WTF is Curry?!? | Chef KEITH SARASIN explains how INDIAN CURRY changed the world!
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Webster’s Dictionary Defines Curry as….
a food, dish, or sauce in Indian cuisine seasoned with a mixture of pungent spices
MASSIVE SIGH. Here we gooo….
Curry means something different depending on who you are talking to….
… and it pissed people off depending on who you are talking to
I am hard-pressed to find a word that evokes so much emotion from people pertaining to their food… And well… Rightfully so..
Here is why….
The word “curry” is an anglicized form of the Tamil: கறி kaṟi meaning 'sauce' or 'relish for rice' that uses the leaves of the curry tree
The word Kari is also used in other Dravidian languages, namely in Malayalam, Kannada, and Kodava with the meaning of "vegetables (or meat) of any kind (raw or boiled), curry".
Archaeological evidence dating to 2600 BCE suggests the use of mortar and pestle to pound spices and flavor food.
The original curry pre-dates Europeans' presence in India by about 4,000 years.
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Chef Keith’s exciting take on Indian cuisine uses his passion for the spices and flavors of the Indian subcontinent with fresh, seasonal ingredients from New England farms to create a dining experience like no other.
Years ago, he dipped a charred piece of bread into a rich gravy that soaked each crumb like a sponge. He raised it to his mouth and closed his eyes, and that is where his journey began.
Chef Keith is a three-time author, restauranteur, and public speaker who grew up in a small city in New Hampshire in the United States. Growing up in kitchens, he learned how to cook from many amazing western chefs. Each chef would impart the knowledge passed down to them by their mentors. It wasn’t until much later in life that he would try his first bite of Indian food. He began learning under an Indian home cook and went on to study with food archeologists and historians from across India.
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Hey Chef,
You really do a hell lot of reasearch. There is so much history in our cuisine, but we take it all as granted. Thank you for this wonderful and informative video.
In the eastern region, mainly in Bengali, Assamese & Odia and also, if I'm not wrong, in Bihar & Nepal as well, we use the term "Jhol/Jhul". It's mainly used for the light stew kind of gravies. For example, the famous "Maacher Jhol" in Bengali, "Maasor Jhul" in Assamese (otherwise called "Belaahi Tengat diya Maas" - Fish in Sour tomato gravy)
I'm Assamese, we also use "Tor Kari" which is normally used for the gravy with lots going on with multiple ingredients. Also, prevalent in the muslim families, they call it "Surwa" - specifically used only for the gravy, minus the veg/meat in it.
In Kerala kerri seems to indicate pickle, some Mallu please do weigh in, and put us on track! In the saraswat community of Mangalore, Saar kadhi is a thick coconut based accompaniment for rice, flavoured with astonishing spices. Including the fried rind of pomegranate. So, please don't explain "curry" so facilely. It's something that the colonising Brits came up with to cover what they were not equipped to understand
In maharashtra, gravy or the liquid that floats on the surface of garvy dish is called tarri😋😋😋 most tastiest heaven nirvana😋😋😋
@@vinithagodbole6321 yup, specially of any non veg dish. Goes best with plain steamed rice, specially if it’s a fish curry.😛
@@gitadasgupta7488 actually after having seen many of the states and having had food in some of interior far flung places (call it occupational hazard) the “Kadi” has many many variations depending on the climatic condition and regional palate.
Kadi variations which I have had,
- In Rajasthan, in the middle of the Thar, at 50 deg C, nothing goes better than a light consistency with raw mango. This variation you’ll find it towards Lunkaransar. In Jaisalmer it’s normal but not very thick. Towards Jodhpur and Barmer, there is a slight influence of the Gujarati varient, less yellow and at times a little sweet. As for the Marwari community, it’s just like normal variations you find in Punjab, Haryana and UP, similar thick consistency with just different tadkas.
Coming to Gujarat, as most of their traditional dishes, it’s a little sweet and whitish. Also a little thin consistency if, I remember it correctly. Gujaratis love to have sweet. A little sweet dal, besan burfi with meal. Imagine my surprise when trying it for the first time in a home at Modhera near Mehsana.
