Curry is not a thing, it is a state of being !!

Being a blog on all things brown… and Indian, I am very disappointed at the general lack of awareness on brown cooking !!! We do not eat curry all the time, only some of the time. And although it is the #1 food in the UK (hey, even their Army is eating it, which is ironic, given that they raped and pillaged us in the first f*^king place.. but more about that in another post).. Anyway, coming back to Indian cuisine, here’s a short primer on curry!!!

Yes, we do like curry. But no self-respecting brown person buys this shit called “curry powder”… There is not ONE single curry powder…and more importantly, curry does not necessarily contain curry powder. Curry powder is in fact a blend of spices, varying according to regional preferences or traditions. As a result, there are literally thousands of "curry powders", each of which was uniquely suited for the produce and tastes of the region it developed in.

Actually, the word curry is derived from the south Indian word curriel, which was used in the local language (Tamil) for a fish stew that had tamarind and curry leaves (which is where these leaves also get their name even in local languages). This was then picked up and transformed into the present "curry" by the British. The word "curry", in its English sense, has no direct translation into any to India's fifteen languages.

So do yourself a favor. Make your own curry!! (I should put this line on t-shirts). Check out this site for some great recipes.