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Crown Curry™

Learn layered Tamil curry traditions, roasted spice systems, banana leaf cooking, sambals, coconut curries, and dishes shaped through centuries of culinary evolution.

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✅For over 3,200 years, Tamils have celebrated food on banana leaves - a tradition still honoured today, even in the heart of London.
✅In this Master Class, you’ll even discover how clay pots and banana leaves can be part of your cooking — if you choose.

Tamil Crown Curry — beyond the curry most people know.

Meet the Tutor: Ravi Maniam

Born in Kayts - the first Portuguese–Tamil colony, where the post-chili Curry Renaissance began with the arrival of chili and new vegetables from South America — Ravi comes from the birthplace of the world’s first curry powder.

Now based in London, he is the author of Curry Heritage of the Tamils: History of Curry, written as a solution to the ongoing Great British Curry Authenticity Crisis.

An accountant by qualification and IT consultant by profession, Ravi is not a trained chef but a passionate cook. His mission is to introduce truly authentic Tamil Curry to the world - restoring heritage and flavour to Britain’s favourite dish, at a time when the Curry Authenticity Crisis is threatening a £5 billion industry and the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of workers.

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This is what makes Tamil Crown Curry™ different: not just heavy meat dishes, but a complete meal - balanced with brown rice, seafood, and a gentle White Curry™ you won’t find in restaurants.

Ready to Cook Real Tamil Crown Curry?

  • Most people know curry through restaurant culture — rich sauces, takeaway favourites, and familiar spice blends. But beyond that exists another layer of curry tradition shaped through Tamil kitchens, colonial trade routes, layered cooking systems, and centuries of evolution.

  • This course explores that deeper layer — roasted spice structures, coconut curries, sambals, banana leaf cooking, layered rice dishes, and the flavour logic behind Tamil Crown Curry.

  • As a Founding Member, you’ll learn step by step through practical, approachable dishes designed for real life — from comforting everyday meals to more layered weekend cooking experiences.

  • You’ll also discover simple “fall-back” dishes many Tamil families still make at home — quick sambals, tin-fish curries, coconut-based dishes, and deeply satisfying meals that are affordable, practical, and full of flavour.

  • This is not about memorising recipes alone. It’s about understanding how curry is built — so you can cook more intuitively, confidently, and creatively over time.

  • And perhaps most importantly, you’ll begin seeing curry differently altogether.

Join today - your £49 investment will pay for itself the first time you cook Tamil Curry at home

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Your Founding Member Benefits

Step-by-step video lessons — easy to follow, even for beginners

Authentic Tamil recipes, straight from the source

Weekly updates shaped by your feedback as a Founding Member

A private space to ask questions and share your cooking journey

Multi-device compatibility (learn on your smartphone, laptop, or tablet)

Lifetime access to all future lessons and improvements

Why Tamil Curry?

  • Modern British curry culture largely evolved through the restaurant traditions that expanded during and after the East India Company era.

  • But while that commercial curry culture was growing in Britain, another layered curry tradition continued evolving across Ceylon under Portuguese, Dutch, and later British Crown influence from 1796 onward.

  • Over time, I began thinking of these two broad journeys as:
    👉 Company Curry and Crown Curry.

  • Not as a battle between “right” and “wrong,” but as two different historical paths through which curry evolved over centuries.

  • And perhaps, as modern curry culture searches for new depth and authenticity, some of those older layered traditions may become worth rediscovering again.

Who is this course for?

  • Curry lovers who want to explore deeper, more layered curry traditions beyond standard restaurant-style cooking

  • Home cooks — from complete beginners to experienced foodies — curious about flavour structure, spice balance, and Tamil Crown Curry traditions

  • People interested in coconut curries, sambals, banana leaf cooking, layered rice dishes, roasted spice systems, and regional curry traditions

  • Plant-based, vegetarian, and vegan eaters looking for rich and satisfying curry dishes beyond the usual options

  • Food lovers curious about the historical evolution of curry through trade, migration, colonial influence, and Tamil cooking traditions

  • Busy professionals, students, and families looking for comforting, flavourful meals that are practical, affordable, and deeply satisfying

  • Members of the Tamil diaspora who want to reconnect with layered home-style cooking traditions through food

  • Anyone curious enough to discover that curry may be far broader, older, and more fascinating than they first imagined

FAQ

What do I need to attend the course?

You’ll need an email address, a stable internet connection, and a basic kitchen setup — a stove, oven, and everyday utensils. We begin with approachable dishes using ingredients that are easy to source, while gradually exploring more layered cooking techniques, spice structures, and Tamil Crown Curry traditions over time.

I am a total beginner - is this a course for me?

Absolutely.

The course is designed step by step, starting with practical everyday dishes before gradually exploring deeper flavour structures, spice logic, banana leaf cooking, sambals, coconut curries, and layered rice traditions.

Whether you’re completely new to curry or already love cooking, the goal is to help you understand curry more intuitively and confidently.

What will I learn?

This course explores curry far beyond one single style of cooking.

You’ll discover:

  • layered Tamil cooking traditions

  • roasted spice systems

  • coconut-based curries

  • sambals and pickles

  • banana leaf cooking

  • practical everyday dishes

  • vegetarian, seafood, and non-vegetarian meals

  • flavour balance and curry structure

Most importantly, you’ll begin understanding how curry is built — not just how recipes are followed.

How does it work?

Simply enroll in the course, and you’ll receive a unique student access link by email. Click to confirm your details, and you’ll be ready to step into the world of authentic Tamil Crown Curry™ — with new lessons added each week.

Can’t I just learn on YouTube or social media?

There are many excellent curry videos online.

But most online recipes are isolated individual dishes.

This course is designed differently.

Instead of simply collecting recipes, you’ll gradually learn the deeper flavour structures, cooking logic, spice balance, layering principles, and historical influences that connect many Tamil Crown Curry traditions together.

In other words:
- You’re not just learning dishes.

- You’re learning the system behind them.

After the dissolution of the East India Company in 1858, curry — like many deeply regional food traditions such as English Breakfast or Scottish Haggis — did not stop evolving.

Tamil Crown Curry explores some of the layered traditions that continued developing beyond the early Company-era curry culture Britain first came to know.

They trusted us

What Readers Say About Ravi’s Work on Amazon

Testimonial 1 (from Sabeshan)

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"I recently had the pleasure of exploring The Curry Heritage of the Tamils, and it's nothing short of captivating. The author’s exploration of Tamil Curry’s 3000-year-old heritage is truly enlightening… not just a book, it’s a celebration of culinary history. Highly recommended!"
— Sabeshan, UK

Testimonial 2 (from Ravendran K.)

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"The Curry Heritage of the Tamils explores the history of curry, spanning over 3000 years. It focuses on the contributions of the Tamils and highlights the curry renaissance in the Jaffna peninsula. For those interested in history, culture, and cuisine, this is a must-read that adds depth to our appreciation of curry."
— Ravendran K., UK