Originally Posted by
LuvAirFrance
Logically, you know what you've seen. The Indians who live in that part of the east coast. But I think you want to paint with a broader brush. The fact is that "curry powder" is in fact sold to Indians outside of New York.
Actually, I don't know any Indians here at all.
I'm sure there are NRIs buy curry powder because they've become too Americanized, or are too busy to cook. The point I'm making is that you can't just use curry powder to make curry, as there is no generic curry. The curry powder (although honestly, I think even NRIs buy garam masala rather than curry powder) is just a base to start things off, as it were. Kind of like buying a pie crust and making the filling rather than making the entire pie from scratch.