Curry capital of the world

Well hello everyone! Summertime for me is the best time of year to disconnect and reconnect to the self, which is why I’ve been away for a few weeks. Hope you too are enjoying the summer season!

My tofu curry is helping me celebrate the kick off of the 2012 London Olympic games!

As we speak, the London 2012 Summer Olympics is kicking off with their opening ceremonies. After India, the UK consumes the most curry in the world, which I’ve talked about in a previous post. After all, it was the British who conceived curry powder!

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Tikka Masala vs Fish n’ Chips: Which one won?

My family is visiting from the UK which always stirs up conversation about what is hot and what is not in the “curry capital (country) of the world”. Back in 2001 (ten years ago!), foreign secretary Robin Cook claimed Tikka Masala as the national dish of England overriding fish n’ chips. Who knew?! I’m not surprised. The winner of Gordon Ramsay’s F Word best local restaurant competition in all of UK went to Lasan (meaning garlic in Hindi) last year. Now that’s another UK Indian restaurant on my ‘to-eat’ list!

Arvinda’s Tikka Masala–our new formula is launched! Hope you can try it!

This is a good reminder for me to let you know Arvinda’s Tikka Masala–our new formula–launches on this Black Friday! Although not as popular in Canada as the US and UK, we had many requests from customers for a Tikka Masala recipe using one of our blends and our new improved formula will do just that! See recipe below.

I usually make Paneer Tikka Masala as a vegetarian substitute.

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