The curry that helps tackle insomnia © SWNSCelebrity Indian chef and TV presenter Gurpareet Bains has made a curry that produces similar effects to sleeping pills.
People have reported feeling "tired and spaced out" within 20 minutes of eating it and a journalist said he was "almost comatose" after a taste test.
Gurpareet says he created the curry to try and help people sleep.
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“This dish was designed with one thing in mind - to help people with insomnia.
"Its ingredients have been used for millennia for their tranquilising properties, and our research has shown it to work incredibly well,” he told reporters.
Gurpareet Bains - creator of the insomnia-fighting curry © SWNSThe key insomnia-fighting ingredient in the curry is nutmeg, which contains myristicin - an oil that produces 'intoxicating' effects if people eat a lot of it at once.The chef includes a whole ground tablespoon of it in his recipe! No wonder people fall asleep…
Only minutes after a TV producer tried "a few mouthfuls" of the curry for a live taste test, she said: "My eyes feel quite heavy. I think if I was at home right now lying down I would fall asleep."
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The recipe features in Gurpareet’s book, Indian Superspices. It’s the follow-up to his debut, Indian Superfoods – an Amazon bestseller.
In the past, he’s created a cancer-fighting curry, a hangover curing curry and a curry that can prevent you from catching a cold.
We might need to try out some of his recipes!
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