Curries

🇹🇿Tanzania

Mchuzi wa Samaki

Fish simmered in a coconut milk curry with tomato, tamarind, garlic and curry spices.

🇮🇳Kerala, India

Meen Curry

മീൻ കറി

A Kerala fish curry made with coconut, tamarind, and spices. It is a staple along the Malabar coast.

🇮🇳India

Methi Malai Matar

मेथी मलाई मटर

A creamy North Indian curry with fenugreek leaves, green peas, and cream. It has a mildly bitter and sweet flavor profile.

🇮🇳Hyderabad, India

Mirchi Ka Salan

मिर्ची का सालन

A Hyderabadi curry of green chilies in a peanut-sesame-tamarind gravy. It is served with biryani.

🇮🇳Maharashtra, India

Misal Pav

मिसळ पाव

A Maharashtrian breakfast of spicy sprouted bean curry topped with farsan and served with bread rolls. It is tangy and crunchy.

🇮🇳India

Mor Kuzhambu

மோர் குழம்பு

A South Indian yogurt-based curry with vegetables, similar to kadhi. It is cooling and tangy, served with rice.

🇸🇷Suriname

Murgi Talkari

Murgi talkari is Surinamese chicken simmered with onion, tomato, garlic and masala until the sauce clings to tender pieces.

🇮🇳Jammu and Kashmir, India

Nadru yakhni (Lotus root curry)

नद्रू यख़नी

Lotus stem is simmered in a yogurt and fennel broth with mild Kashmiri spices.

🇵🇰Peshawar, Pakistan

Namkeen Karahi

نمکین کڑاہی

Lamb or beef cooked in a karahi with animal fat, salt, green chilli and tomato only, with no spice blend at all.

🇰🇲Comoros

Octopus Curry

Cari de Poulpe

Octopus simmered in a coconut-based curry with Comorian spices; especially popular during the octopus fishing season openings around the islands.

🇲🇺Mauritius

Octopus Curry

Cari ourite

Octopus tenderised and stewed with tomato, garlic, curry leaves and thyme until the tentacles are soft enough to cut with a spoon.

🇮🇳Kerala, India

Olan

ഓളൻ

A mild Kerala curry made with white gourd, cowpeas, and coconut milk. It is part of the traditional sadya.

🇹🇭Thailand

Panang Curry

แกงพะแนง

Thick, dry-style curry with beef or chicken, kaffir lime leaves, and a rich coconut-cream base.

🇮🇳Rajasthan, India

Papad Ki Sabzi

पापड़ की सब्जी

A Rajasthani curry made with roasted papad pieces in a yogurt gravy. It is a quick, comforting dish using leftover papads.

🇮🇳Kerala, India

Parippu Curry

പരിപ്പ് കറി

A Kerala-style plain moong dal curry with coconut. It is the first dish served in a sadya.

🇮🇳India

Pasanda

پسندہ

Flattened, marinated meat is browned and folded into a rich onion, yogurt, and spice gravy, part of the Mughal and North Indian-Pakistani continuum.

🇲🇿Mozambique

Peanut Curry

Caril de amendoim

Chicken or beef stewed in a thick sauce of ground roasted peanuts, tomato and coconut milk.

🇬🇧Birmingham, United Kingdom

Phall

Phall is an exceptionally hot British curry of meat, tomato, and large amounts of chilli.

🇹🇭Phuket, Thailand

Phuket-Style Crab Curry

แกงปูใบชะพลู

Phuket crab curry, the Southern yellow-curry crab of Phuket's old-town restaurants, is a named regional dish.

🇧🇳Brunei

Pineapple Curry

Pajeri Nanas

Pineapple cooked in a spiced coconut curry with turmeric and chilli. Pajeri Nanas is a named Bruneian preparation within the shared Malay curry tradition, balancing sweet-tart fruit against savoury spice.

🇮🇳Maharashtra, India

Pithla Bhakri

पिठलं भाकरी

A rustic Maharashtrian meal of thick gram flour curry and jowar flatbread. It is comfort food in rural areas.

🇲🇲Myanmar

Pork Curry

ဝက်သားစီပြန်

Pork belly braised slowly with onion, garlic, ginger, turmeric and chilli in peanut oil until the oil separates and floats clear on top.

🇲🇴Macao

Portuguese Chicken

Galinha à Portuguesa

Macanese coconut-curry chicken; chicken cooked in a coconut milk and curry sauce; softer and creamier than African chicken; a Macanese fusion dish; served with rice or potatoes; the Portuguese chicken that is a Macanese comfort classic.

🇧🇩West Bengal, Bangladesh

Prawn Coconut Curry

চিংড়ি মালাইকারি

Large river prawns simmered in coconut milk with ginger, garam masala and a little sugar into a pale, faintly sweet gravy.

🇲🇿Mozambique

Prawn Curry

Caril de camarão

Prawns cooked in a coconut milk curry with tomato, onion, turmeric and piri-piri, the Indian Ocean trade written into one pot.

🇹🇿Zanzibar City, Tanzania

Pweza wa Nazi

Octopus simmered slowly in coconut milk with curry spices, tamarind and chilli until tender.

🇮🇳India

Railway mutton curry

রেলওয়ে মাটন কারি

Mutton is braised with onion, tomato, and whole spices into the Anglo-Indian curry served along railway routes.

🇹🇭Thailand

Red Curry

แกงแดง

Aromatic red curry paste with coconut milk, meat, bamboo shoots, and Thai basil.

🇸🇨Seychelles

Red Lentil Dahl

Red lentils cooked down with vegetable stock, seasoned with garlic and ginger; enjoyed as a side dish, often eaten with curry, fish, or salad; many add potatoes, tomatoes, or yoghurt; easy to make in large batches for several meals; a staple of Seychellois Creole cuisine reflecting Indian influence.

🇧🇳West Sumatra, Brunei

Rendang

Beef Rendang

World-famous slow-cooked beef curry with coconut milk and spices from Minangkabau cuisine

🇲🇾Perak, Malaysia

Rendang Tok

Premium version of rendang from Perak, made with specific spice blend and cooked longer for drier texture, very dry with intense concentrated flavors.

🇷🇪Reunion

Reunionese Chicken Cari

Carri Poulet

Réunion cari is a turmeric-scented Creole method of simmering meat, poultry, fish, or seafood with onion, garlic, ginger, thyme, and local spices, served with rice, legumes, and rougail.

🇮🇩Indonesia

Rice Cake Vegetable Curry

Lontong Sayur

Lontong rice cakes in coconut milk vegetable curry with jackfruit, tofu, and beef, a Betawi breakfast staple.

🇰🇮Kiribati

Roasted Lobster Tails with Coconut Curry Dipping Sauce

Lobster tails drizzled with oil and baked, served with a creamy dipping sauce made from coconut milk, curry powder, turmeric, and spices; one of the dishes TasteAtlas lists for Kiribati; a feast dish that showcases the abundance of spiny lobster in Kiribati waters; the coconut curry sauce adds richness and warmth.

🇮🇳Jammu and Kashmir, India

Rogan Josh

रोगन जोश

A slow-cooked lamb curry from Kashmir, colored deep red by Kashmiri chilies and flavored with fennel, ginger, and rattan jot. It is aromatic rather than overly hot.

🇱🇨Saint Lucia

Saint Lucian Curried Goat

Curried Goat

Goat meat curried with local spices, onions, and potatoes; a popular dish in Saint Lucia; reflects the Indian influence on the island's cuisine; served with roti or rice; the curried goat of Saint Lucia; a Caribbean-Indian fusion; a hearty, spicy main dish.