Haven’t really tired in Maharashtra or South India, so can’t.
The thing is most of the restaurant make things which is more popular and palatable to the mass. Hence, best place to try out thing is in a small dhaba in some interior roads. You’ll get the real taste.
@@junaid42465 going to Google kadhi with raw mango. Sounds wonderful!!
Living in the northern part of India 🇮🇳 and influenced by Dogra, Punjabi, Kashmiri, Rajasthani etc etc cuisine one word that is quite usual to hear and use is ‘Kadhna’ means to boil. So in simple terms Kadhna means to boil anything with or without spices to cook it to clear its rawness. From the word Kadhi a very popular North Indian dish called pakora kadhi originated. Kadhi pakora is one famous dish to have here. From north to south there is difference in similarities and may be similarities in differences. That’s how may be PARANTHA becomes PAROTTA and KADHI becomes KARI. May be, who knows! But yes u did also beautifully described curry from your knowledge and that is really appreciable. Really loved that.
I love this!! Thank you for sharing! I didn’t know the word kadhna so thank you for teaching me.
As an Indian Bengali, we grew up without ever hearing any references to “curry” in our household. Only dish that came close is known as “chingri mach’er malai kari” (aka prawn cooked in coconut milk). Bengalis eat various kinds of preparations - chechki, ghonto, charchari, bhaja, jhol, Kosha and so on. Each refers to a different way of cooking (dry stir fry, mash, fried, sauce, reduction, and so on). I grew up in Karnataka in the south, and again hardly ever heard the term “curry” used. Instead used the terms “palya, gojju, saru, etc). Similar is the story of every other regional cuisine of India. Hardly any “curry” - plenty of very specific terminology to refer to specific ways in which the food is prepared and served.
Truth be told, there are hardly any restaurants proper in the west that serve “Indian food”. It’s usually Mughal, Punjabi, or South Indian food.
Thank you SOoooooo much for sharing this and this comment. I have such a deep love for BENGALI cuisine and some of these dishes made me smile.
Thanks for being here.
I was about to point out the same but you did that well already. Yes the word "curry" is almost non-existent in native lingo, only one word I can think of is 'tarkari' which essentially means cooked vegetables with or without gravy base, but it is also sometimes used for nonveg items. Ya it's very difficult to establish the true usage of the word 'curry'. It's best to use the original native term as 'jhol', 'palya' etc.
Absolutely right, in most Indian households we hardly ever the word curry but I think Keith got the history and the use of word curry correct
Whenever i see a Japanese , Indonesian , Korean etc people selling so called curry roux in blocks ... my heart just wants to attain nirvana.. Hate the word so much its absolute cringe.. ohhhh the Brits.. Meanwhile the west is stuck in chai tea, butter chicken, paneer butter masala, any veg/non veg curry, vindaloo, naan bread, lassi, samosa with green and red chutney but it becomes sauce, pakoda, rosogolla pretty much sums up Indian food if some are lucky enough to get something else that they know some gets bhaji, chicken tikka, daal makhni, gulab jamun, dosa and idli.. for the sake of reaction videos some have started noticing Biryani.. and my heart cries.. 🤣
With reaction channels some have tasted puri, pani puri, sev, vada pao, etc
I do understand India is not that good at making western or south east asian foods, i am talking about home kitchen. But if only the world could just stop saying curry and spicy to everything Indian. 😁
Being a Bengali watching people eat canned cold roshogolla ... just.. cry ... cuz the only video reaction will be " it tastes like soaked sponge. "
Surprisingly even some racists calls Indians as dirty, smelly , scammer, curry people etc... That does not even makes sense... If they really wannabe racist atleast be a proper one.. But... brain is not their strong point... so.. 🤣
I love these videos!!! I watch them for the history! Making me want to increase my lessons on India in my Freshman Geography course I teach. Keep up your amazing work Chef!
