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On 4/2/2013 7:58 AM, Janet wrote:
> In article >, says...
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>> Janet wrote:

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>>> What is meant today, by "English curry" is recipes like chicken
>>> vindaloo or tikka masala, which are not authentic Indian/Asian recipes,
>>> but introduced for British tastes in the 1960-70's by Indian/Asian
>>> immigrant restaurants and takeaways when they became widespread in UK
>>> .Those recipes are *not* made with leftover cooked meat, as you
>>> describe.
>>> Nor are they confused, (here), with real Indian /Asian food and
>>> curries, which are also popular and well known here.
>>>
>>>
>>> Janet UK

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>> I am not sure that is the case with vindaloo. Have you got a
>> source at hand?

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http://www.khabar.com/magazine/cover-
> story/the_great_british_curry_craze.aspx


Whatever, has been written, I think Vindaloo originated in the
Portuguese Indian colony of Goa and was an attempt to use Portuguese
materials. It was first made with pork, hardly and Indian ingredient.
*Chicken* Vindaloo might be a British invention.

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Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

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