There's another story - the Japanese Curry was invented by the British to prevent scurvy [1] The earliest recipe for "raisu kari" is from the "Beeton's Book of

There's another story - the Japanese Curry was invented by the British to prevent scurvy [1] The earliest recipe for "raisu kari" is from the "Beeton's Book of Household Management" [4] which in turn uses "INDIAN CURRY-POWDER, founded on Dr. Kitchener’s Recipe" The Brits got curry from India (duh!) One of the leaders of India's freedom struggle against the British - Rash Behari Bose - escaped to Japan and created the "Indo-karii" Nakamuraya curry [2] . You can still eat it [3]. the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force still serves curry every Friday as a tradition. And each ship has its own recipe [5] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_curry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_curry [2] https://www.thebetterindia.com/109063/rash-behari-bose-ina-nakamuraya-curry-japan/ https://www.thebetterindia.com/109063/rash-behari-bose-ina-n... [3] http://www.nakamuraya.co.jp/ http://www.nakamuraya.co.jp/ [4] https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/08/26/food/curry-its-more-japanese-than-you-think/#.XOzffXUzais https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/08/26/food/curry-its-... [5] https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/family/recipe/archive/currey.html https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/family/recipe/archive/curr...