On 3/20/2012 2:17 PM, Helpful person wrote:

> Curry is actually plant whose leaves are used as a spice. However,
> the term has come to mean any dish that uses a combination of spices.
> As someone else mentioned, your term "curry" is too vague, like asking
> for a good soup or meat recipe. I would suggest checking out some of
> the books by Madhur Jaffrey.


Curry actually means sauce, and curries are a variety of sauced dishes
found in many different cultures. The curry plant that you might find in
your garden center is not used to make curry spice blends. It is called
the curry plant because of its fragrance.