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Did you know the word “curry” means “soup” or “stew”?

Many people enjoy eating a curry dish. Curry is not just about the Indians and their culture. The Chinese eat curry, as do the Malays and even the British! If you visited London, do not be surprised to see many Indian restaurants there.

The British started to eat curry during their early years in India. Many of the British who lived in India brought back the skill of curry making when they returned to England. Many Indians also migrated to England, and some of them opened Indian restaurants serving curry to their British customers. The curry is usually much milder to suit the taste of their customers.

Curry is very aromatic, tasty and spicy, although not all curries are spicy. A variety of spices are used to cook curry - cardamom, coriander, turmeric, cumin, star anise, garlic, ginger and chilli. Curry is usually eaten with rice or nan (a kind of bread).

Curry can be cooked in many different ways, with chicken, fish, prawns or mutton. Some people enjoy eating vegetable curry that is cooked with an assortment of vegetables such as lady’s fingers, cabbage, long beans, tomatoes, potatoes, carrots and brinjals (eggplants). Children especially enjoy the potatoes cooked in a curry. The spices in the curry give the potatoes a lovely flavour and aroma.