Before the Indian migrate to Malaya do the Malay know how to cook curry. Example Chicken curry?

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If you are referring to the migration of Indian workers during the pre-Malayan era, then the answer is a resounding YES as the Southeast Asian region is known as 'Greater India' due to cultural influences (language, food, terms, clothing, etc.). In the ancient Indian texts, it is described that the region surrounding Malacca and Indochina as Savarnadvipa and Suvarnabhumi -- the Land of Gold. It would be no doubt that people who lived here knew how to make curries with their own unique blend of recipes (I wouldn't solely call them 'Malays' though, 'Malay' is relatively a NEW word or term used by the Malaysian government to politically manipulate the population claim).

It is quite hard to tell when did 'Malays' knew how to cook curries as there are also indigenous recipes that resembles Indian cooking styles throughout this region due to migration of different ethnicities within the ancient empires.

Besides the Indians, Sri Lankans also play an important role in cultural exportations (religion, in particular) during the pre-Malaccan era while religion was bring spread to the northern regions like today's Thailand, Cambodia and Laos (some had settled here at that time). Certain traditional customs and cultural aspects of the Sri Lankans are also commonly mistaken as 'Indian' by the locals today (eg. language, food, clothing, religious traditions and customs).

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