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The discussion revolves around the causes of flatulence after consuming curry, with various participants suggesting potential culprits such as lentils, onions, garlic, and undercooked chili powder. Many contributors agree that ingredients like onions and garlic are common triggers, while some mention that using Hing (asafetida) may help alleviate the issue. Overall, the community acknowledges that while delicious, certain ingredients in curry can lead to unpleasant after-effects, and there is no definitive consensus on a single cause.

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Offline George

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Passing wind after a curry
« on: October 12, 2010, 08:30 PM »
As Wikipedia says: "Flatulence is the expulsion through the rectum of a mixture of gases that are byproducts of the digestion process of mammals and other animals. The mixture of gases is known as flatus, (informally) fart, or simply gas, and is expelled from the rectum in a process colloquially referred to as "passing gas", "breaking wind", "boffing", "trumping", "squeezing one out", "guffing", "honking", "dropping one", "blowing off" or "farting"."

Last night i had one of the best curries I've had in ages. From a starter of chicken tikka and meat samosa (we shared) through to chicken biriani, chicken dhansak, keema naan and sag aloo, everything was superb. There's no way standards have fallen since the 1980s in this new restaurant.

BUT there was a price to pay afterwards, along the lines of my first paragraph above. I'm pleased to say I was home alone by then.

It's not a problem with all, or many BIRs, but does anyone know the likely cause? We might even be able to work backwards in that it may be necessary to take a hit with unpleasant after-effects if you want the food to be delicious when you eat it.

What's likely to cause it, in the specific case of the sauces and ingredients known to be used in a BIR?
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Re: Passing wind after a curry
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2010, 08:32 PM »
Hi George,

Lentils are a known source of flatulence, especially if you don't eat them very often.
That would be my best bet.

Paul
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Offline commis

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Re: Passing wind after a curry
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2010, 08:35 PM »
Hi
Work backwards. Well George, look at legumes ect.
Regards
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Offline Curry Barking Mad

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Re: Passing wind after a curry
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2010, 08:36 PM »
Its the onions every time for me.... :o
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Offline PaulP

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Re: Passing wind after a curry
« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2010, 08:46 PM »
...and the lager  :D
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Offline Secret Santa

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Re: Passing wind after a curry
« Reply #5 on: October 12, 2010, 09:55 PM »
Oh this is timely.

I made a garlic chilli chicken last night and by God I could easily have given Le Petomane a run for his money afterwards!

Garlic does it every time for me and the quantity (and quality) of farts is always roughly proportional to the quantity of garlic ingested.
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Offline Peripatetic Phil

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Re: Passing wind after a curry
« Reply #6 on: October 12, 2010, 10:04 PM »
Chef Harpal Singh Sokhi swears by ajwain as an anti-flatulence agent.  Maybe suggest to your local BIR that they use more of it !
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Offline Razor

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Re: Passing wind after a curry
« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2010, 10:15 PM »
This certainly answers a lot of questions of farts and I mean a lot :P http://www.heptune.com/farts.html
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Offline Stephen Lindsay

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Re: Passing wind after a curry
« Reply #8 on: October 12, 2010, 10:55 PM »
I heard it said that undercooked chilli powder it the cause
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Re: Passing wind after a curry
« Reply #9 on: October 12, 2010, 11:36 PM »
Quote from: PaulP on October 12, 2010, 08:32 PM
Hi George, Lentils are a known source of flatulence, especially if you don't eat them very often. That would be my best bet.

You may be right because of the lentils in the dhansak but, there again, I had dhansak twice in the last few weeks at another BIR, with no such after effects. I also drink lager at least once a week and have never noticed a problem there.

Will we reach any kind of consensus? There are so many good suggestions.
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