Editing Curry (section)

=== South Asia ===

{{further|Indian cuisine}}

[[File:Handi-and-karahi.jpg|thumb|Traditional ''[[karahi]]'' (left) and'' [[handi]] ''(right) serving dishes ]]

Many [[Indian cuisine|Indian dishes]] are spicy. The spices chosen for a dish are freshly ground and then fried in hot oil or ghee to create a paste.<ref>{{cite web |title=What is a Bhuna? |url=https://www.seasonedpioneers.com/what-is-a-bhuna |website=Seasoned Pioneers |access-date=7 October 2024}}</ref> 
The content of the dish and style of preparation vary by region.<ref name="Jaffrey 1982"/> The sauces are made with spices including black pepper, cardamom, chili peppers, cinnamon, cloves, coriander, cumin, fennel seed, mustard seed, and turmeric.<ref name="Jaffrey 1982"/> As many as 15 spices may be used for a meat curry.<ref name="Jaffrey 1982"/> The spices are sometimes fried whole, sometimes roasted, sometimes ground and mixed into a paste.<ref name="Jaffrey 1982"/> The sauces are eaten with steamed rice or [[idli]] rice cakes in south India,<ref name="Jaffrey 1982">{{cite book |last=Jaffrey |first=Madhur |author-link=Madhur Jaffrey |title=Madhur Jaffrey's Indian Cookery |date=1982 |publisher=[[BBC]] |isbn=978-0-563-16491-3 |pages=7–10}}</ref> and breads such as [[chapati]]s, [[roti]], and [[naan]] in the north.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gopalakrishnan |first1=Srividhya |title=The Indian Bread Types You Need to Know |url=https://www.tasteofhome.com/collection/indian-bread-types/ |website=Taste of Home |access-date=8 October 2024}}</ref> 
The popular [[rogan josh]], for example, from [[Kashmiri cuisine]], is a wet dish of lamb with a red gravy coloured by Kashmiri chillies and an extract of the red flowers of the [[Celosia|cockscomb plant]] (''mawal'').<ref>"Rogan Josh". In Khan Mohammed Sharief Waza, Khan Mohammed Shafi Waza, and Khan Mohammed Rafiq Waza (2007). ''Wazwaan: Traditional Kashmiri Cuisine''. New Delhi: Roli & Janssen. p. 34.</ref> Rice and curry is the staple dish of Sri Lanka.<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Dish of Sri Lanka Rice and Curry |url=https://nationalfoods.org/recipe/national-dish-of-sri-lanka-rice-and-curry/ |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=National Dishes of the World}}</ref>