Love you buddy. Thank you soo much
Thanks chef for this video....as an indian I really appreciate you making this video. We Indians love our food and It hurts when people combine such a versatile and vibrant cuisine in one word.....People give so much respect to French cuisine...Italian Cuisines ..chinese cuisines. It feels so bad when versatility of 36 different cuisine which make Indian palate are termed as Curry....To me this word is insulting to every Indian who loves his heritage and food.....so again Thanks a lot for making this video!!...also I could never love this word...but I understand your point
Thanks so much for your comment!
Can you believe? Most of the Indian things and people are misunderstood because most of the people who are not Indian, are not able to digest such a vast variety. For example, Indians are often asked "do you speak "Indian" at home?" Like, India has 22 official languages but none of them is named "Indian". Then, "do you eat curry at home"? 🤦🏻♀️ All these questions literally piss us Indians off. Especially related to our cuisine. You are the first one who knows so much about Indian food and cuisine. 👍🏻❣️🇮🇳
I know. In some cases its ignorance and others it is sheer laziness cos you don't want to delve deep. This happens everywhere. When I was young( I am 50 now) I used to stay in Bengal cos my father was posted there. I am a Kannadiga and the Bengalis would ask: Don't you Madrasis eat Idli dosa everyday? They really didn't know and couldn't grasp that South India consists of 4 different states with diverse languages, cultures and cuisine.
Thank you for your comment and for sharing here. Like all things, ignorance is the key. It’s easier for people to use a general word to explain rather than take the time to listen and learn.
@@akankshapatwari4167 I can feel it. I am basically from north but settled in Karnataka.
My Kannadiga friend literally asked me if I eat potatos in every meal after making a trip to Rajasthan. So mostly it's not being aware.
Some ways our education system is also to be blamed. Never being taught about different cuisines and traditions of other states.
@@bapparawal2457 I can understand. I have a very cosmopolitan upbringing. So I find this chauvinism or ignorance funny. I am a Kannadiga who spent her childhood in Bengal, her youth in Hyderabad and am now in Bangalore with a pitstop in Delhi and Madras.
@@chefKeithSarasin yeah you are right. But experience teaches. Just like you. You earlier didnt know much about Indian culture but surprisingly after having experiences you know very much about Indian cuisine even more than some Indians. So keep it up. Keep growing. Always in your support buddy 👍🏻🇮🇳❣️
Chef KS..
You did an excellent job in defining, describing, and disseminating so much knowledge associated with the word, "curry". As a Sri Lankan American I have grown up with curry cuisine my entire life. Yet, I am challenged and am stuck for words to explain to my fellow Americans what:"curry " is and the complexity of curry cuisine.
Thanks for doing a masterful job explaing "curry" and if I may, use your words to explain it to my friends and family!!
Now, let me get back to my mortar and pestle, I have some ginger and garlic paste to mash!!!😊
Haha Ty my friend
Thanks a ton for this video!
Whenever I hear "Indian curry" (which I hear only in videos of Western people) , I can't relate because we don't use that word. I only get reminded of "curry leaves" 😀
Thanks for watching!
As a Himachali who spent most of my childhood in Middle East, I never heard the word “curry” till I became a teenager and started going to a new school that had a lot of kids from “The West”. In fact for a couple of months I thought kids were mispronouncing the word Kadhi - a dish made in North and West India using buttermilk and besan ( black gram flour) and allowed to boil - as curry. But a classmate told me what they meant and I remember feeling confused and a bit annoyed. What confused me was that they would call me a “curry pot” or “curry muncher” or say that my skin was like curry but when we got Indian lunches on Thursdays, they would be right in front of the queue. And what annoyed me was what they called curry was not even curry but instead dal or sambar or rasum or aloo-gobhi or Korma or something else.
And now I live in New Zealand and its the same thing here. My non-Indian colleagues/friends would say the want to eat a curry and order chicken tikka masala or paneer bhurji or dal makhni or okra vegetable or worse sambar-idli and my brains would just explode 🤯. I initially tried correcting them but that didn’t work so now I have given up.
