I hadn't noticed the katsu curry everywhere thing, but that's probably because I don't eat junk food. I have made it myself. It's not bad as a novelty, mostly b

I hadn't noticed the katsu curry everywhere thing, but that's probably because I don't eat junk food. I have made it myself. It's not bad as a novelty, mostly because of the breaded protein (tofu in my case). But the gravy is not very exciting if you like Indian food at all. So I was about to dismiss the article but the really interesting part is further down. Katsu curry is really British anyway! This makes sense when you think about it a bit. The British nicked all the delicious food from Indian at a time when British food was "boil vegetables for an hour, discard the veg and drink the water". That's where things like HP sauce, pickles, chutneys etc come from and, of course, "curry powder". There's no such thing as curry powder in India (confusingly there's the unrelated curry leaves). It was just anglicised Indian flavours. Of course they would make a starch thickened sauce with it...