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Welcome to the August 2010 edition of the Curry Focus Newsletter!

This month the team at Curry Focus look at hypertension, curry deliveries across countrys as well as the usual reviews of tasty recipes including a must try Beef Vindaloo!

Latest Articles

Cheese on Toast Recipe Review

Curry Delivery To Greece

Chicken Pathia Recipe Review

Review of the Beef Vindaloo Recipe

Chilli Fights Hypertension

Top 10 recipes for last month

1 Thai Green Chicken Curry
2 Easy Chicken Curry
3 Naan Bread
4 Beef and Onion Curry
5 Chicken Tikka Masala
6 Chicken Curry
7 Leftover Ham and Rice Curry
8 Balti Chicken
9 Lamb with Spinach (Saag Gosht)
10 Chicken Sagwala

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Welcome to the July 2010 edition of the Curry Focus Newsletter!

This month we look at some very important issues and find that curry spices are helping to not only kill cancer cells but Scientists are also experimenting with common curry spices to see if they can help to reduce the production of methane gas!

Curry Spices to Save the Planet

Curcumin in the Battle against Cancer

Ray tries his hand at one of the tasty Curry soup recipes and also reviews a Massaman Chickpea dish.

Mulligatawny Soup Recipe Review

Massaman Chickpea Curry Recipe Review

Top 10 recipes for last month

1 Easy Chicken Curry
2 Naan Bread
3 Beef and Onion Curry
4 Chicken Tikka Masala
5 Thai Green Chicken Curry
6 Chicken Sagwala
7 Chicken Curry
8 Balti Chicken
9 Massaman Chicken Curry
10 Chicken Massaman Curry

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Welcome to the June 2010 edition of the Curry Focus Newsletter!

We cook and review a fantastic curry that has only been on the site for a couple of months. It often amazes me how well spinach goes with curry and Ray experiences it first hand - Murghi Aur Palak (Chicken and Spinach) Recipe Review.

How many times have you tucked into the leftover curry remains the next day and find them not only tastier than the night before, but sometimes more spicy as well? The Curry Focus team decide to do some investigating and you can read all about it here - Why Does Curry Taste Better the Next Day?

When it comes to reviewing recipes we are not afraid to say if a curry is not as tasty as it looks, Ray braves his way through reviewing a Lamb Curry Cooked with Rice.

We look at the upcoming British Curry Awards, and review a Karahi Chicken with Fenugreek recipe as well as a very tasty and simple to cook Chicken Massaman Curry Recipe.

Top 5 Recipes for last month

1 Easy Chicken Curry
2 Naan Bread
3 Chicken Curry
4 Thai Green Chicken Curry
5 Balti Chicken

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Welcome to the May 2010 edition of the Curry Focus Newsletter!

Its been another busy month at Curry Focus headquarters with more articles, recipes and reviews headed your way!

With hundreds of recipes that have been collected, edited and reviewed on our site there was nobody more qualified than Ray to write an article on Nine Simple Recipe Steps.

Latest Articles

Too Much Salt in Purchased Curries
Lose Weight By Eating Curries
Nine Simple Recipe Steps
Review of the Dry Massaman Beef Curry Recipe

Top 5 Recipes for last month

1 Easy Chicken Curry
2 Naan Bread
3 Thai Green Chicken Curry
4 Balti Chicken
5 Chicken Curry

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Welcome to the April 2010 edition of the Curry Focus Newsletter!

We get a lot of people asking about how they can talk more with us about the recipes and articles on our site and thought it’s worth mentioning how easy it is! On each of our articles at the bottom you can add a comment perhaps agreeing, sharing your thoughts, or disagreeing even. Often we will be able to answer you the same day if not within hours!

Latest Articles

Review of the Indonesian Dry Beef Curry Recipe
Review of the Chicken Jalfrazi Recipe
Jalfrezi. What is it?
Exceptional Curry Delivery Service
Review of the Burma Meatball Curry Recipe
India Hosts a British Curry Festival
Top 5 Recipes for last month

1 Easy Chicken Curry
2 Naan Bread
3 Chicken Curry
4 Butter Chicken
5 Poppadoms

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Welcome to the March edition of the Curry Focus Newsletter! When checking the Website statistics for the month I noticed that a large amount of people came across our site when searching on Google for Indian Food Facts.

Back in 2007 we wrote a great article on exactly this and if you missed it you might want to check it out - Indian Food - The Facts.

One interesting presumption that people make about Indian Food is that Indians eat their food with their hands and this is partially true, Indians consider this to be a much tastier way of eating, although often they will use forks and spoons as well.

Latest Articles

Review of the Mushroom Biryani Recipe
Review of the Potato Curry Recipe
Review of the Cucumber Raita Recipe

Top 5 Recipes for last month

1 Easy Chicken Curry
2 Naan Bread
3 Chicken Curry
4 Poppadoms
5 Chicken Vindaloo

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One of the more regular questions that we get asked is whether a chilli is less hot if the seeds are removed.

