Topic: Curry-mad Brits fork out for 32K of Indian food

[Yousef]

Curry-mad Brits fork out for ?32K of Indian food during their lives.

BHUNA-MAD Brits will spend an average of ?32,000 each on curries in their life,a survey found.

It claimed UK adults spend ?540 on the hot food every year - accounting for five per cent of the average salary.

But curry doesn't just satisfy hunger pangs - 20 per cent of people surveyed reckoned it spices up their sex lives too.

More than a third of the 3000 surveyed by research firm OnePoll.com admitted getting physical cravings for curry.

And 20 per cent said they got "cranky" if deprived of it.

The cravings were also found to start young, with more than a quarter of kids asking their parents for a weekly curry. Nearly half of Brits cook curries at home at least once a week and spend an average of ?20 per month on ingredients.

One in 10 eat at an Indian restaurant at least once a week, with men twice as likely to do so as women.

A quarter of men also admitted eating cold curry the morning after a night boozing.

In terms of dishes, chicken tikka masala is the nation's favourite - for both sexes.

Otherwise, men tend to opt for hotter dishes, such as madras, jalfrezi and vindaloo, while women prefer milder dishes such as a korma.

John Sewell, of OnePoll, said: "It's incredible how much money we spend on curry in our lifetime.

"We have obviously got a taste for the spicy stuff and the survey goes to show that curry really has become a staple part of our diet."

The survey also found one in 10 people have pretended that curry sauce from a jar was made by themselves

[Curry King]

The survey also found one in 10 people have pretended that curry sauce from a jar was made by themselves

I would be the opposite and insist it wasn't made by me