I thought I would make my first post about curry, wonderful, wonderful curry. We eat curry in one form or another at least once a week in our house. Back in the day I used to think that curry powder was a spice like cinnamon or nutmeg. Curry is in fact a blend of alot of different spices. They almost all include coriander, tumeric, cumin and fenugreek(which I have yet to find in Grande Prairie but will have to pick up next time I'm in Edmonton), blended with a combination of other spices such as ginger, nutmeg, fennel seed, cardomom, garlic, cloves. I have made my own curry powder a few times and I love making it and using it. It smells amazing and is pretty great when you blend all those spices together and the end result smells just like a a curry powder you would buy at a store.
The word "curry" has come to mean almost any Indian dish in North America and Britain. Curry is not an Indian word but many think that it may have come from the south Indian word "Kari" which means a spiced sauce.
I have heard from many people that they never eat it because they have children in the house that "wouldn't like it" or "it's too spicy". We have a 4 year old in the house and she eats it with us all the time. I think it's just a matter of exposing them to big flavors young so they don't become overwhelmed by them later. Curry especially is so diverse, I find that "Korma" is nice and mild with a great coconut taste. "Vindaloo" on the other hand, at least the ones I have found around here is on the whole pretty spicy and we tend to keep that one away from the kids. Thai curries are nice as well. I made a Thai curry paste last week and used it this weekend with some coconut milk, prawns, kaffir lime leaves(hard to find but Epicure has them if you know someone who sells it) and veggies. It was great. I love the "Pataks" curries in a jar or can and use them all the time but lately I have been using the "VH" Thai curries alot as well.
All this talk of curry is making me pretty hungry so I think since the rugrat is going to Grandma and Grandpas tonight it's going to be Vindaloo.
