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Random Curry Picker

From tikka masala to Massaman.

From tikka masala to Massaman.

Tap the big button. No accounts, no sign-up.

Sample outputs from Random Curry Picker

A slice of what this picker might return. The full pool is much larger — tap the picker for a random one.

  • Chicken tikka masala
  • Butter chicken
  • Lamb rogan josh
  • Chicken korma
  • Chicken jalfrezi
  • Beef madras
  • Prawn balti
  • Vegetable dhansak
  • Chana masala
  • Aloo gobi
  • Saag paneer
  • Dal tadka

When to use Random Curry Picker

  • Weeknight "what's for dinner?" — hand it to the picker instead of scrolling.
  • Batch-cook planning session when you're bored of the same 5 dishes.
  • Ordering-in nights when neither person will commit to a cuisine.
  • When you specifically want randomness — not a "recommendation engine", not a ranking, just an unbiased pick.

How the picker works

Random Curry Picker runs entirely in your browser — no servers, no accounts, no data sent anywhere. Each pick uses your browser's built-in cryptographic random-number generator (window.crypto.getRandomValues), which is uniformly distributed across the option pool.

The pool for this picker: 20 curated options. Every option has an equal probability of being selected on any given pick (about 5.00% per option).

Picker-kind picks return a single random option from the pool. If you add your own options, they're weighted equally alongside the built-in set.

If you want a deliberately weighted pick (favouring some options over others), the picker isn't the right tool — try structuring the choice as a wheel with duplicated entries, or split into two picks (category first, then item within category).

Related pickers + when to prefer each

Random Curry Picker is one of several related pickers on the site. The rest of this cluster covers adjacent decisions:

Random Cuisine Picker — the closest neighbour when this picker isn't quite the right fit.

Random 30 Minute Dinner — the closest neighbour when this picker isn't quite the right fit.

Random Pasta Recipe — the closest neighbour when this picker isn't quite the right fit.

Food Wheel — the closest neighbour when this picker isn't quite the right fit.

What Should We Eat — the closest neighbour when this picker isn't quite the right fit.

All picks are independent — running one picker doesn't influence the others.

About this category

Food decisions are the "what should we eat?" spiral — the most-quoted decision-fatigue trigger in UK households after "what should we watch?".

This category covers takeaway pickers, cuisine wheels, meal-kit-adjacent generators, batch-cook rotators and specific-diet filters (vegetarian, vegan, 30-minute, family-friendly).

FAQ

Homemade or takeaway?

Works for both.

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