Mine neither. In my book a stew is what my mum made 60 years ago , my grandad would say ' Very nice , very tasty , very 'holesome '.
I don't think my mum had any idea how to make curry , foreign food to her. Saturday lunch was a stew for gosh sakes not curry. Ah but The Golden Egg 200yds from the Market pub , chicken Madras , pillaw rice , mushroom bhaji and a pair of popadums........Them were the days around 1970 .