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{{Short description|Spice mix}}
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| name = Curry powder
| image = Curry powder in the spice-bazaar in Istanbul.jpg
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| region = [[Indian subcontinent]]
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| type = [[Curry]]
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| main_ingredient = [[Spice]]s ([[coriander]], [[turmeric]], [[cumin]], [[chili pepper]]s)
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'''Curry powder''' is a [[spice mix]] originating from the [[Indian subcontinent]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Curry {{!}} food|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/curry|access-date=2020-12-15|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt7zw4ct|title=Curried Cultures: Globalization, Food, and South Asia|date=2012|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-27011-4|edition=1|jstor=10.1525/j.ctt7zw4ct}}</ref>

==History==
Key ingredients of curry powder such as [[ginger]], [[garlic]], and [[turmeric]] have been in use for over 4000 years, at least since the [[Indus Valley Civilization]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Andrew |last=Lawler |date=29 January 2013 |title=The Mystery of Curry |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/life/food/2013/01/indus_civilization_food_how_scientists_are_figuring_out_what_curry_was_like.single.html |work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |access-date=10 July 2020}}</ref> As commercially available in Western markets, curry powder is comparable to the traditional Indian concoction of spices known as "[[garam masala]]".<ref>{{cite journal |last1=llays |first1=M |title=The Spices of India-II |journal=Economic Botany |date=1978 |volume=32 |issue=3 |pages=238–263}}</ref>

Conceived as a ready-made ingredient intended to replicate the flavor of an Indian sauce,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Krystal |first1=Becky |title=Indian curries offer so much flavor and variety. These 6 recipes will expand your repertoire. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/voraciously/wp/2020/09/19/indian-curries-offer-so-much-flavor-and-variety-these-6-recipes-will-expand-your-repertoire/ |work=The Washington Post |date=19 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Iyer |first1=Raghavan |title=660 Curries |date=2016 |publisher=Workman Publishing Company}}</ref> it was first sold by Indian merchants to British traders.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sahni |first1=Julie |title=Classic Indian Cooking |date=1980 |publisher=William Morrow and Company, Inc. |location=New York |pages=39–40}}</ref> The ingredient "curry powder" is found in 18th century British recipe books,<ref name="taylor">{{cite web|last=Taylor|first=Anna-Louise|date=11 October 2013|title=Curry: Where did it come from?|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/0/24432750|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329151125/http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/0/24432750|archive-date=29 March 2014|access-date=|publisher=BBC: Food Knowledge and Learning}}</ref><ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/agriculture/food/12097923/Monks-discover-chicken-curry-recipe-in-200-year-old-cookbook.html Monks discover chicken curry recipe in 200-year-old cookbook - Telegraph, Sophie Jamieson, 13 Jan 2016]</ref> with the first known advertisement for it appearing in 1784.<ref>{{Cite web|date=1784|title=First British advert for curry powder|url=https://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/item126721.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012021434/https://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/item126721.html|archive-date=12 October 2012|website=British Library}}</ref> British traders introduced the powder to [[Meiji Restoration|Meiji]] Japan, in the mid-[[19th century]], where it became known as [[Japanese curry]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/08/26/food/curry-its-more-japanese-than-you-think/|title=Curry — it's more 'Japanese' than you think|last=Itoh|first=Makiko|date=26 August 2011|work=The Japan Times|access-date=19 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108233344/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/08/26/food/curry-its-more-japanese-than-you-think/|archive-date=8 January 2018}}</ref>

==Etymology==
The word "curry" is a western coinage or a broad reference to various Indian curries prepared with different combinations of spices in the Indian subcontinent.<ref>{{cite web |title=Curry |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/curry |publisher=Britannica}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Collingham |first1=Lizzie |title=Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors |date=2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |page=115 |url=https://archive.org/details/curry00lizz |quote="No Indian, however, would have referred to his or her food as a curry. The idea of a curry is, in fact, a concept that the Europeans imposed on India's food culture. Indians referred to their different dishes by specific names ... But the British lumped all these together under the heading of curry."}}</ref> The sauce like component characterized with "curry" has been derived from the Tamil word ''kaṟi'' meaning 'sauce' or 'relish for rice', and finds synonyms with other regional references to local dishes evolving over thousands of years in the Indian subcontinent, such as "jhol", "kadhi", "shorba" and "kalia".<ref>{{cite web |title=Curry |url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/curry#etymonline_v_491 |website=Online Etymology Dictionary}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Iyer |first1=Raghavan |title=660 Curries |date=2016 |publisher=Workman Publishing Company}}</ref>

==Nutritional information==
One tablespoon (6.3 g) of curry powder contains the following nutritional information according to the USDA:<ref>{{cite web |title=Spices, curry powder |url=https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/170924/nutrients |department=FoodData Central |publisher=[[U.S. Department of Agriculture]] [[Agricultural Research Service]] |date=1 April 2019 |orig-year=April 2018 |access-date=10 July 2020 |df=dmy }}</ref>
* Food energy: {{convert|20|kcal|kJ|order=flip|abbr=on}}
* Fat: 0.883 g
* Carbohydrates: 3.52 g
* Fibers: 3.35 g
* Protein: 0.9 g

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