Cham curry – specialty of Cham people in An Giang

An Giang is a place where native Vietnamese, Chinese, Khmer and Cham people have lived peacefully together for hundreds of years. The local Cham community mainly follows Islamic belief, creating unique cultural features from mosque architectures to housing designs to traditional dresses.

Cham curry – specialty of Cham people in An Giang

Among traditional cultural traits, culinary is a pride of Cham people there, especially for their curry dishes.

Curry does not appear often in daily meals of Cham people but in festivals, wedding parties or religious events as this dish is expensive and more complicated in preparing than other ones. Cham people abstain from pork, and they often use beef, goat meat and chicken.

Mari Giah, a local curry chef, said that the curry of Cham people in the province is imported from the Muslim community in Malaysia. Cham people enjoy curry with rice, following the trends of Indian people, whom the dish is inextricably linked with.

Once visiting An Giang Province, tourists should not miss this specialty at Min Ky eatery located on Truong Nu Vuong Street.

Hanoi Times