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What do I do with shatkora? Where did the Dhansak originate? What on earth is a Chicken Chasni? Find these answers here - and much, much more.

Check out what’s in those delicious dishes you’re about to order or find out more about ingredients to spice up your own cooking. If you’re feeling energetic, try our sizzling spicy  recipes. You’ll also find an A-Z listing of all the restaurants who have signed up to CurriesOnline - there’s bound to be one in your area.

And if we’ve missed out a vital dish, ingredient or, indeed, anything curry-related - let us know!

At last, the news that we’ve all been waiting for! Curries aren’t just the finest food known to man (and woman). They could stop you putting on weight, according to a study from Tufts University in Boston picked up by the Daily Mail. Could this be the Curry Master’s golden opportunity to create the Curry Diet that will make his fortune? Let’s see: breakfast, curry, lunch, curry, supper, curry. Now sit back and watch the pounds come off. Not hard, this diet business, is it?

Balti fans beware - unless you live in Brum’s famed ‘Balti Triangle’, that is. Birmingham City Council says it wants to have the name ‘Balti’ protected by law - which could mean that restaurants outside the city are banned from using it.

Legend has it that the first ever Balti was created by new arrivals from Pakistan in the early 1970s. These days, it’s a rare town that doesn’t have at least one Balti house. The Curry Master says: sorry Brum, a decent Balti is far too good to keep to yourselves!