Curry Without Worry is a
San Francisco, California
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-based
soup kitchen
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known for its menu of
Nepalese cuisine
Nepali cuisine comprises a variety of cuisines based upon ethnicity, alluvial soil and climate relating to Nepal's cultural diversity and geography. '' Dal-bhat-tarkari'' ( ne, दाल भात तरकारी) is eaten throughout Nepal ...
. The charity serves free dinner to mostly impoverished persons on Tuesday afternoons from kiosks that simultaneously operate in San Francisco and
Kathmandu
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. Curry Without Worry also encourages "successful people" to eat at its kiosks as a way to emphasize similarities between persons of different economic strata. Meals are vegan and typically include rice,
kwati, curried vegetables, spicy
achar, timur
chutney
A chutney is a spread in the cuisines of the Indian subcontinent. Chutneys are made in a wide variety of forms, such as a tomato relish, a ground peanut garnish, yogurt or curd, cucumber, spicy coconut, spicy onion or mint dipping sauce.
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and flatbread.
History
Curry Without Worry was founded in 2006 by Shrawan Nepali, an immigrant to the
United States
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from
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
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. Nepali used the profits from a San Francisco-area restaurant in which he was a part owner to start the organization. The charity's president is Jesse Seaver.
References
Further reading
* Katayama, Lisa.
My love affair with timur (or how to cook a Nepali village feast), Boing Boing, June 21, 2009. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
External links
Curry Without Worry
Charities based in California
Nepalese diaspora in the United States
Nepalese cuisine
Non-profit organizations based in San Francisco
Asian restaurants in San Francisco
Vegan cuisine
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