What is curry?

Curry is a sauce made of various spices, which is common in Indian cuisine, Thai cuisine and Japanese cuisine. It is usually eaten with meat and rice and has become one of the mainstream dishes in the Asia-Pacific region. The most famous is the curry cooking methods in India and Thailand. Indian curry is an exotic dish with mixed styles.

Curry, pinyin pronunciation: gālí；; ; The phonetic notation of the revised edition of The New Chinese Dictionary in Taiwan Province Province is gā lǐ. Curry is a transliteration of Tamil, which means seasoning. "Curry" has two meanings. It can refer to the condiment "curry" or various foods cooked with curry (such as curry rice).

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Basic types of curry:

1, Indian curry

Authentic Indian curry will be made with cloves, fennel seeds, coriander seeds, mustard seeds, turmeric powder, peppers and other spices. Due to the heavy materials, coconut milk is reduced to reduce the spicy taste, and the authentic Indian curry is rich in spicy taste.

2. Thai curry

Thai curry is divided into green curry, yellow curry and red curry. Among them, red curry is the hottest, and people who are not used to it are prone to tears. Coconut sauce is added to Thai curry to reduce the spicy taste and enhance the flavor. The extra spices such as citronella, fish sauce and bay leaf also make Thai curry unique.

3. Japanese curry

In addition to India and its neighboring countries, Japan is also a country that loves curry. Look at all kinds of curry powder and curry blocks on the supermarket shelves. Most of the packages are marked with "Japanese flavor", which almost makes people mistakenly think that Japan is the birthplace of curry. In fact, although Japan and India are both in Asia, the curry eaten by the Japanese was introduced from Europe during the Meiji Restoration.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-Curry