South Asian American food bloggers have called on people to cancel the word curry because of its ties to British colonialism. Chaheti Bansal, 27, who lives in California and shares her home-cooking online, shared a video recipe where she called on people to 'cancel the word curry'. Ms Bansal told NBC: 'Curry shouldn’t be all that you think about when you think about South Asian food. She added: 'My partner is Sri Lankan, I have friends that are Malayali, friends that are Tamil, and yes they use the word curry. Critics believe the word curry is too often used to lump a wide range of Asian food togetherHistorically, food offered in British curry houses is Indian food cooked to British taste however, there has been an increasing demand for authentic Indian food.

Source: Daily Mail August 08, 2021 19:53 UTC