LONDON, ENGLAND, January 13, 2003: Curry, curry, and more curry have become the order of the day in the United Kingdom. London alone has almost 1200 Indian restaurants. An Indian dish called Chicken Tikka Masala was declared a national dish by Robin Cook two years ago. One ready-made packet of CTM is picked up every four seconds in one of the M & S stores in the country and Sir Gulam K. Noon’s ready-made Indian food factories produce 10 tons of CTM every day in order to meet the demand of super store chains like Sainsburys. The origin of the dish did not hail from India but rather was created by an owner-cook in a small London restaurant who accidentally revised a traditional dish to please a retired British Colonel dining at his establishment. Employing more people than the coal and steel sector combined, the Indian ready-made food industry received investment support from the Department of Trade and Industry last year to the tune of US$41 million. In the future the Indian food industry is expected to become a major exporter.
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