Editing Vindaloo (section)

== Outside India ==

[[File:Vindalho em Lisboa.jpg|thumb|Pork vindalho, served in [[Lisbon]], Portugal, in a [[Goa]]n-style [[Indian restaurant]]]]
[[File:Lamb vindaloo in Helsinki.jpg|thumb|right|Lamb vindaloo served in [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]]]]

Vindaloo has gained popularity outside of India, where it is typically featured on menus at Indian restaurants. Vindaloo served in restaurants of the United Kingdom differs from the original vindaloo dish; it is simply a spicier version of the standard "medium (spiciness)" restaurant curry with the addition of vinegar, potatoes and chili peppers.<ref name="currybible">{{cite book |title=The New Curry Bible |author=Pat Chapman |author-link=Pat Chapman (food writer) |year=2004 |publisher=Metro Publishing Ltd |location=London, UK |isbn=978-1-84358-087-4 |pages=118–121}}</ref>

Vindaloo is one of the spiciest dishes available on British Asian menus where it is served, although [[British Bangladeshi]] restaurants have innovated the [[wikt:tindaloo|''tindaloo'']], a different dish that originated in Bangladesh.<ref name="currybible" /> The British variation became widespread with the creation of more British Indian restaurants in the 1970s.<ref name=Mathur>{{cite news|last=Mathur|first=Bhakti|url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3102843/history-vindaloo-loved-britain-why-india-has-portuguese|title=The history of vindaloo, loved in Britain: why India has Portuguese explorers to thank for the famous hot curry|newspaper=[[South China Morning Post]]|date=2020-09-28|access-date=2025-04-11}}</ref> Vindaloo is considered a predecessor to [[phall]].<ref name="andyskitchen">{{cite web|url=http://andyskitchen.co.uk/blogs////blog1.php/recipes/lamb-phall-vindaloo-and-madras-curry-recipe-1-recipe-three-different-curries|title=lamb phall, vindaloo and madras curry recipes|website=andyskitchen.co.uk|access-date=9 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027231826/http://andyskitchen.co.uk/blogs////blog1.php/recipes/lamb-phall-vindaloo-and-madras-curry-recipe-1-recipe-three-different-curries|archive-date=27 October 2017}}</ref>{{unreliablesource|date=April 2025}}

Vindaloo in [[Hong Kong]] is prepared using one of several kinds of meats. Vindaloo was introduced to Hong Kong when it was a British colony. In 2020 the food and beverage manager of the Aberdeen Boat Club, Hong Kong described vindaloo as one of the institution's most commonly ordered dishes.<ref name=Mathur/>