Malaysian chicken curry crowned world’s best stew


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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian chicken curry (pic) tops the list of TasteAtlas’ 50 Best Stews in the world.

The online food platform, described as an encyclopaedia of flavours, announced the ranking on Facebook.

Congratulating the winners, it wrote: “Congratulations! 50 Best Stews, TasteAtlas Ranking (April 2025).”

Chicken curry ranked first, followed by phanaeng curry from Thailand and dzhash from Armenia, with murgh makhani from India and kare from Japan completing the top five.

TasteAtlas said on its website that the food ratings are based on opinions from its global community as well as the quality and authenticity of traditional dishes.

Other stews in the top 10 include rendang (Indonesia), mas­saman curry (Thailand), keema (India), hunkar begendi (Turkiye) and gulai (Indonesia), showing the strong influence of Asian cuisine.

The list also features Thai green curry (26th), China’s Sichuan hot pot (33rd), bo kho from Vietnam (36th) and Korean kimchi jjigae (38th).

The platform has catalogued more than 10,000 food and drink items so far, with thousands more under review and mapping, including lesser known dishes.

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