Dan Abel > wrote:

> The name "curry" means "soup or sauce" in India.

I think Indians would have a problem with this simplification.

A repost:
There is really no such thing as "Indian curry", except perhaps in the
quaint western notion of a highly-spiced stew-type dish vaguely "Indian"
in concept and execution. There is no such notion in India, at least
not any that would be commonly accepted. There is no pan-Indian food of
any kind, but in the case of "curry" this has to be particularly
stressed. To understand why, read these old threads, with some of the
sadly departed - and sorely missed, by myself, at least - rfc Indians
discussing "curry":

<http://groups.google.com/group/rec.food.cooking/browse_frm/thread/4f1ba15637d01859>.

<http://groups.google.com/groups?&threadm=56ka01%24p88%40styx.ios.com>

Victor