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Vadouvan, or French curry, is a ready-to-use blend of spices that is a French derivative of a masala known as vadavam, vadagam, or vadakam. It is a curry blend with added aromatics such as shallots an
Vadouvan
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Curry is a dish with a spicy sauce, initially in Indian cuisine, then modified by interchange with the Portuguese, followed by the British, and eventually thoroughly internationalised. Many curries ar
Lamb Madras curry, Anglo-Indian, c. 1850
Hannah Glasse's recipe for "Currey the India Way", first published in her 1747 book The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy. It is the first known use of the word in English (the recipe uses the long s, "ſ").
Spices on sale in Goa, Western India
The 16th century Mughal court of the emperor Akbar ate mild proto-curries, flavoured with asafoetida and spices such as cardamom and ginger.