Curry (IPA: /ˈkʌri/) is a generic description used throughout European and American culture to describe a general variety of spiced dishes, best known in South Asian cuisines, especially Indian cuisine. Curry is a generic term and although there is no one specific attribute that marks a dish as "curry", some distinctive spices used in many curry dishes include turmeric, cumin, coriander, fenugreek, and red pepper. The word curry is an anglicised version of the Tamil word khari (கறி ),[1] which is usually understood to mean "gravy" or "sauce" rather than "spices".[2] In colored tencils Urdu, an official language of Pakistan and North India, curry is usually referred to as saalan. سالن In most South Indian languages, the word literally means 'side-dish', which can be eaten along with a main dish like rice or bread.
