Curry recipes and so much more!
If you like a good curry and/or spicy food, you’ve come to the right place. I have thousands of tried and tested curry recipes and other recipes from around the world for you to try. New recipes are being uploaded weekly. What started as a curry blog is now your source for all things spicy.
I moved to the UK from California in 1993 and couldn’t get enough of the curries that my wife, Caroline and I picked up from the takeaway every weekend. I started learning how to make authentic Indian curries by purchasing all the books that were out at the time and this blog, which came much later in 2010 was my way of perfecting what I had learned.
In 2016, The Curry Guy blog was awarded Best Food Blog at the Vuelio Blog Awards and shortly after that I signed my first cookbook deal for ‘The Curry Guy’ which was published by Quadrille Publishing in 2017. The Curry Guy Easy (2018), The Curry Guy Veggie (2019), The Curry Guy Light (2020), The Curry Guy Bible (2020), The Curry Guy Thai (2021) and The Curry Guy BBQ (2022) followed and I am now writing my 8th, 9th and 10th cookbooks which will be published in 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Photo by Mark Benham
About The Curry Guy Indian Food Blog – The Early Years
I started The Curry Guy Indian food blog in 2010 as a way of learning as much as I could about Indian food and culture.
It was a bit of experimental fun and escapism from my life running a promotional products business. I guess you could say I did just that! Escape.
As a way of getting enough content for the site, I convinced my wife and three kids that we should cook and eat nothing but Indian food for a whole year. Breakfast, lunch and dinner, Indian food was on the menu. Though I’m pretty sure my kids cheated a bit.
I wanted not only to learn how to cook Indian food correctly, but also really get to know how all those spices and other ingredients worked together. I wanted to be able to put the cookbooks away and develop my own Indian recipes.
The family pic that went in the papers.
Cooking at Lahore Kebab House in Shoreditch, London.
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My Cookbooks
The Curry Guy
My first cookbook features all of the most popular curry house recipes.
The Curry Guy Easy
This book is full of popular Indian recipes, both curry house style and authentic Indian food.
The Curry Guy Veggie
This book is packed with authentic Indian vegetarian recipes. Believe me… you won’t miss the meat!
The Curry Guy Light
Not a diet cookbook! You will find over 100 delicious recipes that are naturally in low fat and carbs
The Curry Guy Bible
Packed with over 200 recipes. The Curry Guy Bible features 50 recipes from each of my first three books and 50 brand new recipes. If you’re looking for a good all-rounder, this is it.
The Curry Guy Thai
Long before I started cooking Indian food, I made it my goal to master Thai food. This book features all the most popular Thai restaurant recipes. It is also the start of the new direction I am taking my blog.
More books and blog recipes on the way!
The Future…
After writing five Indian cookbooks and one Thai book, I have decided to take things even further!
You can expect to find recipes for curries and barbecue from all over the world in the coming months. So be sure to subscribe to my blog while you’re here so you never miss a recipe.
While you’re here, why not check out some of my favourite British Indian food recipes?
Chicken Korma
Chicken Madras
Lamb Rogan Josh
Chicken Dhansak
Lamb Vindaloo
Chicken Chilli Garlic
Chicken Patia
Lamb Bhuna
Butter chicken
Cooking a curry is easier when you use the recipes on my blog and in my cookbooks. I promise!
My wife and I now work together on these recipes to bring you more home tested curry and barbecue ideas.
I hope you enjoy sharing my Indian food journey as well as the new direction of my blog and books. You are certain to find many Indian food favourites and curries from all around the world.
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Victor Breach
Sunday 25th of August 2024
Hi Dan, Hope you and family are all well. One simple question. Can I use the left over marinade from the Shallow Fried Tandoori Chicken by boiling it up first and then adding it as sauce or to other curries? Hate waste. My odd email is because I am in South Africa and live by the whales and the sharks. You must make a turn here. Open house always.
Dan Toombs
Wednesday 4th of September 2024
Yes, you could certainly add it to curries for an extra layer of flavour. No need to boil it either, just did it and let it heat through. I’d love to come to South Africa one day. Dan
Sarah B
Monday 17th of June 2024
Hey, Dan- when my family orders from an Indian restaurant in the US we typically get the standard "chicken curry" along with butter chicken and chicken tikka masala (we like chicken). My question is where can I find a recipe for that standard chicken curry? Thanks!
Dan Toombs
Tuesday 25th of June 2024
It is really difficult to say as the restaurant probably uses its own preferred recipe. There are obviously hundreds of chicken curries on my blog so you’d just have to see which best appeal to you. Some of the Sri Lankan and southern India ones are popular as they use coconut milk but lots of popular northern India ones are tomato and onion based. Thanks Dan
Frank
Monday 29th of April 2024
Hi Dan, just bought your Curry Guy Book, looking through seen you use a pressure cooker for your base sources which I haven't got. Can I use my wok instead?
Regards
Frank Hutchings
Dan Toombs
Tuesday 30th of April 2024
Hi, thanks for buying my book. I recommend using the first recipe for base sauce in the book that is cooked on the stove top. Cut the recipe in half if it’s too much for your requirements. Thanks Dan
Gellybeansy
Monday 26th of February 2024
Hello Dan,
I am a huge fan of your curries - my fridge is full of base curry!! I like to use the slow cooker where I can so all the work is done early in the day. Have you used the slow cooker for any of your Indian recipes? Perhaps your next book could be a slow cooker version!
Kindest regards
Dan Toombs
Wednesday 28th of February 2024
Thanks very much, a lot of my recipes can be easily adapted for a slow cooker so just have a play around with the recipes, maybe adding a bit more liquid where necessary. Dan
Jim Hatch
Thursday 12th of October 2023
Just bought your brand new One Pot book and will be with me tomorrow. Can't wait to try recipes out.
Don
Friday 23rd of February 2024
@Dan Toombs, Hi Dan, Would you please put me on your regular recipe emailing list Thank you Don
Dan Toombs
Tuesday 17th of October 2023
Thanks very much for buying it. Dan