Carmina's Curry

WHO WE ARE

AGoancurrybrand,builtonrealrecipes.

Carmina's Curry was founded to keep Goan cooking honest. Six curry masalas drawn from Auntie Carmina's home kitchen, served as build your own bowls, with the same recipe and the same standard at every location.

The founders of Carmina's Curry, standing outside the green door of the first outlet

HOW WE WORK

Four things we won't compromise on.

01

Today's food, today.

Curry pots start before opening, finish through the day. Nothing sits overnight (except the Vindaloo masala, which is supposed to). What's left at close goes home with the team. Tomorrow we start fresh.

02

Fair prices, plain bills.

Our pricing reflects what the food actually costs to make, with a small honest margin. No service charges, no mystery line items, no upcharge for a bigger appetite. The chalkboard number is the counter number.

03

Same masala, every outlet.

The six curry recipes don't change as we grow. Every cook in every Carmina's Curry trains in our outlet first, takes home the recipe binder, and sources to the same standard. The bowl in Pune should taste like the bowl in Verna.

04

Open every day, 10 to 10.

No weekly off, no shutters at festival time, no surprise closures. Working people deserve a hot lunch on Tuesday and a hot dinner on Sunday. We're open when you need us.

WHO COOKS

The founders.

Carmina's Curry is run by three people who together hold the recipes, the kitchen, and the brand. They train every cook and front-of-house lead in the system, and visit every new location during launch.

Auntie Carmina, founder and recipesCarmina, Panjim, circa 1964

Auntie Carmina

Founder · Recipes

The six curry masalas on our menu are her home recipes, written down and refined for service. She still tastes the curry every Saturday morning. If she nods, it's good. If she shakes her head, we start again.

Marisa Fernandes-D'Costa, co-founder and head of kitchen

Marisa Fernandes-D'Costa

Co-founder · Head of Kitchen

Cooked in her family's kitchen growing up, then five years in a hotel kitchen in Bangalore. Heads recipe quality across all locations and trains every new cook in the system.

Jude D'Costa, co-founder and head of operations

Jude D'Costa

Co-founder · Head of Operations

Runs counter operations, customer experience, and franchise partnerships. The touch point for partners during launch and the months after.

Real food. Cooked to perfection. Sold fairly. We won't promise more than that, and we won't deliver less.

What we cook for

Come and meet us.

Carmina's Curry serves from Verna, Goa. The green door, the open glass front, and one of us at the counter. That's the easiest way to understand what we do.

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