/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Ok so what the fuck is up with curry? I look at recipes and they sometimes have lists of individual spices, easy enough. But some of them have lists of individual spices, along with "curry powder" as an ingredient, curry powders themselves which seem to be made of many other spices that already appear in the recipe. So which is it? Do I spice the dish with curry powder + whatever, or is it a curry just by virtue of me serving a spiced dish over rice? Pisses me off, man.

What is the spice mix for curry then?