phall

{{Short description|British Asian curry}}

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{{Infobox food

| name = Phall

| image = Chicken phaal.jpg

| caption = Chicken phaal from the Brick Lane Curry House, New York

| alternate_name = Fall, faal, phaal, phal, fal

| country = England

| region = Birmingham

| creator =

| course =

| type = Curry

| served =

| main_ingredient = chilli peppers (or scotch bonnet, habanero or Carolina Reaper peppers), tomatoes, ginger, choice of protein

| variations =

| calories =205.5 (chicken)

| other =

}}

Phall ({{langx|bn|ফাল||jump}}), also spelt fall, faal, phaal, fahl or fal, is a curry that originated in the Bangladeshi-owned curry-houses of Birmingham, England, and has also spread to Canada{{Cite web |title=Example restaurant menu in Canada for Phaal |url=http://www.taracuisine.com/menus/}} and the United States.{{Cite web |url=http://andyskitchen.co.uk/blogs////blog1.php/recipes/lamb-phall-vindaloo-and-madras-curry-recipe-1-recipe-three-different-curries |title=Lamb phall, vindaloo and madras curry recipes |access-date=2017-10-27 |archive-date=2017-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027231826/http://andyskitchen.co.uk/blogs////blog1.php/recipes/lamb-phall-vindaloo-and-madras-curry-recipe-1-recipe-three-different-curries |url-status=dead }} It is not to be confused with the char-grilled, gravyless, finger food phall from Bangalore.

It is one of the hottest forms of curry regularly available, even hotter than the vindaloo, using many ground standard chilli peppers, or a hotter type of chilli such as scotch bonnet, habanero, or Carolina Reaper. Typically, the dish is a tomato-based thick curry and includes ginger and optionally fennel seeds.{{cite web | archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20090226041012/https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A3073556| archive-date=26 February 2009 | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A3073556|title=Advice for Eating in an Indian Restaurant in Britain|access-date=2008-07-14 |publisher= BBC h2g2}} Phall has achieved notoriety as the spiciest generally available dish from Indian restaurants.Koh, Emily: [https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2167829/posts The Phaal Challenge at Brick Lane Curry House: Spiciest Curry Ever? (The Taste of Pain)], 23 June 2008. Accessed on 20 June 2021. It is, however, quite rare to find in comparison to vindaloo (which is usually the staple hottest curry of most Indian restaurants in the UK).

In 2008 in the UK, a charity competition in Hampshire was based on competitors eating increasingly hot phalls.{{cite web |url=http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/mostpopular.var.2092926.mostviewed.curry_lovers_take_on_hottest_ever_dish_for_charity.php |title=Curry lovers take on hottest ever dish for charity|date=5 March 2008 |access-date=2008-07-14 |publisher= Southern Daily Echo}} A Season 1 episode of Man v. Food in New York City featured host Adam Richman accepting a challenge involving eating a full serving of phall at Brick Lane Curry House in Manhattan.