Hey there. I’m sorry you experienced this. It’s bullshit and people can be cruel at times.
I think it’s all about fear. People fear what they don’t know and this community we are trying to build education
I also kept thinking about it. Kadhi a sweet and sour gravy with fried dumplings or fritters has become a curry for the world.
@@CeCeMi5 sure did
Dude totally get you... Stereotyping Indian cuisines as curry is like calling Italian cuisine as just cheese. Completely over simplified and inaccurate. Many dishes that get stereotyped as curry may not even have curry leaves...
@@nikhilsaisharma yes!!!! You rock my friend
Meaning of the word in Curry and curry leaves are totally different. When we say curry leaves it comes from tamil "karu veppilai" Which means "black" neem. And in curry it means for vegetables kai"kari" and meat "kari" (Mutton-aatu-kari,chicken-kozhi kari)or the stew out of them that accompanies rice.
Curry in curry leaves means black (the color) and not the dish
Absolutely
I'm pretty sure Kari means roasted or burnt. Luke Karikala Chozhan i.e. roasted leg Chozhan. It became a food term when spices were roasted in the fire before being powdered.
@@diablodelfuego6633 I'm a speaker of tamil kari means meat that's one word(கறி) the second letter is for sound " ri" The kari in karikala cholan is கரி this word comes from the word "karuppu" -> kari which means black கருப்பு->கரி. So they are both different words the sound has some difference too but in English people don't pronounce it correctly since they have only one r sound. Also in curry leaves the kari for black is used (கரு-வேப்பில்லை) 'ka-ru' again coming from karuppu meaning black. Since there are two r's in tamil they are both different words and mean different things
@@diablodelfuego6633 traditionally people never roastes the spoces they're always sun dried roasting just came a few decades ago. Even I remember drying out spices to be powdered which is the usual scene at our home
The Tamil word “Kuzhambu” (the “zh” sounds like “l” almost) means gravy or broth. So if somebody wants a meat gravy, they would say Kari Kuzhambu and to describe what meat it is, they would say Kozhi Kari (chicken) or Aatu Kari (mutton). Maybe the Brits assumed that Kari means gravy rather than Kozhambu.
love how much thought has gone into what you are saying and love you're appreciation for Indian food
Thank you sooo much for your support and for watching.
Finally, this is so important. Thank you for a much needed clarification.
Thank you for watching!! :)
@@chefKeithSarasin thank you for your lightning responses, :)
Its like applying a label ( like punk or grunge ) to a piece of music to define its genre. Very subjective and depending what experience you have of music and with what retrospective you have.
This is sooo true
In central india curry refers to kadhi
Which is a sour spicy and sweet stew made from buttermilk (which is usually extracted on the day we make ghee)
Wow man, you've really did a good research. Really impressed and you seem to be under-rated. Hope you get more views!
Thanks so much
Man, your intense knowledge is very applauding 🙏🇮🇳.
Thank you so much. I’m just a nerd haha
You are doing a tremendous job Chef, respect, it seems you have an Indian soul, as an Indian even I didn't know so much about our food history, you're taking us back to school again with all your rsearch. Keep up the great work.
Thank you my friend. I really appreciate these words more than you know.
The one and only Indian dish to which I add the word Curry is Egg Curry. I do not know of any cuisine that has a dish with eggs in a gravy. Yes, Gravy. Indians also use the word gravy in the sense curry is used in the West where gravy is something completely different. I also used to wonder whether a dish Kadhi (made with chickpea flour and buttermilk with pakoras) had any contribution to the word Curry.
I think Ethiopians, south east Asians and south Asian countries have egg curry too
@@AS-jo8qh I agree. I have had egg curries in Malaysia and Singapore, but they were Tamil-Malay fusion restaurants so I guess they had an influence. However, I totally agree on the Ethiopian cuisine thing. There’s this Ethiopian restaurant Blue Nile in downtown Houston. I tried their family style platter ( year 2013) ; Egg curry was served and Chicken Curry as well… it tasted like I was eating at my home. I have no qualms with the word curry (Rassa) as long as the consistency is thin and flowing. If it is thick, it’s Gravy.
