GK
INDIAN CULTURE
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Either A or B
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Detailed explanation-1: -The first British cookbook to include a recipe for curry was The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy by Hannah Glasse. The first edition included three different kinds of pilau. And later editions had recipes for rabbit curry and a curry made with fowl. Glasse’s book first came out in 1747.
Detailed explanation-2: -The original curry Archaeological evidence dating to 2600 BCE from Mohenjo-daro, in Pakistan, suggests the pestle and mortar were used to pound spices including mustard, fennel and cumin to flavour food. The spicy curries that we know and love today came much later.
Detailed explanation-3: -As early as 1733, curry was served in the Norris Street Coffee House in Haymarket. By 1784, curry and rice had become specialties in some popular restaurants in the area around London’s Piccadilly. The first British cookery book containing an Indian recipe was ‘The Art of Cookery Made Plain & Easy’ by Hannah Glasse.