About spiceandcurry

Spice and Curry

Curry (IPA: /?k?ri/) is a generic

description used throughout European culture to describe a general variety of spiced dishes, best known in South Asian cuisines, especially Indian cuisine. Although there is no one specific attribute that marks a dish as "curry", some distinctive spices used in many curry dishes include turmeric, cumin, coriander, fenugreek, and red pepper. The word curry is an anglicised version of the Tamil word khari (??? ),[1] which is usually understood to mean "gravy" or "sauce" rather than "spices".[2] In most South Indian cuisines, a curry is considered a side-dish, which can be eaten along with a main dish like rice or bread.