The main heat of a chilli is in the membrane - the white pithy substance that joins the seeds to the flesh of the chiili. Capsaican is produced in the membrane and it’s the capsaican that gives the heat. The capsaican in the membrane does get into the seeds and the flesh but the main heat is in the membrane.

If you cut open a chilli and then cut away the membrane and seeds then the chilli will not be as hot. If you cut away just the seeds then you’ll reduce the heat a little but not by much.

There’s a blog on the Curry Focus website that explains a little more about why a chilli is hot.

If you try out a new variety of chilli and are a bit wary of how hot it is, then cut away the membrane and seeds before trying - if the resultant curry isn’t too hot for you, next time you could just use the whole chilli and see how that goes.

Over time, you tend to build up a resistance to the heat from chilli. So if you’re making a curry with 2 or 3 chillies, at some stage you’re going to want to make it hotter and the easiest way is just to add another chilli.

A time to be careful of is when making a curry for a few people. You need to know how hot they like their curries. If you’re not sure then you can make a guess and then have a side dish of raita for people to “cool down” their curry (raita is easy to make - check out the easy raita recipes). There’s another good Curry Focus article on how to cool down a curry that’s too hot that is worth reading.

Latest Articles

Review of the Vegetable Biryani Recipe
Finally I Have A Spice Grinder
Review of the Quick Beef Curry Recipe
Improve Your Eyesight With Saffron
Meat Biryanis for the Indian Army
Review of the Lamb Vindaloo Recipe
Prostate Cancer and Kennedys Disease Under Attack By Curry Ingredients

Top 5 Recipes for last month

1 Naan Bread
2 Easy Chicken Curry
3 Poppadoms
4 Chicken Curry
5 Lamb Xacutti

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It’s nearly the end of January and we’ve noticed that we’re still getting visitors looking for leftover turkey recipes. We hope that you’re not eating leftover turkey from last Christmas otherwise there’s a strong possibility that you will be very ill. If you’re using freshly cooked turkey then all will be OK.

What is the best drink to drink with Curry?

Most of us, when we eat a curry, combine it with a few lagers… however, although beer can help to quell a “tongue on fire”, fizzy drinks are not always the best idea for drinking with a curry. We are going to look at exploring this further in articles to come.

Latest Articles

Curry Goat
Review of the Fish Curry with Lemon Grass Recipe
Visitors to Curry Focus in 2009
Review of the Dry Chicken Curry Recipe

Top 5 Recipes for last month

1 Naan Bread
2 Easy Chicken Curry
3 Left over Ham and Rice Curry
4 Leftover Turkey Curry (version 1)
5 Chicken Phal

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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our readers!

2009 has been a big year for the CurryFocus team, with the site growing considerably month by month. We have some great articles this month including one that will help you make the most of that leftover ham.

Below are the top ten articles for 2009!

1 Steamer and Rice Cookers - Tips and Tricks”
2 What Is Sambal?
3 How Many Calories In A Curry?
4 What Is A Karahi?
5 How to cook a Massaman Curry
6 Curry Calorie Count. Part One
7 How To Remove Curry Stains
8 Checking if the Oil is Ready for Cooking
9 How to Cool Down a Curry thats “Too Hot!”
10 Curried Eggs Around the World

Latest Articles

Review of the Beef Rendang Recipe
Saffron Spice
Review of the Beef Madras Curry (Gosht Madras) Recipe
Berliners Love Currywurst
Review of the Dry-Roasted Lamb (Sukka Lamb) Recipe
Leftover Ham Curry

Top 5 Recipes for last month

1 Naan Bread
2 Easy Chicken Curry
3 Balti Chicken
4 Chicken Tikka Masala
5 Beef Curry

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Well, the end of the year approaches quickly and here, at CurryFocus, the team has been flat out not only writing articles but also adding tasty recipes to the site and reviewing them.

Please read our latest articles below and learn that not only can curries be delicious and healthy to eat, but they may help prevent swine flu! Also Ray’s research uncovers that one of the ingredients of turmeric has shown signs of being able to kill cancer cells!

As promised, we published the article that shows you how many calories are in common curry ingredients so that you can work out how many calories (or kilocalories or kilojoules) you are eating (if you want to know).

This follows on from a series of articles that discusses the energy content of curries whether you make them yourself or eat out in a restaurant. The first article in the series is titled Curry Calorie Count. Part One.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone and don’t forget our fantastic recipe for all that leftover turkey, forget about turkey sandwiches… why not make a Thanksgiving Turkey Curry?

Latest Articles

Review of the Balti Lamb Bhoona Recipe
Claim that Curcumin Kills Cancer
How Many Calories In A Curry?
Review of the Beef Madras Curry Recipe
Swine Flu Prevented By Eating Curries
Review of the Goan Chicken Curry Recipe

Top 5 Recipes for last month

1 Naan Bread
2 Easy Chicken Curry
3 Beef Curry
4 Balti Chicken
5 Chicken Phal

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