Curry powder

Curry powder is a mix of spices native to south-east Asia.

It is very seldom that the curry powder mix contains dried leaves from the curry tree.

When you talk about curry powder there is not much doubt what you are talking about. But if you talk about curry, in general, it can be many things, from a paste to a soup.

The origins of curry powder is a little unclear but are most likely from India and south-east Asia. In Thailand, it has been used for a very long time, both for cooking and in traditional Thai medicine because of its healing properties.

The use of curry in India and south-east Asia are said to go back more than 4000 years.

One of the first times it was advertised in Europe was in the mid-1780s. The ad was run in the Morning times, now a part of the Daily Telegraph. The ad said that the curry powder was brought back from the East Indies.

It is only in the expensive curry mixes the curry leaf is used. The curry tree is native to Sri Lanka and India. The curry tree is very easy to grow and can be grown in a container.

The nutrient fact, below, is based on 100 gram of Curry powder.

Vitamins

Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid mg 0.7
Thiamin mg 0.176
Riboflavin mg 0.2
Niacin mg 3.26
Pantothenic acid mg 1.07
Vitamin B-6 mg 0.105
Folate, total µg 56
Folic acid µg 0
Folate, food µg 56
Folate, DFE µg 56
Choline, total mg 64.2
Betaine mg 28.8
Vitamin B-12 µg 0
Vitamin B-12, added µg 0
Vitamin A, RAE µg 1
Retinol µg 0
Carotene, beta µg 11
Carotene, alpha µg 0
Cryptoxanthin, beta µg 0
Vitamin A, IU IU 19
Lycopene µg 0
Lutein + zeaxanthin µg 0
Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) mg 25.24
Vitamin E, added mg 0
Tocopherol, beta mg 0
Tocopherol, gamma mg 1.15
Tocopherol, delta mg 0
Vitamin D (D2 + D3) µg 0
Vitamin D IU 0
Vitamin K (phylloquinone) µg 99.8

Lipids

Fatty acids, total saturated g 1.648
4:00 g 0.012
6:00 g 0.038
8:00 g 0.013
10:00 g 0.013
12:00 g 0
13:00 g 0.079
14:00 g 0.637
15:00 g 0
16:00 g 0.681
17:00 g 0
18:00 g 0.174
20:00 g 0
22:00 g 0
24:00:00 g 0
Fatty acids, total monounsaturated g 8.782
14:01 g 0
15:01 g 0
16:1 undifferentiated g 0.013
17:01 g 0
18:1 undifferentiated g 8.742
18:1 c g 8.742
18:1 t g 0
20:01 g 0.013
22:1 undifferentiated g 0.014
24:1 c g 0
Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated g 3.056
18:2 undifferentiated g 2.788
18:3 undifferentiated g 0.268
18:3 n-3 c,c,c (ALA) g 0.255
18:3 n-6 c,c,c g 0.013
18:04 g 0
20:2 n-6 c,c g 0
20:3 undifferentiated g 0
20:4 undifferentiated g 0
20:5 n-3 (EPA) g 0
22:5 n-3 (DPA) g 0
22:6 n-3 (DHA) g 0
Fatty acids, total trans g 0
Fatty acids, total trans-monoenoic g 0
Cholesterol mg 0

Proximates

Water g 8.8
Energy kcal 325
Energy kJ 1359
Protein g 14.29
Total lipid (fat) g 14.01
Ash g 7.07
Carbohydrate, by difference g 55.83
Fiber, total dietary g 53.2
Sugars, total g 2.76
Sucrose g 0.62
Glucose (dextrose) g 1.14
Fructose g 0.79
Lactose g 0
Maltose g 0
Galactose g 0.21

Minerals

Calcium, Ca mg 525
Iron, Fe mg 19.1
Magnesium, Mg mg 255
Phosphorus, P mg 367
Potassium, K mg 1170
Sodium, Na mg 52
Zinc, Zn mg 4.7
Copper, Cu mg 1.2
Manganese, Mn mg 8.3
Selenium, Se µg 40.3

Amino Acids

Tryptophan g 0.11
Threonine g 0.35
Isoleucine g 0.63
Leucine g 0.89
Lysine g 0.7
Methionine g 0.19
Cystine g 0.2
Phenylalanine g 0.58
Tyrosine g 0.4
Valine g 0.75
Arginine g 0.89
Histidine g 0.29
Alanine g 0.55
Aspartic acid g 1.79
Glutamic acid g 2.27
Glycine g 0.79
Proline g 1.24
Serine g 0.39
Hydroxyproline g 0
Other
Alcohol, ethyl g 0
Caffeine mg 0
Theobromine mg 0