Looking for dinner recipes that are easy, healthy and delicious? Try a curry! Warming curry recipes are what we recommend again and again. Because without fail, they’re an easy way to load on vegetables and healthy ingredients while making them taste like a sumptuous treat. The curry can star just about any ingredient: chickpea curry, shrimp curry, lentil curry, squash curry…the list goes on! Below is a list of our favorite curry recipes to make as quick and easy dinners. Keep in mind: curry is a British term to describe a style of cooking that originated in India and Southeast Asia: it’s a loose term used by colonizers that reduces a lot of the complexities of a rich cultural cuisine. Below the recipes we’ll cover what a curry is, and some of the major ingredients of regional curry recipes.
But first…some great curry recipes to try!
What’s a curry, anyway?
Curry is a pretty loose term. Per Bon Appetit, it was a word used by colonizers to simplify what they saw in foreign cuisines. Today, the word “curry” usually describes a dish with a spiced sauce and meat or vegetables, often eaten with rice or flatbread like naan. The dish is made in many countries, including India, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, South Africa, Britain, and more.
Curry powder vs curry paste
Curry powder and curry paste both feature in curry recipes. Keep in mind: both are inventions to allow home cooks around the world to use the complex spices and ingredients in Indian and Southeast Asian curry recipes. Here’s are main differences between the two:
Curry powder takes the common spices of Indian curries and packages them into a spice blend. Traditionally in India, curry spice blends are homemade by the cook and vary based on the region and household. You can find some quality curry powder brands at the store, but some more inexpensive brands use spices that aren’t fresh. Try to find the best curry powder you can! Curry paste is a jarred paste that features Thai, Cambodian and some Indian curry recipes. The curry paste you can most easily find at the store in the US is Thai curry paste. There are three types of Thai curries: red curry, yellow curry, and green curry. Curry paste is a mix of chile peppers, spices and other flavorful ingredients like lemongrass and galangal. Our favorite Thai curry paste is Thai Kitchen brand.
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