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Thank you sir for the insights . It pains me when I hear the word curry being used generally for Indian dishes , there is so much love and passion in preparing our dishes . You spoke about the aatma in one of your videos and that is what differentiates one good dish from an ordinary tasting one. At my place we immediately connect a person with his or her love for us by the food they have made for us, it can be a simple daal chawal but I bet no two people will make the similar tasting daal chawl inspite of same ingredients, that is where the aatma part comes in.
Namaskar bhai. I love what you wrote here. Thank you so much for being here.
Beautiful explanation
Thank you!
We love u bro 🙏 ty for this beautiful explanation.. ❤️❤️ hope now people can understand clearly.. 🙏❤️
Hope so
Another great video chef keith Sarasin
Thank you Iris ji.
As being Marathi and from Maharashtra, most of us know this term Carry from "Cadhi".
people living in village would ofter make this dish "Cadhi" which kinda look like daal and soup, made up of 'Taak' or 'Chhach' or butter milk, with handmade spices.
you can check below recipe for quick reference-
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Yes!!! You find a similar thing in Gujarati cuisine
@@chefKeithSarasin you get this through out India with different names,with little different versions.in Karnataka we call majjige huli or majjige saaru
Really dig the deep dive. My roots are from South India, though my dad was born and raised in Malaysia. I was born and raised in Canada, and went to India for the first time in 2017. Had to have a chuckle when you pronounced Malayalam, and Kannada! Cheers man, thanks for the lesson 👍
Hey! Thanks so much for watching!! Means a lot.
Most of the people from west India like Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat and Rajasthan we usually use the term GRAVY added to any Vegetable or non veg dish which makes it add on to the Dish. Otherwise it's also a dry, boiled or fried dish without the Gravy. So Gravy can go for Curry 🥘 🤔 hope it highlights something. Thanks Keith for adding knowledge to the Topic. 👍🏼
I can relate to the time being called out as curry in the wrong way during middle school. Thank you for calling that out, it was kinda traumatizing then as a kid
I’m sorry. Kids can be awful at times and you never deserved this.
Thanks for the info. Interesting!
Thank you!
I think if you make a small cooking show along with this mind blowing history in our cuisine, these videos would attract a lot of people and your channel would grow exponentially. Although I believe you must have your own style, however who doesn't love drooling all over the food, you are sharing amazing facts about. :)
Thanks. I like this format so far but I have a tonnnnn more coming
loving your channel
Thank you sooo sooo much! Seriously.
I really like the fact how you seem so positive in your videos . I think Indians need to also learn to express our own culture better. We have the biggest dispora in the world. And yet we let these past definitions given by others continue to define us. One day we will surely change it.
I think if we all adopted the spirit of love rather than emotional over reaction, we would be in a much better place.
Dude I love you bro!
I am born and raised in Canada but my parents are immigrants of Tamil descent.
I used to get made fun of for eating curry when I was young. When I grew up to be tougher I owned it though if someone made fun of me for eating curry i would respond "ofcourse I love slow cooked meat in a blend of spices! You should try it too".
Dude you said that you will never know what I went through but you still managed to connect with me personally on this video. I highly respect and appreciate the effort you put into this well made video. Very well informative too. I showed it to my parents. They were especially impressed when you said food is apart of Aatma.
Awesome vid bro. Much love from Canada
Oh man. Thank you for all this. I love it
Sirji, totally agree with your last thought, its upto us
Thank you!!!
In ancient Davidian language 'Pali prakrta' the word 'kaari' means something cooked and 'tarkari' in bengali means cooked vegetables or now a days anything cooked termed as tarkari. Curry leaves got it's name by randomly use of it by south Indians in most of their recipes. North Indians term the word 'sabji' for anything cooked but 'sabji' actually means vegetables in Sanskrit language but folk took that word for anything cooked Thank you.
And your efforts are appreciable.
"cravability". So true. So very true.
