How do you explain........

[chenko]

.....curry to someone who does not know what it is?

[barrk]

You can't..........you guys have tried to explain it. I've never had it but I still don't know what it is except a "hot" spicy Indian dish that the Brits have adopted as their own.

exactly Katie..!

it needn't be hot though.. my
mom keeps them in the Fridge

<BORING>
Curry - A supplimentary dish served with
Rice in South India, with Chappatthi
in North India and with almost anything
in Britain
Thats the best definition i can give...
Now don't ask me what Chappatthi is
</BORING>

[simonm]

I would say curries are (by and large) heavily spiced stews.

What really defines it as 'Indian' is the types (and blends) of spices used.