Re: [london.food] Malaysian curries

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On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 05:33:19PM +0000, 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.
> 
> However I can't find a reference to this anywhere.
> 
> Am I mad?

I don't think so. It's spelled as mussamun usually though this is a
transliteration into English of an Arabic word being pronounced by an
East Indian person. So you can spell it pretty much as you like.

Mosselman -> Muslim. Certainly in a Khai Mussulam [thai 'muslim' curry
made with lamb, potatoes, onions] anyway.

http://splendidtable.publicradio.org/recipes/poultry_curry.html

/joel

• [london.food] Malaysian curries Simon Wistow 17:33 on 25 Jan 2006
  I seem to remember that curries that had potatoes in them were often
  • RE: [london.food] Malaysian curries John Corcoran 17:42 on 25 Jan 2006
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  • Re: [london.food] Malaysian curries Rev Simon Rumble 17:42 on 25 Jan 2006
    Spelling: Mussamun
  • Joel Bernstein 17:46 on 25 Jan 2006
    I don't think so. It's spelled as mussamun usually though this is a
  • Marna Gilligan 17:46 on 25 Jan 2006
    I usually see it spelled massaman, and sometimes referred to as musselman
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