Specialities range from hot curries to lasagne and steak pie.

As with the pregnancy diet, warm foods are encouraged, such as hot curries.

India has its version too, raita, the cooling mixture that accompanies hot curries.

A chilli red gravy for the mutton curry is popular for those who like hot curries.

The Indians, for example, have had a strong influence on cuisine, and hot curries and sweet chutney are ubiquitous.

When it is night you are cold and wish to be warm and dream of hot curries; and wrap yourself in blankets.

He may have discarded his crocodile shoes, but he could be depended on for reminiscences about really hot curries and an abundance of bearers.

Sri Lankan food is similar to that of South India, with rice the staple, to which very hot curries - meat, fish or egg - are added.

There were no letdowns among the hot curries, mild yet tasty noodle dishes or the stir-fried compositions of meat and vegetables reminiscent of familiar Chinese fare.

All hot curries call for something sweet to counterbalance the spices, and for that reason, apples or mashed ripe bananas are often added to fiery Indian curries.

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With the complex sensory reaction to the variety of spices and flavours, a natural high is achieved that causes subsequent cravings, often followed by a desire to move on to hotter curries.

Yannick Cam, chef and owner of Le Pavillon in Washington, may be fond of hot curries made with shrimp paste and laos, an aromatic seasoning, but he doesn't include them on his refined five-course tasting menu.