is curry vegan?

Question

I went to Pei Wei and they have a list of meals that are vegetarian if you have tofu instead of meat and their curry wasn't vegetarian(I realized this after I ate it)! Was it a mistake? I looked at the other ingredaints and they were all vegan.

I feal stupid but what exactly IS curry?

Answer 1

Curry's a spicy Indian stew served with rice.
Whether it's vegetarian or not depends what was in it.
You can have chicken curry, lamb curry, seafood curry, vegetable curry.

Answer 2

Is Curry Vegan

Answer 3

I'm not sure if you are referring to a place or a resto, but in any case.

Curry, though a spice of its own, usually means a blend of many spices, its not just the single spice. In different regions, curry blends are different (like North India vs. Thai vs. Vietnamese vs. Chinese vs. West Indian, etc.)

Curry is actually an english word we came up with to describe a large number of dishes. Most countries where they serve what we call "curry" actually call it something else.

The blend of spices could include: mustard seeds, fennel, cardamom, red pepper/cayenne, turmeric, coriander, cumin, ginger, allspice, black pepper, garlic powder saffron, tamarind, cinnamon, anise, and alot of other tasty spices.

Because of the large number of spices involved, it might be a concern that the spices are produced by a method that is not vegetarian (remember that what is and is vegetarian is not always the same thing to everyone.)

Or, it could be that one of the ingridients is stock, broth, animal fat, etc. (I think this is more likely the problem)

Or, they could prepare the curry with the same instruments as the meat-full curry and so are approaching it from the same perspective that say, people who keep kosher do (unlikely but I've seen it)

Because everyone has a different definition of vegetarian (not saying this wrong or right, just reality.) If you feel the need to be incredibly strict about your vegetarianism, you need to be also very vigilant, you cannot count on the restos to do it for you. Unless of course you are at a place that bills itself as vegetarian, but even then it can be misleading.

Answer 4

Curry is both a plant and not! There is such a thing as a curry leaf but it is not "curry" - as in the dish one gets in a restuarant. Curry is normally a combination of spices and then are many different combinations depending on the region from which they come. The curries in Thailand are very different from in India - and in India the curries very significantly from region to region. In Burma, curry bears no resemblance to what one will find either in India or in Thailand.
Basically, curry itself contains no meat! That is directed towards the mix of spices itself that begins either as a paste or powder.

Answer 5

In the strictest sense, curry is a blend of spices, varying in heat and intensity, but always containing turmeric. All plant-based, so vegan.

Now, "Curry" is also used (esp. on this board!) to refer to a meat dish over rice w/ curry in the sauce. Obviously not vegan w/ meat in it!

So maybe Pei Wei has a pre-made curry sauce that is not vegan, which contains chicken, shrimp, egg, or beef stock or something.

Answer 6

Curry is the name of a sauce favoured in hotter climates . the Curry and or chilli powder was to preserve the meat or veg so that it did not go off as quickly. In Chinese restaurants curry is a generic sauce that can be made with meat, veg or fish. In Indian , Pakistani,Bangladeshi, African and Thai cuisine there are different types of sauces and there are also different strengths. Let's use Indian dishes as an example Kurma (or Korma) made with coconut milk and sometimes yoghurt or cream. (I'm vegan so I make mine at home with just coconut milk) is very mild then you have medium like Rogan josh medium hot like Madras and hot like Vindaloo, tindaloo or phaal (have I spelt it right? - it is WAY too hot for me so i have never made one.)

Do always check the ingredients to see if they are vegi. most Asian curry houses will make a vegetarian version of what ever you want but sometimes Chinese restaurants slip oyster or fish sauces into so called 'vegetarian dishes'

Answer 7

Curry is a specific mix of spices. Although most people think its a single spice, well....its not. Same if used to describe the dressing. Now, what they use to prepare their dressing called curry, i don't know, but curry (what it really is) is definitely vegetarian.

Answer 8

Curry is a food from india. It is definetly a vegetarians food. The dish curry is made of water mixed with spiced and herbs that have a mild spicyness in them. Curry itself is a spice. Its not really a stupid question though compared to other questions so dont feel so dumb bout it ;)

Answer 9

No curry itself is a spice...".but" in usage it means a stew ..so they may have had some type of meat or stock in the dish..when they referred to at is curry ..they meant the dish not the spice

Answer 10

i haven't heard of chinese language Curry the two. many times, curry would not use animal ingrediants yet you never comprehend, next time get the steamed vegetables,tofu and rice.there is not any thank you to debris that up!