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Curry powder

Curry powder is a spice sold as a powder. It may contain saffron, ginger, cinnamon, or cardamom, and cooks use it to season food.

Cooked most in
Africa, Asia, Europe
Top country
Thailand
Curry powder, whole

Photo: Slick · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use curry powder

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Season

Made from

Shopping

Choosing and storing curry powder

Sold as
Powder

Nutrition

What 100 g of curry powder holds

Per 100 g. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 17%Fat 17%Carbohydrate 66%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of curry powder
Energy325 kcal · 1,359 kJ
Protein14 g
Fat14 g
of which saturated1.6 g
Carbohydrate56 g
of which sugars2.8 g
Fibre53 g
Sodium52 mg
Cholesterol0 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of curry powder: minerals and vitamins
Potassium1,170 mg
Calcium525 mg
Iron19 mg
Magnesium255 mg
Zinc4.7 mg
Vitamin C0.7 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)1 µg
Folate56 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 170924), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where curry powder is cooked

3 dishes in the catalogue use curry powder. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list curry powder among their ingredients.

Origins

  1. The 1700s · United Kingdom

    British recipe books used curry powder as an ingredient.

  2. The 1800s · United States and Australia

    Cookbooks in the United States and Australia included curry powder and instructions for making it.

  3. The 1800s · Japan

    British traders introduced curry powder to Japan during the Meiji era.

  4. 1895

    Henrietta Hervey published instructions for three curry powders.

On the table

Dishes made with curry powder

3 dishes in the catalogue use it.

  • Coronation chicken

    United Kingdom

  • Babute

    DR Congo

  • Pu phat phong kari

    Thailand

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include curry powder.

Around the world

What curry powder is called

Names in 58 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    curry en polvo · polvo de curry · curry powder

  • French

    curry · poudre de curry · curry en poudre · cari

  • Italian

    curry · polvere di curry

  • Portuguese

    caril

  • German

    Currypulver · Curry · Currygewürz · Currymischung

  • Dutch

    kerrie · kerriepoeder

  • Greek

    κάρυ

  • Turkish

    köri tozu

  • Russian

    карри · соус карри · карри (приправа)

  • Arabic

    مسحوق الكاري

  • Persian

    ادویه کاری

  • Hebrew

    קארי (תבלין) · אבקת קארי

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  • Albanian

    pluhur kerri

  • Armenian

    կարրիի փոշի

  • Asturian

    curry en polvu

  • Azerbaijani

    köri tozu

  • Bangla

    তরকারি মসলা

  • Basque

    kurri hauts

  • Breton

    kari

  • Bulgarian

    къри

  • Cantonese

    咖喱粉

  • Catalan

    curri

  • Chinese

    咖喱粉

  • Czech

    kari koření

  • Danish

    karry

  • Esperanto

    karea pulvoro

  • Estonian

    karri

  • Filipino

    polbong pangkari · pangkaring pinolbo

  • Finnish

    curry · karri

  • Galician

    curry en po

  • Georgian

    კარი

  • Hausa

    Garin curry

  • Hindi

    करी पाउडर

  • Hungarian

    curry por

  • Icelandic

    Karríduft

  • Ido

    kerio

  • Igbo

    Currypawuda

  • Indonesian

    bubuk kari

  • Japanese

    カレー粉

  • Javanese

    Bubuk kari

  • Korean

    커리가루

  • Latin

    Pulvis caril

  • Latvian

    karijs · karija pulveris

  • Lithuanian

    karis · karis (prieskonis) · karis (prieskoniai)

  • Macedonian

    кари

  • Malay

    serbuk kari

  • Malayalam

    കറി പൗഡർ

  • Nepali

    गरम मसला

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    karri

  • Occitan

    curri

  • Odia

    ତରକାରୀ ମସଲା ଗୁଣ୍ଡ · କରି ପାଉଡର · କରୀ ପାଉଡର

  • Ossetic

    карри

  • Pampanga

    polbung pangkarî

  • Slovak

    korenie kari · korenie karí · kari · karí

  • Slovenian

    karijev prašek

  • Swedish

    curry

  • Traditional Chinese

    咖哩粉

  • Ukrainian

    карі · приправа каррі · карі (приправа)

  • Vietnamese

    bột cà ri

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q1144935

Photos

Photo: Slick · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons