Monthly Archives: May 2009

Scottish Curry Awards 2009 Results

The results are in for the Scottish Curry Awards that were presented at the Glasgow Marriot Hotel, last week on Monday 18th May. For the second year, the awards were sponsored by IRN-BRU. The categories, finalists and winners are as … Continue reading

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May 2009 Newsletter

The other day, the Curry Focus team was talking about what searches were being made on the website. Luckily we keep a track of this information in the database. In the blink of an eye, a quick bit of SQL … Continue reading

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Pick Your Own Chillis Heaven

If you live near Bedford then you’re in for a real treat when Edible Ornamentals , the Chawston chilli gurus, start letting people in to pick their own chillis. Edible Ornamentals grow a lot of chillis (about 400,000 a year) … Continue reading

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Lose Weight Eating Curry

The internet is abuzz with stories about the recent announcement that curcumin, a component of turmeric, had caused fat and weight loss in experiments with mice. We wrote an article about this, called “Take Turmeric and Curcumin To Lose Weightâ€?, … Continue reading

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New Curry Sauces In Asda

The Asda supermarket chain is now stocking a new curry sauce range called “Holy Cowâ€?. The range of sauces have been created by a chef called Kiran Bhandari, who has used her lifetime of cooking experience to create the sauces. … Continue reading

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Chicken and Mushroom Pulao Recipe Review

Hi, Ray here again. My girlfriend loves mushrooms and has been “suggestingâ€? that I make a mushroom curry for a while now. So I checked out the Curry Focus curries and there was a recipe for a yummy Chicken and … Continue reading

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British Curry Awards 2009. Nomination Time

The 5th annual British Curry Awards ceremony will be held on Tuesday 3rd November, 2009 at Battersea Evolution and nominations are now open. If you know of a great curry house then why not nominate it for the awards? This … Continue reading

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Time For Tiffin

In India, the word tiffin means lunch, a light meal or a snack. And in India, there are thousands of vendors of tiffin who come into the cities, selling their delicious light lunches to office workers. Tiffin is delivered in … Continue reading

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Chas Chicken Curry Recipe Review

Hi, Ray here again. A busy weekend was ahead of me and I was going to be out most of Sunday. And Sunday night is curry night. So I looked for an easy recipe that I could make on Saturday … Continue reading

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Take Turmeric and Curcumin To Lose Weight

Once again turmeric or, more precisely, the curcumin in turmeric has hit the health headlines. We’ve previously written a couple of articles on the health benefits of turmeric and curcumin – “Is Turmeric a Spice or Medicine?â€? and “Curcumin, Turmeric … Continue reading

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