Hello, I’m traveling in orissa right now and I’m looking for premixed curries i can buy to throw in a pot with water and make dinner with.

I’ve met plenty of locals and asked a few about instant or pre-mixed curries, but they all say that there’s no such thing as premixed curries in india.

The strikes me as odd since instant curry is very common in every country with any sort of curry tradition I’ve been to and it seems like some company would have taken advantage of the market.

am I asking the wrong question?

I’m either not recognizing or haven’t found any curry mixes yet.

are they not called curry?

should I be looking for something else?

thanks

  • itsame@lemmy.world
    4·
    10 days ago

    You are looking for the wrong thing. I’ve been traveling with British in India and they love indian “curry”, but there is no such thing in (South) India. In restaurants they call fluid side dishes “gravy” sometimes.

    Look for Dal, Butter Massala, palak paneer. MTR brand has them, but beware they are not nearly as tasty as fresh made in the most cheap restaurants. And check if you can find a pot of chutney.

    Some interesting food will never be available in ReadyToEat in a reasonable quality: vadai, idly, dosai with coconut chutney tomatochutney and mint.

    My advise: RtE is mediocre at best. Just enjoy Orissa, take (parcel) food from restaurants and enjoy it while you are there.

    • Varyk@sh.itjust.worksOP
      2·
      10 days ago

      got it, thanks.

      i eat dal and butter masala in the restaurants, I was mistakenly figuring the instant stuff would be ubiquitous.

      it’s no problem, I like all the restaurants near me anyway.