pavane wrote:
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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>> "Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
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>>> Does no one here cook any of the various curries or eat curry? What
>>> about our Brit friends?
>>> I get the impression that here curry is thought of as one flavor and
>>> one dish. And that the jar in the grocery store labeled 'curry
>>> powder' is the only flavor of curry.
>>> Anyone?
>>> Janet US
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>> My experiences with Indian food have only been a few but I disliked
>> the flavors so much, I haven't wanted to try any more. Indian
>> restaurants are getting more common here but I don't know anyone who
>> makes curry at home.
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> Yeah well. I make a lot of curry, it is simply a seasoning sauce with
> veggies and protein of some sort added. Find a curry powder or paste
> that sounds right (hot, or mild, or sweet ...) and I like some coconut
> milk (unsweetened, of course). If you are using powder melt some
> butter, stir in the curry powder and fry it a little, until aromatic. Add
> whatever protein sounds good and if already cooked warm it in the
> pan, if not cooked, cook it in the pan. Add coconut milk and stir
> it all around. Add veggies, whatever is fresh or leftover, and stir them
> around until the entire curry looks and smells fantastic. Usually
> serve on rice with accompaniments like chutney, banana slices,
> raisins, nuts, shredded coconut or nothing. Similar if you use
> curry paste, read the bottle instructions. Nothing to it, one of the
> easiest of the "exotic" foods to make. Looking at a cookbook
> or so will of course expand your horizons. Madhur Jaffrey writes
> superb Indian cookbooks and recipes, she is very available in
> paperback. Recommend: <http://tinyurl.com/afzgvgd>,
> Penzey's sweet curry or curry or hot curry or McCormick or
> Spice Island curry powder (Madras is hotter) or any of the curry
> pastes.
>
> You really can't do anything wrong. Have fun, it is a fun food to make.
>
> pavane

I really love Penzey's sweet curry, which I frequently combine
with other things. It is mild, FB/FW. I should add that not all
of their sweet curry powders are the same. The one I am speaking
of is in the small jar, and, I think I just verified that it is
also in the large bag. The ingredients in the larger jar are not
quite the same/are in a different order, and I don't like that as
much. I did not like their Maharajah curry powder--I think that
was the name, their most-expensive offering.

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Jean B.