.
Curry (from Tamil: ???) is the English description of any of a general variety of spicy dishes, best-known in Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, Nepali, Indonesian, Malaysian, Thai, Chinese and other South Asian and Southeast Asian cuisines, though curry has been adopted into all of the mainstream cuisines of the Asia-Pacific region. Along with tea, curry is one of the few dishes or drinks that is truly "Pan-Asian", but specifically, its roots come from India. The concept of curry was later brought to the West by British colonialists in India from the 18th century. Dishes that are often classified as curries in Europe and America are rarely considered curries in their native countries.
And what does being American have anything to do with not knowing what curry is?
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It is mostly spices added to things, to make a type of 'mildly hot' sauce:
"Curry (from Tamil: ???) is the English description of any of a general variety of spicy dishes, best-known in Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, Nepali, Indonesian, Malaysian, Thai, Chinese and other South Asian and Southeast Asian cuisines, though curry has been adopted into all of the mainstream cuisines of the Asia-Pacific region. "
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curry
Different regions use different spices and different levels of heat -- but they all TASTE great!
Curry
This easy-to-make spice blend is the heart of most Indian dishes. A combination of different spices, it probably has as many recipes as there are families in India! Here is a basic one. Once you get a feel for the taste it gives your cooking, experiment and alter it to suit your needs.
Garam masala is best made fresh just before you begin cooking, but if you haven’t got the patience (like me!), make a batch ahead and store for several months in an air-tight container in a cool, dark place.
INGREDIENTS:
* 4 tbsps coriander seeds
* 1 tbsp cumin seeds
* 1 tbsp black peppercorns
* 1 ? tsps black cumin seeds (shahjeera)
* 1 ? tsps dry ginger
* ? tsp black cardamom (3-4 large pods approx)
* ? tsp cloves
* ? tsp cinnamon (2 X 1” pieces)
* ? tsp crushed bay leaves
PREPARATION:
* Heat a heavy skillet on a medium flame and gently roast all ingredients (leave cardamom in its pods till later) except the dry ginger, till they turn a few shades darker. Stir occasionally. Do not be tempted to speed up the process by turning up the heat as the spices will burn on the outside and remain raw on the inside.
* When the spices are roasted turn of the flame and allow them to cool.
* Once cooled, remove the cardamom seeds from their skins and mix them back with all the other roasted spices.
* Grind them all together, to a fine powder in a clean, dry coffee grinder.
* Store in an air-tight container in a cool, dark place.
i'm also American, but curry is widely used and consumed in America....
Curry is a dish and here is a definition From Wikipedia
Curry the dish-
Curry (from Tamil: ???) is the English description of any of a general variety of spicy dishes, best-known in Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, Nepali, Indonesian, Malaysian, Thai, Chinese and other South Asian and Southeast Asian cuisines, though curry has been adopted into all of the mainstream cuisines of the Asia-Pacific region. Along with tea, curry is one of the few dishes or drinks that is truly "Pan-Asian", but specifically, its roots come from India. The concept of curry was later brought to the West by British colonialists in India from the 18th century. Dishes that are often classified as curries in Europe and America are rarely considered curries in their native countries.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curry
Curry (from Tamil: ???) is the English description of any of a general variety of spicy dishes, best-known in Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, Nepali, Indonesian, Malaysian, Thai, Chinese and other South Asian and Southeast Asian cuisines, though curry has been adopted into all of the mainstream cuisines of the Asia-Pacific region. Along with tea, curry is one of the few dishes or drinks that is truly "Pan-Asian", but specifically, its roots come from India. The concept of curry was later brought to the West by British colonialists in India from the 18th century. Dishes that are often classified as curries in Europe and America are rarely considered curries
I'm American too but i know what curry is.
It is a blend of spices that usually includes tumeric, cayenne pepper and cinnamon. Curries come from india and are incredibly varied.
you can buy curry powders and pastes at most grocery stores in the US and mix then with sauteed veggies and meats served with basmati rice.
Yum.
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