Indian Curry Facts

1.     Curry is Officially the UK’s favourite dish, with the British invented Tikka Masala being on top of the list.

2.     It’s amazing, 18 tonnes of chicken Tikka Masala is eaten across the UK each week.  That’s equivalent to more than the weight of 3 double decker buses. 

3.     Korma doesn’t actually mean Mild, instead it’s the word that represents the slow cooking of the dish.

4.     Over 2.5 million UK customers buy curry every week

5.     The word Balti translates as Bucket.  But don’t worry your food isn’t cooked in a bucket, the dish is originally from Baltistan in Pakistan

6.     The first ever British curry restaurant was opened in 1809 in London’s Portman Square and it was called Hindustani Coffee House.

7.     For every 1 Chinease restaurant there are 2 Indian restaurants in the UK.

8.     The UK spends £3.2 billion pounds on Indian food.

9.     In the UK two thirds of our meals are made up of Indian Food.

10. There are more Indian restaurants in London then Bombay and Delhi put together.

We’ll be adding more curry facts and information in the future, if all this reading about curry has got you hungry then remember to order your Indian Takeaway in SS14 Basildon from Maharajas Express.