Re: [london.food] Malaysian curries

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From: Marna Gilligan
Subject: Re: [london.food] Malaysian curries
Date: 17:46 on 25 Jan 2006
On Wed, 25 Jan 2006, Simon Wistow wrote:

> 
> I seem to remember that curries that had potatoes in them were often 
> referred to as mosselman curries, especially in Malaysia and south-east 
> South Africa.

I usually see it spelled massaman, and sometimes referred to as musselman
or masaman.  But you're right - it's a potato curry. The Thai version is
fairly mild and coconutty/peanutty, and the spices tend to have a little
more in common with Indian curries than Thai curries generally do.


Marna 


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