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Picard
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It's simply because they aren't terribly authentic. Adding curry to a stew doesn't make it an Indian dish. But a lot of South African cuisine is like that. I did a bobotie from a recipe the other day and the mince part basically amounted to 'chuck every curry sounding spice into the pan'. The result was palatable but had almost no discernible character.
I should have added that I get critiqued on the ethnicity of my dishes even though I never claimed it to be.
I always just called my stuff by loose definitions, like stew or curry which isn't strictly ethnic. As far as I know people in India don't even use the word curry.








