Timeline for What is the basic difference between curry powder and garam masala?
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| May 26, 2023 at 12:07 | comment | added | Greybeard | @mcalex - you make some excellent points. Yes, I took the OP's question very much at face value - the basic difference. My answer is based on my personal experience of BIR, Staff and Homestyle curries in the UK, but I'm sure there will be geographical and cultural exceptions. As a general "Rule of thumb" it works well as a definition and I have encountered very few recipes where this is not the case. | |
| May 26, 2023 at 4:11 | comment | added | mcalex | @Tetsujin it sounds awfully like you mean: 'Yes, but far too simplistic'. :-) I submit that other than chilli any ingredient that can be found in a garam masala can appear in a curry and vice versa. Referencing Greybeard, I've seen curry recipes with cardamom and cloves, and (rarer) garam masala with turmeric. The answers add completeness, but in the context of the question '... the basic difference': heat is the answer. | |
| May 26, 2023 at 1:07 | answer | added | FuzzyChef | timeline score: 11 | |
| May 26, 2023 at 0:56 | comment | added | FuzzyChef | @JackAidley it means "warming spice". | |
| May 25, 2023 at 19:26 | comment | added | MadHatter | @JackAidley it's amazing how many spice cultures have similar naming schemes. In North African cuisine, the name of the common mix ras el hanout literally means "top of the shop", or "whatever you've got in stock that's freshest". | |
| May 25, 2023 at 17:16 | comment | added | Tetsujin | @mcalex - No. Far too simplistic. Though there will be no chilli in a garam masala, there will many many, many other differences in ingredients & relative quantities where there is crossover. | |
| S May 25, 2023 at 14:24 | vote | accept | user366312 | ||
| May 25, 2023 at 12:35 | comment | added | mcalex | In a word: heat. | |
| May 25, 2023 at 11:42 | answer | added | winny | timeline score: 2 | |
| S May 25, 2023 at 11:00 | vote | accept | user366312 | ||
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| May 25, 2023 at 9:53 | comment | added | Jack Aidley | I find it useful to know that "garam masala" literally means "mixed spice". It's basically a generic spice mix for Indian style cooking. | |
| May 25, 2023 at 6:53 | answer | added | MadHatter | timeline score: 4 | |
| May 24, 2023 at 18:39 | history | became hot network question | |||
| May 24, 2023 at 11:38 | comment | added | Tetsujin | Greybeard's answer below is good & solid information, but there is so much information out there for 'curries', I'd recommend you have a look at cooking.stackexchange.com/q/124206/42066 too, for masala varieties, and cooking.stackexchange.com/q/121069/42066 for some basic techniques. Perhaps also cooking.stackexchange.com/q/121317/42066 for how not to make a curry, some simple lessons in what to avoid ;) | |
| May 24, 2023 at 11:05 | vote | accept | user366312 | ||
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| May 24, 2023 at 11:02 | answer | added | Greybeard | timeline score: 37 | |
| May 24, 2023 at 10:38 | history | asked | user366312 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |