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Massaman Curry

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Massaman curry is a rich, flavorful and mildly spicy Thai curry, a fusion dish combining foreign ingredients from Persia, the Indian subcontinent and the Malay Archipelago, such as cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, star anise, cumin, bay leaves, nutmeg and mace, with ingredients more commonly used in native Thai cuisine, such as chili peppers, coriander, lemongrass, galangal, white pepper, shrimp paste, shallots and garlic, combined into massaman curry paste. The dish is usually based on chicken, potatoes, onions and peanuts, with its richness coming from coconut milk and cream as with many Thai curries.

Facts
Origin Period, From (Year)
from 1600 1
Sourced to the subject's own accountMarks the start of the 17th century, the court-origin period Wikipedia names; not a single fixed founding year.
Origin RegionSourced to the subject's own account
Central Thailand (Ayutthaya royal court) 1
Origin Period, To (Year)
to 1889 1
Sourced to the subject's own accountThe year of the first written recipe for the dish, the latest concrete date Wikipedia gives; taken as the origin period's closing bound since no more precise end date for the originating period itself is given.
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In Cuisine

Thai Cuisine, Cuisines
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Uses Ingredient

Bay Leaf, Ingredients
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Beef, Ingredients
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Cardamom, Ingredients
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Cashew, Ingredients
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Chicken, Ingredients
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Chili Pepper, Ingredients
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Cinnamon, Ingredients
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Coconut Milk, Ingredients
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Duck, Ingredients
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Fish Sauce, Ingredients
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Meat, Ingredients
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Onion, Ingredients
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Palm Sugar, Ingredients
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Peanut, Ingredients
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Potato, Ingredients
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Star Anise, Ingredients
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Tamarind, Ingredients
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Tofu, Ingredients
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  • Also in Geography Atlas: Thailand, originated there.
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1. Massaman Curry (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • History section, first sentence
    the dish originated in 17th century central Thailand at the cosmopolitan court of Ayutthaya, through the Persian merchant Sheik Ahmad Qomi, from whom the noble Thai Bunnag family descends.
  • History section, final paragraph
    The first-ever recorded recipe for massaman curry by Lady Plean Phatsakorawong in 1889
  • Uses Ingredient: Meat, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Duck, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Chicken, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Beef, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Tofu, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Coconut Milk, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Onion, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Peanut, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Cashew, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Potato, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Bay Leaf, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Cardamom, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Cinnamon, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Star Anise, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Palm Sugar, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Fish Sauce, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Chili Pepper, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Tamarind, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • In Cuisine: Thai Cuisine, lead paragraph
    Massaman curry (Thai: แกงมัสมั่น, RTGS: kaeng matsaman, pronounced [kɛ̄ːŋ mát.sā.màn] ) is a rich, flavourful, and mildly spicy Thai curry.
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