INDIAN FOOD!

your mom sounds like a total pill

obviously get her a phall, duh

could have predicted the result tbh

That would also be my mom, although in the future all you have to say about movies you're trying to get her to agree to is 'it might win an Oscar'. My mom is still convinced that Indian food is bad from a case of food poisoning she got in the '60s in NYC and refuses to eat anything with 'curry' in it.

although in the future all you have to say about movies you're trying to get her to agree to is 'it might win an Oscar'

That doesn't work. She always assumes that if there's no actors she's heard of in it, then it's not a good movie.

My mom did like the nan bread, even though she kept calling it "pizza bread" hahaha

Yeah I can see that; my mom's delay/deny tactic is 'oh, I'll wait for the DVD'.

Chicken tandoori is a good bet for parents who are unsure of Indian food, too. I would just bring some home, call it barbecued chicken and take it from there.

chicken saag is my favorite meal in the world this week

like i think there are narcotics in it

love crab curry at Park Slope place

if i plan my life right, my last meal will be chana masala, aloo gobi, and some dosas with tamarind chutney. and iced tea.

i guess that's more like planning my death right

who the fuck cares what you call it just pass me the masala

Whiney's story upthread reminds me of this:
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/area_grandmother_tries_indian_food

ppl in LA, Rajadhani in that little India area near Cerritos has some fucking crazy Gujurathi food. Pretty much as good as most of the shit you get in India.

cuet indian girl at work brought me in some Vegetable Biriyani. so good!

what do I get tonight:
gosht pasanda...tender pieces of lamb cooked in rich cashew nut gravy with cream, butter, and dry fruits...
OR...
boti kabab masala...selected pieces of young lamb delicately spiced and barbecued in our tandoor and then cooked in chef's special sauce??????

special sauce >>> dry fruits

I am too juvenile to ever order any food with anything described remotely like "special sauce"

love love love boti masala kebab, totally go get that

yeah the dry fruits is making me hesitate, but i'm assuming they're broken down and become part of the sauce? not just like here's some lamb and sauce with prunes studded throughout.

sometimes you can find sultanas and such in curry sauces over here.

dried fruits don't break down in sauces - yr looking at something that's gonna have raisins/cherries in it imho

ok then boti it is. i was thinking it'd be akin to raisins breaking down in a mole.

A pasanda from a British takeaway will have sultanas in whole, yeah. Nothing bigger though. Over here the dish is usually pretty korma-like, if that helps.

(Do Americans call golden raisins "sultanas"? That's what I mean, anyhow.)

no, far as i know we just call them golden raisins. was picturing something kormaish, will try it some other time.

Aloo Parantha : 4.00

Garlic Naan : 3.00

Saffron Special Murg Tikka Masala : 13.95

Boti Kabab Masala : 13.95

Steamed Basmati Rice : 3.95

What's the rationale for Indian places charging for rice (some Indian places don't, but NO Chinese or Thai places do). I mean it's good fuckin rice and they give you a bunch (too much, really) but c'mon, $4?

mottor paneer was superb this evening mmm nom etc.

You know, I've noticed the rice thing, too, and I think it's bullshit. Serving your customers rice is the price of doing business, imo. It costs pennies, in the quantities you'll be purchasing, and it causes so much ill will NOT to include it, that why are we even discussing this??

if i plan my life right, my last meal will be chana masala, aloo gobi, and some dosas with tamarind chutney. and iced tea.

― u don't have 2 be a shart, baby, 2 be in my jort (m bison),

^^

i had tj's indian food for dinner last night. paneer tikka masala w/ spinach rice, and a piece of garlic naan. pretty fucking great, but even bad indian food tastes good enough for me.

those cheap-ass places on 6th street in the east village? LOVE.

yes! spice cove was my jam

brigitte, i have some local recommendations for you!

http://www.salomiindian.com/
http://www.bollywoodcafela.com/
http://www.greatindiacafe-ca.com/

they all deliver!

those cheap-ass places on 6th street in the east village? LOVE.

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india sweet house near little ethiopia and rajdhani in that little india near cerritos are pretty much the best places for your money in and around la I would say

HAD A V V DELICIOUS MASALA DOSA TONIGHT

Yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuum

ooh thanks for the recs GB! salomi is really good but i wish they were a bit cheaper. lal mirch on ventura is good too!

re: rice, surely if they didn't charge you for it they would just increase the price of the main dishes? i'm guessing its all factored into their budget somehow.

You get charged for rice with every kind of food here!

Indian restaurants in Britain ALWAYS charge for rice (your choice is usually between plain basmati and a couple of pilau iterations). I'd imagine the decision to charge for rice in US Indian restaurants - if something recent - might have to do with booming prices for same in 'the markets' because Laurel is right and in most Asian restaurants, whether Chinese, Thai or Indian ,rice is given for free.

Or maybe some of these Indian restaurants have been opened by restauranteurs who've moved from the UK?

after years and years of mainly eating north indian I think I've decided I much prefer south indian (dosas, etc).

is it a "thing" for Indians to like and frequent Thai restaurants a lot? i get the feeling that indians to thai is like americans to mexican, but maybe it's just particular to the places i frequent.

http://blogs.laweekly.com/squidink/2011/02/venn_food_diagram_indian_food.php

i like everything i've tried/heard of on the "indian" side of the diagram.

I want to eat everything on that diagram.

Just back from Dimple Bombay Talk in Iselin NJ. Why do I have to go that far to eat Pani Puri that doesn't taste stale or weird?

Punjabi #2 FTW

oh man, i totally know the place you're talking about, dan. it's good and cheap

my recommendation with indian food (especially as i live in boston, which is a wasteland for good indian food)--make it yourself. i can send recipes, or suggest good cookbooks

i can send recipes, or suggest good cookbooks

I'm fond of this one, particularly for dal and a couple meat recipes (tandoori chicken, etc). Have a few others I never use tho. what do you recommend geeta