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| Alternative names | Madras sauce, Madras curry |
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| Type | Curry |
| Place of origin | India |
| Created by | Anglo-Indian cuisine |
| Serving temperature | Hot |
| Main ingredients | Curry powder |
Madras curry is a curry made with a sauce of onions and tomatoes, made spicy hot with chili pepper and a curry powder made from a mixture of other spices. The dish was invented in Anglo-Indian cuisine; the name is unknown in Indian cuisine.
Origins
Madras curry gets its name from the city of Madras (now Chennai) at the time of the British Raj; the name is not used in Indian cuisine. The name and the dish were invented in Anglo-Indian cuisine for a simplified spicy sauce made using curry powder, tomatoes, and onions. The name denotes a generalised hot curry.
Variations
There are many variations on Madras curry. For example, the television chef James Martin makes his curry powder using black pepper, cinnamon, cloves, coriander, cumin, fennel seed, fenugreek, mustard seed, and turmeric, while his sauce contains fresh bay leaves, chilli pods, garlic, ginger, onion, tamarind, and tomato.
References
- Collingham 2006, pp. 118–125, 140.
- "History of Curry". Surrey County Council, England. Archived from the original on 23 September 2008. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ^ Martin, James (2007). "Lamb Madras with chapatis". BBC. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- "Madras Lamb Curry - Mutton Madras". Archived from the original on 3 November 2008. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
Sources
- Collingham, Lizzie (2006) . Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors. London: Vintage Books. ISBN 978-0-099-43786-4.