Main Dishes
Phaal (Phall, Phal) Curry
Phaal or Phall is one of the hottest curries you will find on the menu. With the hottest chillies and often a large amount of chilli powder, this is not a curry for the feint hearted.
Phall is basically a thick, tomato based curry made with Habanero or Scotch Bonnet peppers (sometimes 10 to 12 of them). It originated in Indian Restaurants in the UK (Birmingham) so it’s not the most “authentic” dish and shouldn’t be mixed up with Phaal from Bangalore which is char-grilled without sauce and eaten as finger-food.
Read MoreChicken Colombo
Colombo is a Creole curry from the French West Indies and is equivalent to Indian Curry. It originates from Sri Lanka and was brought to the French-Caribbean by Indian immigrants who came during the 19th and 20th century to work on the sugar plantations.
They brought curry powder along with them. Colombo is a thick curry which is seasoned with Poudre de Colombo and is like a stew made with chicken, goat, lamb or pork.
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Stewed vegetables with a spicy taste.
A success or a disaster?
The style of curry that people eat in the UK is not as popular in Holland. (the writer of this blog) has never eaten a British style curry dish so far in his life, so he doesn’t know how it tastes or if it is good, but what he does know is that it is a very famous dish in the UK, so it must be good.
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