Doesn't tarkari mean vegetable primarily. I have never heard oh aja kukhurako tarkari or khasi ko tarkari khaye. curry doesn't mean tarkari. Curry actually means any of the many combinations of herbs and spices! If you just boil chicken and not put at least few of the ingridients like the ones mentioned by tobler above it won't be a curry. curry is a style of cooking tarkari is vegtables.