CURRY has replaced the traditional roast as Britain's favourite Sunday meal.
Research by Britain's biggest supermarket chain Tesco shows that after more than 50 years of curry culture in the UK the dish has become so ingrained in British diets that more people would rather make one from scratch at home than cook a roast dinne
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More than 1,000 people took part in a survey which revealed a rising demand for curry cooking ingredients and related products such as spices, sauces, chutneys, special rice and bread.
The supermarket reported that in the last year sales of the following curry ingredients have soared:
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Garam masala – up 43 per cent; pappadums – up 67 per cent; basmati rice – up 48 per cent; mango chutney – up 36 per cent; naan breads – up 21 per cent tamarind – up 26 per cent .
Tesco senior world food buyer Steve Ewels said: "This survey proves once and for all that the curry really has become the UK's No 1 national dish now. "Curry really came of age in the 1960s and has gone from strength to strength to being one of our best-loved takeaways.
"But our love of curry has been passed down the generations and is so ingrained as a national dish that more and more of us are now making our own at home."
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