Sometimes a new student will ask me to share a “basic chicken curry.” They may as well ask me to come up with a peace plan for the Middle East! Curries are so dynamic that pinning down a fundamental sauce for the ubiquitous bird is truly not possible. Westerners often think of tomato-based dishes as essential curries, and maybe this recipe appeals to that perception. Whatever the reason, this deep red, full-bodied curry, delicious with bowls of steamed basmati rice, represents to many Weste