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{{Short description|Type of curry}}
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{{Use Oxford spelling|date=July 2020}}
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{{Infobox prepared food
| name             = Goan vindaloo
| image            = Vindalho.jpg
| image_size       = 250px
| caption          = Pork vindaloo, served in a [[Goa]]n-style Indian restaurant, 2006
| alternate_name   = Vindalho
| country          = India
| region           = [[Goa]]
| creator          =
| course           = Main course
| type             = [[Curry]]
| main_ingredient  = [[Pork]], [[vinegar]], [[spice]]s, [[chili pepper]]s
}}
'''Vindaloo''' or '''vindalho''' is a [[curry]] dish known globally in its [[British-Indian]] form as a staple of curry houses and Indian restaurants, specifically a fiery, spicy dish. Vindaloo's name derives from the quite different [[Portuguese cuisine|Portuguese]] [[Goa]]n dish [[carne de vinha d'alhos]] (meat with garlic vinegar).<ref name="CN">{{cite web |url=https://www.cntraveller.in/story/goan-vindaloo-meaning-get-portugual-mums-kitchen-panaji |title=How did the Goan vindaloo get to you?| last=Menon |first=Smitha |date=23 June 2020 |website=Condé Nast Traveller}}</ref><ref name="BBCFood">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/0/24432750|title=Curry: Where did it come from? |last=Taylor |first=Anna-Louise |date=11 October 2013 |website=BBC Food|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211232211/http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/0/24432750|archive-date=11 December 2014 |url-status=dead |access-date=17 December 2014}}</ref> The Goan recipe is a mildly spiced pork dish, but alternative versions are commonly used, such as beef, chicken, lamb, mutton, prawns, vegetables and tofu.<ref name="Galinha">{{cite web |last1=Peters-Jones |first1=Michelle |title=Indian Classics – Vindalho de Galinha (Chicken Vindaloo) |url=http://www.thetiffinbox.ca/2011/11/vindalho-de-galinha-chicken-vindaloo.html |publisher=The Tiffin Box |access-date=13 July 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713232936/http://www.thetiffinbox.ca/2011/11/vindalho-de-galinha-chicken-vindaloo.html |archive-date=13 July 2015 }}</ref>

== Mildly-spiced Portuguese Goan dish ==

A standard element of [[Goan cuisine]] derived from the [[Portuguese cuisine|Portuguese]] ''[[carne de vinha d'alhos]]'' (meat in wine and garlic marinade; literally "meat of wine of garlic"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dicionario.priberam.org/vinha-d'alhos |website=Priberam (Portuguese Dictionary) |title=Vinha-d'alhos |access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref>), vindaloo is a dish of meat [[Marinade|marinated]] in vinegar and garlic.<ref name=Indal/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Deravian |first=Naz |date=13 December 2023 |title=Chicken Vindaloo |url=https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1024642-chicken-vindaloo |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=[[NYT Cooking]]}}</ref> This was adapted by the local Goan cooks with the substitution of [[Nypa_fruticans#Food_and_beverages|palm vinegar]] for the wine, and the addition of spices, evolving into the localized "vindaloo".<ref name="tvu">{{cite web |url=http://www.uwl.ac.uk/the_university/news/news_story.jsp?ID=219 |title=How to cook a vindaloo – students learn from the best |publisher=[[University of West London]] |access-date=26 October 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109094436/http://www.uwl.ac.uk/the_university/news/news_story.jsp?ID=219 |archive-date=9 November 2012 }}</ref>

Even though the word ''aloo'' (आलू) means ''potato'' in [[Hindi]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Hindi/English/Tamil Glossary |url=http://tiffinbox.wordpress.com/glossary/ |work=Pravasidesi's Tiffin box |date=25 September 2007 |access-date=26 October 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017145516/http://tiffinbox.wordpress.com/glossary/ |archive-date=17 October 2012 }}</ref> traditional Goan vindalho does not include potatoes; the name is from Portuguese with no Hindi etymology. Some Indian versions include potatoes due to the confusion with the Hindi ''aloo'', "potato".<ref name="manon-cntraveller">{{cite news |last=Manon |first=Smitha |date=June 23, 2020 |title=How did the Goan vindaloo get to you? |magazine=[[Condé Nast Traveler]]|url=https://www.cntraveller.in/story/goan-vindaloo-meaning-get-portugual-mums-kitchen-panaji |access-date=March 22, 2021}}</ref>

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File:Vindalho em Lisboa.jpg|Pork vindalho, served in Lisbon, Portugal, in a [[Goa]]n-style Indian restaurant, 2011
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== Fiery British dish ==

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The British version of vindaloo calls for the meat to be marinated in vinegar, sugar, fresh ginger and spices, then cooked with more spices.<ref name="Indal">{{cite web |title=Indal (Vindaloo) |url=http://www.east-indians.com/foodporkvindaloo.htm |publisher=The East Indian Community |access-date=13 July 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705102827/http://www.east-indians.com/foodporkvindaloo.htm |archive-date=5 July 2015 }}</ref> According to the food writer [[Pat Chapman (food writer)|Pat Chapman]], Vindaloo served in British restaurants differs from the original vindaloo dish; it is simply a version of the standard medium spicy ([[Madras curry|Madras]]) restaurant curry with the addition of vinegar, potatoes and plenty of chili peppers.<ref name="currybible">{{cite book |title=The New Curry Bible |author=Pat Chapman |author-link=Pat Chapman (food writer) |year=2004 |publisher=Metro Publishing |location=London, UK |isbn=978-1-84358-087-4 |pages=118–121}}</ref> The British version became widespread with the creation of more Indian restaurants in Britain in the 1970s.<ref name=Mathur>{{cite news |last=Mathur |first=Bhakti |url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3102843/history-vindaloo-loved-britain-why-india-has-portuguese |title=The history of vindaloo, loved in Britain: why India has Portuguese explorers to thank for the famous hot curry |newspaper=[[South China Morning Post]]|date=2020-09-28|access-date=2025-04-11}}</ref> The name "vindaloo" was effectively redefined to mean "a very hot curry".{{sfn|Collingham|2007|p=225}} Vindaloo has indeed featured in "challenge" competitions to see who can eat such a hot curry.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vindaloo |url=https://www.britishcurryday.org/thefamousdishes/vindaloo |website=British Curry Day |access-date=16 November 2025}}</ref> 

Vindaloo was introduced to Hong Kong when it was a British colony. In 2020 the food and beverage manager of the Aberdeen Boat Club, Hong Kong described vindaloo as one of the institution's most commonly ordered dishes.<ref name=Mathur/>

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File:PrawnVindahloo.jpg|Prawn vindaloo with rice, Germany, 2021
File:Lamb vindaloo in Helsinki.jpg|Lamb vindaloo served in Helsinki, Finland, 2011
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== See also ==

* [[Anglo-Indian cuisine]]

== References ==

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== Sources ==

* {{cite book |last=Collingham |first=Lizzie |author-link=Lizzie Collingham |title=Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors |date=2007 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |url=https://archive.org/details/curry00lizz}}

== External links ==

* [https://www.foodsofengland.info/vindaloo.html Vindaloo] at The Foods of England

{{Curry in the United Kingdom}}
{{Indian Dishes}}

[[Category:Anglo-Indian cuisine]]
[[Category:Goan cuisine]]
[[Category:Portuguese fusion cuisine]]
[[Category:Indian cuisine in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Curry in the United Kingdom]]