I love your every video you pour in..... Live from India
♥️♥️♥️♥️Ty my friend. Sooo much
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You are Indian by heart❤️
Awww thank you my friend
I never miss your videos 😁
Woo!! Thank you sooooo much. I mean that
Growing up in a typical north indian vegetarian family, curry basically meant "kadhi", which is a specific dish with watered curd and chickpea flour as the base. The variations might be aloo kadhi, kadhi pakora, saadi (plain) kadhi. But the bas remains the same. I still have a hard time getting used to the word "curry". Where I come from, we have different words for different types of sabzi. Dry vegetables are "sukhi sabzi", vegetables with some gravy are "latpati sabzi", and vegetables with a lot of gravy sometimes runny as well are "rasedar sabzi"
ahh yes :) I love kadhi!!
Great video dear sir❤
Thanks a lot my friend! 🙏🏻
In general we can say The Curry is simply a accomplishment with plain staple cooked rice, grains or rotis etc
I love the word craveable
Haha me too!
Every Indian state has its own version of the flavourful curry and each stands out. Being from eastern India we generally use the term JHOL instead of curry yet in essence it's the same. And thank you for your time in eulogizing the beauty of Indian Cuisines, though it has been underrated for long. Happy Republic Day and may everyone be blessed🙏
Thank you so much for this amazing comment
Tbh, we don't have any particular dish called "curry". I think it's the British who came up with this term and when they left India they made a sauce or gravy with some Indian spices to recreate the taste of the dished they use to have in India and named it Curry.
Dang you are undersubscribed. You are gonna be blowing up on CZcams soon
Thank you my friend. Just care more about building a community where we can all learn rather than the subscribing thing
Thank you!
You're welcome!
I know curry a dish which my mom make with curd besan (gram flour) and butter milk and pakoda in it. That is very tasty
All curry types are delicious. No matter the origin, they're all unique and delicious!
This the first time,I have seen a westerner talk sense,about Indian food!!!!
Thank you my friend!
Well said Chef. The range and variety of Indian cuisine can take you a lifetime to sample. If you're inclined to, do check out Saraswat Konkani delicacies. 👍
I will. Thank you!
@@chefKeithSarasin
There's an excellent cookbook The Konkani Saraswat Cookbook by Mrs Asha S Philar, published by Terra Firma.
Basrur Dilip thank you for suggesting saraswath konkani recipes. I'm from Kundapur.
i am indian in my 40 years living here I have never in my life seen A Vindalooo dish in any restaurant
Ultimate video.
Explanation with depth. with emotion about Curry alais KARI
Nice mate..
Cheers,
Pradeep.
Pollachi,Tamilnadu.
Thank you so much my friend!
@@chefKeithSarasin You are most welcome buddy...
Nothing but love chef❤❤❤
Same my friend
Thanks
Thank you Ji.
Koee bhat nahi
As a southern woman who has never had curry i want to know..thank you
Hey there! I really hope you try some dishes some day!! Thanks for watching and reaching out
You make some good points. Curry is not all of Indian food ie. Indian style gravies. There are many other foods like puttu, dosa, and many more non curry dishes.
Ty my friend
There is one old dish which called cuddy , it's made of curd or chhach it is eaten with rise .
Are you referring to the Gujarati kadi?
I don't have very refined tastes. I eat things like Hormel chili on white rice with shredded cheese on top & Frank's Red Hot sauce for spice. I've always liked spicy food. People often recommend that I try curry if I get the chance, but somehow, I never have... until today.
I've wondered about it for a long time. What it tastes like, how spicy it is, & what exactly it even is. I wasn't sure if it was a certain food or a seasoning mixture or what. Apparently, I'm not the only one.
Anyway, today, I had a Japanese curry ramen flavor cup noodle. (I know it's not real food, but whatever) I thought I would finally know what curry was after I ate it. After a few bites, I had more questions than I started with & no answers. I mean, it was good & I finished it all... but it wasn't spicy & wasn't much different than any other kind of food flavor. Yet, I still can't put my finger on what it is or how to describe it. It's... savory... I guess. But idk if it's meaty or vegetable-y.
