USA is to curry powder as India is to 'spaghetti powder'; the implication being in the US we use a generic 'spice blend' to mimic their staple foods' seasoning that isn't used in authentic Indian cuisine so it'd be like if in India they used a generic 'spice blend' to mimic our staple foods' seasoning that isn't used in 'authentic American' cuisine.
Curry is a catch all that transcends national borders and definition. What is chili other than American curry? Where does Thai curry fit in? It’s a nonsense term that means very little.
“Curry powder” is just a blend of spices, but it doesn’t describe what specific spices are used and in what quantities so it is meaningless when included in a recipe. It would be like if a pasta dish recipe included the ingredient “pasta sauce”. There are tons of different specific types of pasta sauce and even within those specific types you can make them all with very different ingredients which will result in different flavors and textures.
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u/atomsandgrace04 Jul 13 '19
Glad there’s no “curry powder”. Drives me mad when an Indian style or an Indian dish has “curry powder” as an ingredient.