Mother's Recipe Madras Curry Powder in a 500 g green tin, a ground spice blend for chicken, lamb, fish and vegetable curries.
Mother's Recipe Madras Curry Powder comes in a square green tin with a patterned border and the yellow Mother's Recipe badge at the top. Below the name, a photo panel shows a mortar and pestle, wooden scoops of red chilli, whole spices, cloves and garlic, bowls of ground powder and fresh herbs. The net weight is printed at the bottom as 500 g and 1 lb 2 oz. The tin front does not show an ingredient list. As general background, curry powder is a family of spice blends for curry, developed from garam masala in Indian cooking. Commonly, Madras style curry powder is fried briefly in hot oil with onion, garlic and ginger before meat, fish or vegetables are added, and it is also used in marinades and dry rubs. The photo shows the tin on a plain white background.
