Devil's curry


Devil's curry is a very spicy curry flavoured with candlenuts, galangal and vinegar from the Eurasian Kristang culinary tradition in Malacca, Malaysia. It is often served one or two days after Christmas and on other special occasions.
Kristang cuisine blends the cuisines of Southeast Asia with a western-style cuisine inherited from Portuguese colonial rulers. Other popular Kristang dishes include curry feng, , and sugee cake.

Etymology

In the original Kristang, "curry debal" means "leftover curry", as it is often served one or two days after Christmas and made out of leftovers from the Christmas meal. The similarity of the words debal and devil, probably paired with spiciness of the dish, lead to it being adopted into the English language as "devil's curry".