


The day I photographed the sauce for this post, we had it with the vegetable balls from IKEA. What goes with this sauce, you ask? Sometimes we have it with steamed veggies. I make hot dishes most often but in the fall we often have curry with roasted sweet potatoes, squash or pumpkin and then I use Garam Masala. It can be so hot that eating it makes you sweat, like with this curry powder, or it can be mild and sweet, perhaps made with Garam Masala. It can be a thin sauce or a thick, creamy sauce. I share all of this to explain that curry is what you wish it to be. I think the curry plant smells more like maple syrup than curry. But that plant is not used in making curry powder (or curry paste) and isn’t frequently used in cooking in regions where curry is popular. Still confused? Well, let me add to the confusion. Confused yet? I worked with a culinary coaching client who told me she was allergic to curry, which led to me explaining that curry powder is a spice blend, not a single spice, so there had to be a spice in the blend she was allergic to, not actually curry (the sauce) or curry (the spice blend). Yet some curry sauces contain curry powder or paste. In the time it takes to do that, I can make my Simple Curry Sauce and for far less than the cost of takeout.Ĭurry doesn’t necessarily mean curry powder.
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Plus we have to drive halfway across town to get curry we both like. One of my favorite dishes to eat out is curry, but even for two of us we can easily spend $30 for carryout at our favorite curry spot.
