Curries

🇮🇳India

Aamti

आमटी

A Maharashtrian sweet-sour lentil curry with tamarind and jaggery. It is served with rice or puran poli.

🇰🇲Comoros

Akoho sy Voanio

Chicken pieces simmered in coconut milk with onions, tomatoes, ginger, garlic, turmeric, and cumin; a Malagasy-origin dish slow-cooked until the sauce reduces to a thick golden gravy; a beloved Comorian chicken curry.

🇫🇯Fiji

Aloo Boda Tarkari

Aloo boda tarkari combines fried split-pea fritters with potato and spices in a thick Fijian curry; the fritters soften as they absorb the turmeric-scented gravy.

🇳🇵Nepal

Aloo Tama

आलु तामा

Potatoes and fermented bamboo shoots simmer with tomato, chilli, and spices in a sour Nepali curry.

🇰🇲Comoros

Ambravadz o Curry

Pigeon peas simmered in coconut milk with onions, garlic, ginger, cardamom, cumin, turmeric, and tomatoes; a protein-rich legume curry and a staple of the Comorian diet.

🇮🇳Andhra Pradesh, India

Andhra Chicken Curry

ఆంధ్ర కోడి కూర

A fiery chicken curry from Andhra Pradesh made with guntur chilies and poppy seeds. It is very spicy and flavorful.

🇮🇳Kerala, India

Avial

அவியல்

A Kerala mixed vegetable curry made with coconut, yogurt, and curry leaves. It is a key dish in a traditional sadya feast.

🇮🇳Hyderabad, India

Baghara Baingan

बघारा बैंगन

A Hyderabadi eggplant curry with peanuts, sesame seeds, and tamarind. It has a rich, tangy flavor.

🇬🇧Birmingham, United Kingdom

Balti

A fast-cooked curry made and served in a pressed steel bowl, eaten with a table-sized naan rather than rice.

🇮🇳Nagaland, India

Bamboo Shoot Pork

A Naga dish of pork simmered with fermented bamboo shoots.

🇧🇩West Bengal, Bangladesh

Bengali Fish Curry

মাছের ঝোল

Everyday fish curry of rohu or catla in a thin turmeric, cumin and green-chilli gravy with potato and sometimes aubergine.

🇲🇻Maldives

Bis Riha

ބިސް ރިހަ

Maldivian boiled egg curry — hardboiled eggs simmered in a spiced coconut milk gravy with onion, curry leaves, and chili, eaten with roshi or rice.

🇱🇰Sri Lanka

Black Pork Curry

කළු ඌරු මස්

Pork cooked with roasted dark curry powder, goraka and pepper until the gravy goes almost black and clings to the meat.

🇱🇰Sri Lanka

Breadfruit Curry

දෙළල් කරි

Breadfruit cut into chunks and simmered in coconut milk with roasted curry powder, pandan and turmeric until the pieces go soft and golden and the gravy thickens.

🇲🇲Myanmar

Burmese Chicken Curry

ကြက်သားဟင်း

Chicken simmered with onion, garlic, ginger, turmeric, paprika and fish sauce until the gravy reduces and the oil separates; potatoes are often added.

🇲🇲Myanmar

Burmese Egg Curry

ကြက်ဥဟင်း

Hard-boiled eggs fried until blistered, then simmered in an onion, tomato and tamarind gravy that stays sour rather than rich.

🇮🇳Delhi, India

Butter Chicken

मुर्ग़ मक्खनी

Tandoor-cooked chicken in a rich tomato, butter, and cream sauce. Created in Delhi in the 1950s, it is one of India's most internationally famous dishes.

🇻🇳Vietnam

Ca Ri Ga

Cà ri gà

Vietnamese chicken curry with chicken, potatoes, carrots, and sweet potato in a fragrant coconut curry broth, served with baguette or rice.

🇿🇦Cape Town, South Africa

Cape Malay Curry

Cape Maleier curry

A South African curry of Indonesian/Malay origin, mild and fruity with cinnamon, cardamom, and dried fruit. A Cape Town and Western Cape specialty, sweet-savory and aromatic, a national and cultural classic

🇷🇪Reunion

Cari Jaque au Boucané

Cari Jaque au Boucané is a Réunion curry of green jackfruit cooked with smoked pork, onion, garlic, turmeric, and Creole spices until the fruit turns tender and savoury.

🇱🇰Sri Lanka

Cashew Curry

කජු කරි

Raw cashews soaked and simmered gently in a mild coconut milk gravy with turmeric and pandan until they turn soft and creamy.

🇮🇳India

Chana Masala

छोले

A North Indian curry of chickpeas cooked in a spicy tomato-onion gravy with ginger, garlic, and chana masala spice blend. It is the base for chole bhature.

🇮🇳Tamil Nadu, India

Chicken Chettinad

செட்டிநாட் கோழி

A fiery chicken curry from the Chettinad region of Tamil Nadu, made with black pepper, fennel, and freshly ground spices.

🇬🇵Guadeloupe

Chicken Colombo

Colombo de Poulet

Guadeloupe's signature dish; chicken simmered with Colombo powder (turmeric, coriander, cumin, fenugreek, mustard seed) and root vegetables; a spicy stew reflecting Indian influence brought by indentured workers in the 19th century; served with rice and black-eyed peas; the colombo that defines Guadeloupean cuisine.

🇲🇶Martinique

Chicken Colombo

Colombo de Poulet

Martinique's signature dish; chicken simmered with Colombo powder (turmeric, cumin, coriander, mustard seeds) and vegetables like eggplant or yam; a Creole curry of Indian origin; served with rice or plantains; the colombo that defines Martinican cuisine.

🇵🇰Pakistan

Chicken Karahi

مرغ کڑاہی

Chicken cooked hard in a wok-shaped karahi with tomato, ginger, green chilli and little else, finished with crushed coriander seed.

🇵🇰Lahore, Pakistan

Chicken Lahori

چکن لاہوری

Chicken cooked with yoghurt, tomato, black pepper and a great deal of ginger until the gravy clings, finished with fresh coriander.

🇬🇧United Kingdom

Chicken Tikka Masala

चिकन टिक्का मसाला

Grilled marinated chicken pieces in a mild creamy tomato sauce coloured orange-red, worked out in Britain's Indian restaurants rather than in India.

🇮🇳Punjab, India

Chole Bhature

छोले भटूरे

A Punjabi breakfast of spicy chickpea curry with deep-fried bhaturas. It is rich, indulgent, and popular across North India.

🇱🇰Sri Lanka

Coconut Milk Gravy

කිරි හොදි

A thin, pale coconut milk gravy with turmeric, onion, green chilli, curry leaf and a sharp squeeze of lime, poured over string hoppers and rice.

🇮🇩Central Java, Indonesia

Cow Skin Curry

Krecek

Crispy cow skin curry in spicy coconut sauce, served with gudeg, chewy and spicy.

🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago

Curried Crab and Dumplings

Blue crab curried in coconut milk with plump boiled flour dumplings dropped into the sauce.

🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago

Curry Duck

Duck seasoned overnight with green seasoning, then curried hard with geera and pepper until the sauce clings to the bone.

🇯🇲Jamaica

Curry Goat

Goat on the bone browned with Jamaican curry powder, scotch bonnet, pimento and thyme, then stewed until the meat falls off and the sauce thickens.

🇯🇵Japan

Curry Pan

カレーパン

A deep-fried bread roll filled with spicy Japanese curry, crisp outside, molten inside.

🇸🇨Seychelles

Curry Pili

A Seychellois curry sharpened with local chili, garlic and Creole aromatics.