"Lisa Ann" > wrote in message
t...
> After looking at modom's picture of dinner and reading his post, I
> realized
> that I truly have no idea what "a curry" is.
>
> I know you can get curry powders, in different degrees of hotness or
> spiciness.
>
> But is curry the entire dish? (i.e., curried chicken). Is it the sauce?
> (Because his opening statement of "that's a curry with chicken chunks" is
> what led to these questions.)
>
> For some reason, until I started lurking here, I always thought curry was
> a
> way of preparing rice - I have no idea where I got that idea.
>
> I also realized that, except for the okra, I think I would have enjoyed
> that
> meal, modom!
>
> But what is "a curry"?
>
> And if it's simply "food cooked with curry seasonings", please just laugh
> hysterically at me and carry on.
>

There are no dumb questions, just dumb answers. You are right, a curry is
simply a dish cooked with curry seasonings. ANd, as you might guess, there
is no strict definition of what this means - it's more of a "I know it when
I taste it" definition. You might be interested to know that curry powder is
a British invention intended to duplicate the spice mixtures used in India.
In India the spices would almost always be added individually rather than as
part of a mix.


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Peter Aitken
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