What Is Madras Curry?

Madras tastes deep, savoury and tomato-rich, with plenty of spice behind the heat. Coriander, cumin, garlic, ginger, chilli and curry leaves are layered into a slow-cooked onion and tomato sauce.

Its finishing blend adds curry leaves, fenugreek and amchur (dried mango powder), which give Madras its distinctive, slightly tangy finish.

Madras is rated Hot. The heat is lively but rounded, and there is enough depth in the sauce that it still tastes of much more than chilli.

The kit includes an optional whole dried Kashmiri chilli if you want more heat, and plain yoghurt or cream stirred in at the end is an optional finish.

Madras has roots in South Indian-style cooking and was made famous in British Indian restaurants for its deep red colour, lively heat and rich tomato-based sauce. Our kit follows that British curry-house style.

Madras works with chicken, lamb, prawns, paneer or vegetables. Serve it with rice, naan or chips, with fresh coriander scattered over at the end if you like.

The step that matters most for Madras is cooking the tomatoes down. Letting the sauce thicken and darken before the protein goes back in is what gives Madras its rich, tangy body.

The Madras kit is for anyone who wants a properly hot curry that still tastes rich and balanced.