New research carried out for National Curry Week reveals that Chicken Tikka Masala is still the nation's favourite - but only just - as curry fans become more and more aware of regional dishes. Of the specified dishes, Jalfrezi has now moved into second place, indicating the desire for slightly hotter dishes but Vindaloo does not even make the top ten.
(Sample 4320).
Top Indian Dishes
CTM 19%
Other 16%
Jalfrezi 13%
Biryani 13%
Balti 10%
Chicken Dhansak 9%
Rogan Josh 6%
Meat Madras 6%
Karahi Ghost 6%
Korma 1%
When it comes to favourite regional cuisines it is not surprising that Bangladeshi comes out on top as over two thirds of Britain's Indian restaurants are Bangladeshi owned or operated. The growth in South Indian cuisine is shown by its joint second place with Punjabi food and Kashmiri food ranks surprisingly high in the table (Sample 8000).
Top Indian Regional Cuisines
Bangladeshi 35%
Punjabi 18%
South Indian 18%
Kashmiri 10%
Pakistani 5%
Hyderabadi 5%
Mogul 3%
Parsi 3%
Rajasthani 2%
Evolved 2%
When it comes to poppadoms, which lie very much at the heart of National Curry Week®, it seems two plain poppadoms per person is still the norm, coming top with 37%, although 27% say they go for more than this. Spicy poppadoms are still less popular, with just 13% of respondents opting for two per person and 7% one. (Sample 710).
When compared with all other favourite cuisines, Indian comes in second with 14%, followed by Thai, third with 10%. The clear favourite is that vague 'Other', underlining the huge variation of cuisine available in Britain (Sample 6030).
Favourite Cuisines
Other 62%
Indian 14%
Thai 10%
Italian 4%
British 3%
Chinese 3%
Caribbean 1%
Mexican 1%
Spanish 1%
Greek 1%
