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Who does not like a good curry? It's the most popular Indian dish outside India, but calling it a dish would be a huge sub-ci. Curry is a sauce prepared with a spice mix (usually comprising peppers), with addition of fish, vegetables, meat, pane and really all you can find. Because the currys are versatile specific curry dishes or Curry types have their own names. Hey, curries can even be sweet! If you think it's great, wait for you to read these 15 curry facts.

There are up to 60 incredients of the curries are made from those who all vary depending on the region, state and tradition. A typical curry usually includes cardamom, coriander, fennel, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon and of course Chile.

In the Indian menus, you will usually find the world "masala", which simply means "spices". Similarly, in the Western menus, the word "curry" is used to signify a prepared dish with a variety of spices.

Black cardamom, also known as the queen of spices, is a necessary ingredient in all Indian curries.


The word Curry comes from "Kari", which means "sauce" in Tamil language. The term has become widely used outside India after the Eastern India Company has come into contact with Tamils ​​in Chennai.

The word "curry" can actually mean some elements: a mix of spices, the Flat Saucy that we all love so much or simply curry leaves, which are also used in Indian cuisine.


The first Curry recipe recorded outside India was found in"The art of food was simple and easy by Hannah Gasse" book dated 1747.

Curry is a truly versatile dish and can include meat, fish, seafood and vegetables. It goes incredibly well with rice and different types of Indian bread like Chapati or Naan.

The curries can be "wet" or "dry". The "wet" curry is prepared with the lens Dal, coconut milk or yoghurt, while in "dry" curries, the spices themselves become a kind of dough. You can order both and eat them simultaneously!


You will be delighted to discover that the curries exist in many other kitchens worldwide - Japanese, Vietnamese, Caribbean and Thai. Of course, each of them offers a different flavor!

You could be used to the yellow curry, but the curries come in different colors, depending on the ingredients. The yellow curry then becomes when there is curcuma in the mixture.


Each curry base has a very special spice called JEELA (Cumin). It is a powerful antioxidant and is packed with magnesium, calcium and iron.

If you like curry, you have probably tried dishes with the word "Tikka" in their title, be it vegetable, panee or meat. Tikka means "pieces", then when you hear the Tikka Masala chicken - it means that curry is prepared with dice chicken. By the way, it's the most popular curry dish outside India!

The world's most famous curry restaurant is called the Veeraswamy restaurant. It is located on Regent Street, in London West End. It serves a variety of delicious curry since 1926.


If you like spicy dishes, you should try the famous phaal curry. The leaders wear gas masks while doing it because one of its main ingredients is Bhut Jolokia - the hottest Chile in the world.

The world's largest curry in the world has been prepared in Singapore by Indian Chiefs and Culinary Association of August 1, 2015. He weighed 15.34 tons!