So I had to ask the internet. I thought that with the experience of tasting it at least once, I could better understand an explanation. Now, I'm more at a loss than ever. Thanks for the video, though. It was... informative? There was definitely information there. 😅
When every i hear foreigners refer curry i will always say in my mind "Curry is not a specific dish like pizza"
I came here from OTR! My man Keith, you know what’s up! 👍
It is definitely one of my pet peeves, how white people call everything “curry” when even locals themselves don’t call their dishes that. I like how Indians describe the whole thing as “Curry is an umbrella term popularized by white people who couldn't be bothered to learn the actual names of our dishes” 😂
In Indonesia, we would only call a dish _kari_ or _kare_ if it has South Asian or Middle Eastern spice elements in it. Otherwise we would accept it if our many varieties of _gulai_ or _gule_ are categorized under “curry” but definitely not dishes like _rendang_ 😊I wonder if it’s the same in Thailand, as they have different dishes that white people would just call “curry” other than their many iterations of _kaeng_ 🤔
Hey!! Welcome!!!
You are spot on my friend. Brilliant comment.
Nice music used Keith.
Thanks :)
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Hey kieth
Your already INDIAN🇮🇳🎉🎉❤
LOVE YOUR VIDEO S
Thank you!! So glad to have you here!
I heard one best explanation on curry in Rick Stein episode on BBC Earth...... will share the episode link if I could find it .....
Would love to see that clip
Sir waiting for your india visit
Me too!! Haha
@@chefKeithSarasin if you come here you'll never go back. With your kind of intrigue in your ciusines, it'll be ages before you discover all of them.
@@junaid42465 can’t wait!
I do really take your word in very high regard, cause the way you know and describe the dishes nobody can....but curry is something which has been created by british, cause in India we have 'kadi'.
I agree!
Curry or Kadi as we call it is the gravy that goes with rice, If you see India the North Indian food is mostly wheat based and the food from south is mostly rice based. as Wheat grows in abundance in north and rice grows in abundance in south. Since rice on its own is not very tasty, so a curry is made that is mixed with rice. Sometimes the are vegetables or other ingredients added to give it bulk. Also in most of these curries there is a leaf that is added that is called Curry leaf. Its a mild spice, and usually few leaves of it is put in most curries or veggies, It gives a fresh taste.
Now Curry has become a generic term to define a gravy with some spices. this gravy is more liquidy so that it can be mixed with rice and eaten Its not a "dry" gravy
Perfectly explained! Thank you my friend
It's simply how British/European rulers named, "Shaivism, Vaishnavam and others..." into Hinduism,
In the same way "different dishes cooked in India" is curry according to them but for the authentic indians, we don't call it as curry!!
We call it with their own name as it should be!
Curry is basically a term from Karri-Vepillai add so much aroma and flavour to the food.
Not the pungent smell as the western processed food!
True bro
Thank you bhai!
To be made fun of a lunchbox filled with parent's love is just the harshest thing for a growing kid. I didn't knew this before. This was definitely f'd up.
The word "Curry" will remain but we can definitely change the perspective.
I agree. It’s totally F&*ked
A curry is some thing we eat with rice or Indian bread..!
if your go to restaurant in india you will never see word curry in any menu card. generally based on liquids thickness we categorize Dal, sambar, gravy
Absolutely
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In Bengali speaking region it's call 'Jhol'. Further reduced version of it is called 'Kosha' .
In Maharashtra it's called 'Tari'.
In North India there's gravy whose consistency lies in between Curry or Tari or Jhol as you may call and 'Kosha' as called in Bengal. In Bengal also there are 2 types of cooking styles used East Bengal foods (present Day Bangladesh) and West Bengal food style. Further East bengal has two variations called "Syltethi foods and Dhakaiya styles foods". You can differentiate people simply by looking at their dishes.
In North East India it's a complete different story with each states having their mutiple dishes based on ethnicity.
