Rare, authentic dishes never influenced by outdated company versions of ‘curry’.
Discover the heritage foods that Company Curry traders never knew existed - from LumpRice™, the Tamil–Dutch colonial luxury dish,to KothuthuRoti™ and Watilla™, both added to the Oxford English Dictionary in June 2025, joining the long list of Tamil culinary words introduced to the world - curry, mulligatawny, congee, poppadom, rasam, and mango - first recorded in the 16th century.
For 500 years, Tamil kitchens shaped the world’s idea of post-chili era curry - long before company versions of pre-chili era took over.
For 500 years, Tamil kitchens shaped the world’s idea of post-chili era curry - long before company versions of pre-chili era took over.
A royal 400-year-old Tamil creation never known to Company Curry traders — now finally in London.
In June 2025, the Oxford English Dictionary officially recognised kothu roti as a world dish - joining the same Tamil culinary lineage that introduced the word kari (curry) to Europe in the 16th century.
But long before Oxford documented it, Tamil cooks in Ceylon created KothuthuRoti™
as a night-market specialty during the Crown Colony era.
Meat Koththu Roti™. Vegetarian, egg, and mixed variants may differ in appearance.
Introductory Offer: £12.99
(Real price: £19.99 — Save £7)
Limited daily portions — hand-made to order.
Oxford-recognised & colonial-era Tamil dishes in one premium box.
Experience the full Tamil Crown Curry heritage in a luxury combo that brings together:
LumpRice™
Tamil–Dutch Crown luxury dish wrapped in banana leaf — hand-layered, slow-cooked, heritage rich.
KoththuRoti™
Oxford-recognised Tamil street-crown dish — chopped, infused, sizzling, crafted the traditional way.
Watilla™ (Wattalappam)
Oxford-recognised dessert — Tamil coconut custard perfected through Dutch & Malay influence.
Snack Box™
Europeanised Tamil snacks found across Tamil Crown history — rolls, cutlets, patties, and more.
Taste 500 years of Tamil Crown Curry heritage — in one box.
(Real value: £44.97 — Save £14.98)
Limited to 50 combo boxes per batch.
During the Portuguese, Dutch and British Crown periods, Tamil cooks created a legendary range of snacks that became iconic across the Tamil habitat in Ceylon.
Mutton rolls and fish rolls, Vegetable & Chicken patties, Fish buns and Stuffed buns, Egg Bonda,and many other evening-tea delights enjoyed by colonial officers, workers, travellers, and Tamil families.
⭐ What’s Inside the Tamil Crown Snack Box™
A premium selection of freshly handcrafted Tamil snacks:
🥟 2 Mutton or Chicken Rolls
🥔 2 Vegetable or Fish Cutlets
🥧 2 Patties (veg or meat)
🍘 2 Fish Buns or Egg Bonda
(You can customise your box during checkout.)
All made the traditional Tamil way:
no shortcuts
no factory filling
no frozen supermarket paste
hand-made, batch by batch
Recipe roots: Dutch cutlets, Tamil rolls, British-tea patties — all preserved in Tamil kitchens.
Tamil Crown Snack Box™: £11.99
(Real value: £17.99 — Save £6)
Hot, fresh, and made to order. London delivery only.
Limited portions per day.
No.
India and Sri Lanka, as we know them today, are British colonial creations less than 200 years old.
These dishes come from the Tamil Crown Curry tradition, developed in one of the two traditional Tamil habitats — shaped through Portuguese, Danish, Dutch, French, Javanese, and British Crown influence, long before modern national borders existed.
LumpRice™ is a Tamil–Dutch Crown dish, slow-cooked, banana-leaf wrapped, layered with rice, sambal, cutlets, frikkadels, and roast curry.
It is not biryani and not known to Company Curry traders.
Because each portion:
takes 6+ hours to prepare
is wrapped in banana leaves
uses premium ingredients
is hand-layered
is cooked in small batches only
It is a heritage luxury dish — not mass-produced food.
It is the original Tamil version of Kothu Roti —
the one recognised by the Oxford English Dictionary (June 2025).
Hand-shredded roti, chopped with sambals, eggs or meat, and roast gravy in the traditional Tamil method.
Watilla™ is your premium version of Wattalappam, a Tamil coconut custard dessert with Dutch and Malay influence.
It is also part of the Oxford English Dictionary (June 2025) additions.
Yes — every item is made fresh on the same day, in a licensed kitchen.
no frozen batches
no factory fillings
no reheating
no shortcuts
no Company Curry powders
Yes.
We deliver to most London postcodes for a flat £2.99 fee.
Free delivery on orders above £29.99 (optional if you want to enable it).
Yes — we offer:
Vegetarian LumpRice™
Veg KothuthuRoti™
Vegetarian Snack Box
Watilla™ is naturally vegetarian
Yes — you can choose:
Veg or non-veg
Mixed
Specific rolls, cutlets, patties, or buns (subject to availability)
To preserve authenticity:
LumpRice™ limited to 100 portions per batch
Combo Boxes limited to 50 boxes
Snack Boxes limited to daily capacity
Once sold out, we close orders for the day.
No.
We only use direct delivery to protect freshness, aroma, and the traditional texture of the dishes.
Our default spice level is medium Tamil spice.
We can make:
Milder
Hotter
Just specify during checkout.
Premium, food-safe, eco-conscious packaging:
banana-leaf wrap for LumpRice™
sealed containers for KothuthuRoti™
tamper-proof boxes for snacks and desserts
Yes — our combo box and snack box make excellent gifts.
We can include a message on request.
We do not refund cooked food, but if there’s any issue with your order, we guarantee fresh replacements or credit.
This is not restaurant curry.
This is 3,200 years of Tamil culinary history on a plate — 2,700 years of black-pepper–based, pre-chilli traditions, and 500+ years of post-chilli innovation.
For decades, you were served the pre-chilli era Company Curry, and as expected, it has gone into crisis.
The solution is Crown Curry — the true Tamil culinary heritage.
You’ve read the stories.
You’ve seen the heritage.
Now it’s time to taste the dishes that Company Curry traders never knew existed —
prepared the traditional way in one of the two ancient Tamil habitats.
Choose your dish below and experience the original Tamil Crown Curry tradition, crafted by hand, fresh for your order.
Curated, researched, and presented by
Ravi Maniam — author, historian, and founder of Tamil Crown Curry.