The origins of British curry

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country

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um 95 of it is not Indian it's it's uh

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cooked by Bangladeshi people which is uh

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known as East Pakistan or what used to

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be East Pakistan chicken tikka masala

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for example this this is not a

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traditional Indian dish it was developed

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in Scotland believe it or not in

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Scotland Yeah by a bus driver was the

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Indian he was Indian bastard he was

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Indian okay and his friends like chicken

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and they like something and you decide

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making uh chicken dick Masala with

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tomato soup our restaurant in particular

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here is very much authentic Indian

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cooked by Indian chefs and very Indian

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food what is a traditional Indian

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things like Rogan Josh Biryani is very

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big rice is the biggest thing is

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Indian yeah yeah very Indian

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um again in India most people their

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basic diet is rice how would someone

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without going to India get to experience

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real like yeah authentic Indian culture

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because there's enough in the UK I

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imagine there's enough I think the best

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way to do it was if you had Indian

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friends and you you went to their houses

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and you saw how they eat and live uh you

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would experience very much Indian

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culture within people's houses Indian

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people were acceptance of like British

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yeah I think in this country they're

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very much acceptance of British