I LOVEEEE This! I am such a huge fan of Bengali cuisine and have made macher jhol on many occasions. From my limited understanding, jhol kind of translates to soup? Is that correct?
@@chefKeithSarasin If you take consistency into consideration then yes it's similar.
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Every part of this video is correct
Thank you :)
In our country curry doesn't mean anything, 🤔 unless you are a tourist in a restaurant maybe. Kadhi on the other hand, is a buttermilk and chickpea flour based accompaniment for rice (usually, but it isn't a rule). It can take many forms
Yes. Love Gujarati food
Wow 2600bce! That's spice.
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We don't have any dish called curry..... Can associate with a mixture of spices that's it.. Which is used in many dishes....(Different dishes will have different mixture of spices in different proportions)
Curry means 'Rassa, in marathi
It is easier to stereotype when we want to hide behind our prejudices. I think 99% of the world problems will be solved if all of take time to question and judge later.
Meanwhile, you carry on your great work Chef and keep us enlightened.
Well said. Thank you!
I think you should make the videos cooking Indian food...
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Generally anything that has gravy on it we call it curry anyways great research bro 👍
Thank you my friend. You rock
Word curry could be influenced from Telugu word koora. It is a generalized term.
The problem with curry is that it could not be essentially commercialized like pizza by the enterprise it's still the common man food
For sure!
The only curry I can think of is "kadi" With chawal
Wtf is curry so catchy title😅
Hi Keith I live in Australia. Over here this word curry is used in a very derogatory/racist way for people from sub continent. often in the workplace i have had colleagues say (quite insincerely) oh i like a bit of a curry - know what i go totally quiet and look away. If they persist and chat up on chicken curry!!! (by the way i am total vegetarian - generations of my family have been) I politely inform them that there is no dish called curry in Indian cuisine. I speak from personal experience. This is the first time i have shared it on a public social media platform like you tube.
This is sad. We “humanity” has to do better than this. We need each other. Thank you for sharing and I send you soo much love. I mean it.
Hi man I'm form Sri Lanka
I like you talk about curry
My name is Julie Sealy
Keep doing good work..
Hi there! Thank you for being here!
There is no word as curry in Indian cullinary dictionary. Yes there is word resembeling like that curry, which is 'kady'. As if kady leave or in Indian context 'kadi patta'.
Kari in Kannada is "black". We call curry leaves as "Kari Bevu". In the North, curry leaves is called "Kadi Patta". As you can see, it is the same word used with slight changes in how you say it. You'll find as many similarities as differences when you travel to all parts of India.
Sometimes I feel that it is problematic to even associate dishes to a particular region in India. Because I have found the same dishes that I find in the South, in the North too, under different names. So when you say that this particular dish belongs to this region, you aren't actually being accurate. You could instead say that the dish is "popular" in this region. That makes more sense to me.
Like Finger Millet or Ragi is called Mandua in North. Especially in the mountain regions of Himachal and Uttarakhand. Mandua ki Roti. But in South, in Karnataka, it is called Ragi Roti. So which region would you associate this with? Same with Parantha and Parotta. You can discuss the origins of the dish but it isn't exclusive to a particular region. At least not anymore. It just has different names.
Also since we have the same cultural background, our recipes are similar too. The variations (ingredients/preparation) are region specific. But the core remains the same. We all use the same set of spices. Be it in the North or the South. In South, if we use mustard seeds a lot, in the North they use mustard oil a lot. The beauty is in the preparation and that is what makes it unique.
THIS RIGHT HERE is why I started this channel. Thank you SO much for your comment and for sharing this
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most of us know it's misunderstood. instead, you've couldve made a 9min video on what indians consider curry. just a thought
Curry is Tamil word, you said it correctly but don’t confuse it with India which was a product of British Colonialism, perhaps in 1858. Curry powder was a product of Tamil and Portuguese since early 16th century. Portuguese came to the Tamils with chilli and then introduced post chilli era curry to Malacca, Thailand, Japan and China (via Maccua). After the abolition of slavery, British and French moved Tamils to their other colonies including Caribbean and so we have curry from there too!