The most popular food in the UK......

I could have sworn it was spotted dick.

Spotted dick with mint sauce.

.....as a curry?

I think it might be tikka masala thet is the favoutite, but heven't got a clue how it's cooked, but I don't think you use curry powder

You buy it ready made from Unckle Ben, just add rice, chicken and nan bread.

Walk up the road to local array of Indian and Pakistani resturants and order meal. That's my favourite curry recipe. Sorry I can't be of more help.

Chicken tikka masala is supposed to be our favourite resturant/takeaway dish. It was apparently invented when a sophisticated northerner asked for gravy with his tandoori chicken.

It has it's own page on wikipedia....

Must be favotite "take away" not neccessarily favorite food. Otherwise you might be able to make it yourself. Maybe spotted dick stands up then eh?

Could you rephrase that before someone spots it? That dessert is only our favourite dish in the minds of Americans with a dick fetish.

I know quite a few people, other than Asians, who make their own curries, but no one who makes spotted dick.

So when you Brits say "I'm going to have a curry" what does that mean?

Is that a trick question? It usually means we're going to have a curry.

Curry is WONDERFUL!

I would cut the sugar by half and double the curry.

Man! The way you crazy Brits phrase things.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curry
http://www.curryhouse.co.uk/

....and of course what discussion would be complete without http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Curry

One thing you will NEVER see.... a British Iron Chef

Yeah, but what the hell is a curry? The word curry is in 75% of the items on the Indian menu and none of them seem the least bit similar. So when you have a curry, what are you having? I know what curry powder is, but I'm guessing you don't shovel spoonfuls of it into your mouth.

I once had a very nice English girl ask if I would be interested in "going for a Chinaman"...I said yes! (She was very pretty)

I have a curry once a week, without fail. If I miss one, I suffer withdrawal symptoms like you wouldn't believe. They put something in it, I swear.

A curry is a collective term for Indian food, although most Indian restaurants are actually run by Bangladeshi's.

That's not even close to being curry. Or Indian. Looks like it might just be Chinese or Thai at a push, but breadcrumbs?

Apparently Vindaloo chichen is good... this recipe looks good http://www.theepicentre.com/Recipes/ivindalo.html
Curry powder is a combination of spices that vary by country origin. This recipe is influenced by Portuguese cooking. A friend of mine had vindaloo as a take away in Brighton in the UK last year. He still raves about vindaloo chicken.

He didn't say he wanted INDIAN recipes, he just said curry. You can use curry in 'regular' cooking , and that's a fairly okay example of such.

All this talk of curry....Hmmmm

A nice meat Bhuna would just hit the spot.
Start off with a couple of popadoms and the full pickle tray, chicken pakora (with a scrambled egg over the top)for starters before the Bhuna. All washed down with plenty of cold lager.

Lovely

Not to be hurt and bitter or anything....... but I thought this topic would generate a lot more interest because of all the Brits on this group? Or are all you guys Fish and Chip lovers?

Yes they do. There's something in chili's which is addictive.

I've just got back from Madrid. 3 nights, 3 different Indian restaurants. Chicken Nawaab Special on Thursday, Chicken Balti on Friday, Murghi Bengal on Saturday. What a great city!

1 pot of madras curry paste
1 tin of tomatoes (normal housewife size)
handful of onion chopped
handful of coconut powder/dessicated
fill the curry paste pot up with water,
sweat the onions off without colour, add paste and cook for 2 mins add toms water and coconut heat until hot either pour over chicken and slap in the oven for an hour -hour and a half and enjoy with rice sweet potatoes or best chips!
used to sell shed loads of this in the chippy and when we move back into a new one shortly, will do again.
apparently tea is the drink or that mango milkshake stuff to have with really hot currys.