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Rendang

Rendang is an Indonesian-Malay dish characterized by intensely flavorful beef simmered for extended periods in coconut m...

Coconut Milk Slow Cooked Beef Dry Curry

9.8 Brilliant

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Thai Green Curry (Gaeng Keow Wan)

Thai Green Curry, or Gaeng Keow Wan, is a vibrant and fragrant dish featuring coconut milk, green chilies, and aromatic...

Fragrant Coconut Milk Thai Green Chili

9.5 Brilliant

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Thai Red Curry (Gaeng Daeng)

Thai Red Curry, or Gaeng Daeng, is a vibrant and fragrant coconut milk-based curry featuring red chili paste. It’s notab...

Versatile Fragrant Coconut Milk Thai

9.4 Excellent

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Thai Yellow Curry (Gaeng Kari)

Thai Yellow Curry, or Gaeng Kari, is a flavorful curry originating from Thailand. It utilizes coconut milk and turmeric...

Mild Coconut Milk Thai Turmeric

9.0 Excellent

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Kari Kambing

Kari Kambing is a rich, spiced curry featuring lamb or goat, traditionally prepared in Southeast Asia. It’s known for it...

Spiced Southeast Asian Malaysian Indian Influence

9.0 Excellent

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Kari Ayam (Malaysian Chicken Curry)

Kari Ayam is a classic Malaysian dish featuring tender chicken simmered in a deeply flavorful curry sauce. The distincti...

Chicken Coconut Milk Southeast Asian Lemongrass

8.9 Great

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Vietnamese Cà ri bò

Vietnamese cà ri bò presents a unique fusion of Southeast Asian flavors. This hearty stew features tender beef simmered...

Vietnamese Coconut Milk Beef Southeast Asian

8.8 Great

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Burmese Chicken Curry (Kyetha Sipyan)

Burmese Chicken Curry, known as Kyetha Sipyan, is a vibrant Southeast Asian dish originating from Myanmar. It’s characte...

Chicken Spiced Southeast Asian Burmese

8.7 Great

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Vietnamese Cà ri gà

Vietnamese Cà ri gà presents a unique take on curry. This dish combines Southeast Asian flavors—particularly lemongrass...

Chicken Vietnamese Coconut Milk Southeast Asian

8.7 Great

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Opor Ayam

Opor ayam is an Indonesian dish of chicken simmered in coconut milk with a ground spice paste and fragrant ingredients s...

Mild Chicken Indonesian Coconut Milk

8.6 Great

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Prawn Moilee

Prawn moilee is a seafood curry associated with Kerala and the broader cooking traditions of India's Malabar Coast. It c...

Coconut Milk Kerala Turmeric Prawn

8.6 Great

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Prawn Koliwada

Prawn Koliwada is an Indian seafood preparation associated with Mumbai, particularly the Sion Koliwada area. Prawns are...

Coastal Spiced Maharashtrian Prawn

8.6 Great

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Sri Lankan White Curry

Sri Lankan White Curry is a mild curry preparation from Sri Lanka distinguished by its use of coconut milk as the primar...

Mild Coconut Milk Vegetable Sri Lankan

8.5 Great

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Meen Moilee

Meen Moilee is a fish curry from Kerala, India, made with coconut milk and turmeric that gives it a characteristic yello...

Coconut Milk Kerala Turmeric Fish

8.5 Great

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Mappas

Mappas is a mild curry associated with the Syrian Christian community in Kerala, India. The dish features fish, chicken,...

Mild Coconut Milk Kerala Christian Kerala

8.4 Great

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Moilee

Moilee, also known as Fish Mole, is a mild curry from the Goa region of India that reflects historical Portuguese culina...

Mild Coconut Milk Kerala Turmeric

8.4 Great

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Ishtew

Ishtew, also known as ishtu, is a traditional stew from Kerala, India, adapted from European stews introduced during the...

Mild Coconut Milk Kerala White Stew

8.3 Great

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Egg Mappas

Egg Mappas is a traditional curry from the Syrian Christian community of Kerala, India, consisting of boiled eggs simmer...

Mild Coconut Milk Egg Kerala

8.1 Great

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Sayur Lodeh

Sayur Lodeh is a traditional Indonesian vegetable stew originating from the island of Java. The dish is distinguished by...

Mild Indonesian Coconut Milk Vegetable

8.0 Great

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Indonesian Kari Kepala Ikan

Kari Kepala Ikan, meaning fish head curry, is a popular Indonesian and Malaysian dish in which a large fish head is simm...

Indonesian Spiced Coconut Curry Fish Head

7.3 Good