What Is Dopiaza Curry?

Dopiaza tastes sweet, savoury and rounded. Slowly cooked onion gives the sauce its body and natural sweetness, while coriander, cumin, garlic, ginger and garam masala add warmth without taking over.

Because no single spice dominates, Dopiaza is an easy curry to love — familiar curry-house flavour with a soft, comforting finish.

Dopiaza is the mildest curry in the Curry Club range. Its warmth is gentle, which makes it a good starting point if you are new to curry-house food or cooking for someone who prefers less chilli heat.

The kit also includes an optional whole dried Kashmiri chilli if you would like a little more kick.

Dopiaza has roots in South Asian cooking and a long-standing place on British Indian restaurant menus. Our version follows the British curry-house style: a slow-cooked onion and tomato sauce with extra onions cooked into the finished curry.

Dopiaza works with chicken, lamb, paneer or vegetables. Serve it with rice, naan or chips, and scatter over fresh coriander at the end if you like.

As the mildest curry in the range, it also makes a good partner for a hotter curry such as Madras when you are cooking for people with different heat preferences.

The secret to a good Dopiaza at home is patience with the onions. Cooking them slowly until soft and golden builds the sweetness the whole curry depends on, before the spice paste and tomatoes go in.

Our Dopiaza kit is the gentlest way into the range: the spice blends are ready to use, and you add the onions, tinned tomatoes and your choice of protein or vegetables.