How curry from India conquered Britain | Edible Histories Episode 6 | BBC Ideas

‘Going for an Indian’ or ‘having a curry’ is almost as stereotypically British as roast dinners or fish and chips. So how did curry - a dish from India - come to dominate British cuisine? Here's food historian Annie Gray.

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[iamsimran]

Finally someone said that not all indian dishes are termed as 'curry'. I'm tired of people who call every cooked indian meal as 'curry'

[alexyang]

Fun fact: if you go to india and ask for curry, they’d be throughly confused

[a.m.karthick]

If a culture has so many receipes for vegetarians cuisines will be only in India no other place has so much variety of dishes for vegetarians.

[doomfan]

Curry is a British word.
*Kari* is the actual word for the dish.
And btw, I recommend you see most popular Indian dishes and as a Brit you'll be surprised what they are

[seanhershey]

So, basically the way Chinese food has been "Americanized" in the US

[Grey-irmb]

In my family we eat curry like 4 days a week. Im not even complaining. curry is delicious.

[globalcitizenn]

“Long time traders” is one way to call colonialism. India had traded with China, Middle East, Africa for centuries but Europe didn’t trade harmoniously, they were colonisers

[ashutoshrajput]

I am Indian and I am here by searching
"What is curry"

[Yasin_]

2:18 That’s very true. Bangladeshi Sylhettis introduced Indian Restaurant Chains in the UK, however they’re not called Bangladeshi Restaurants though

[KrasMazovHatesYourGuts]

I'm honestly a little jealous of my British friends on this subject: As an American it's not nearly as easy to get good Indian food on this side of the pond, whereas over there it seems incredibly easy.

[QuestionEverythingButWHY]

"There is no love sincerer than the love of food."
--George Bernard Shaw

[Ryusuta]

"We've grown out of wanting so hot it will hospitalize us."

Me, eating a curry with dried Carolina Reaper peppers in it as I watch: "Uh. Yeah. Sure."

[azury]

How do you come up with these ideas?

I love them

[daimaoza]

Me watching this as a fully trained and qualified Indian chef ...
As I am opening up fine dining take away soon

[DrBrunoRecipes]

Lovely! and thank you very much for the historical facts which I never knew. Have a lovely day!

[davethursfield]

So refreshing to hear English spoken so nicely. I would watch this channel just to hear your voice.

[QuestionEverythingButWHY]

"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world."
--J.R.R. Tolkien

[euphoric]

Curry in india is a dish made by curd, gram flour with pakoda 😂😂😂

[ekamsat]

The immense complexity of Indian cuisine comes from its dozen or so very different climatic zones. The peninsular half of India has a richer diversity of ingredients due to its subtropical and tropical ecosystems (say, the variety of freshwater fish from the Bengal river delta). However, it is also more difficult to reproduce outside India. Hence, up to first order approximation, we curry on.

[deanj.w.ferris]

I always love authentic Indian food. Not half hearted western style. So much better!