INDIAN FOOD!

no lamb or beef

I thought this was a Buzzcocks parody for a minute.

Just like everything else has.

Chicken Vindaloo

Aloo Samosa

Tikka Nan

I CAN EAT FOR DAYS

I want my lassi served to me by Ayesha Dharkar while I recline on the back of a passive elephant in the forest.

also, samosas.

some author in India presented this analysis in a book a few years ago and had a Hindu fatwa taken against him.

I'm just glad the BJP lost that last election.

Menu:
keema naan
plain naan
basmati rice
paneer and peas
cobra beer
my mum's samosas

(Taking sides: saag paneer with the runny cheesiness vs with hardish cubes. Also taking sides: saag paneer vs palak paneer.)

what's palak? saag is spinach right

My favorite Indian stuff is "chaat" (street food of Bombay and Delhi), the two basic building blocks of which are crispy dough of some kind and chutney. It's essentially a big mixed salad that can be both sweet and spicy, with yogurt, or veg, or a crazy mix of things. Some places that specialize in chaat will have maybe 20 different varieties to choose from.

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north indian style rules. especially chick peas and puri.

and mango kulfi.

insanity

Seconded. And get some mixed pakora to kick start your tongue (though pakora, I think, may fall into the "only available in Scotland" category of "Indian").

SAAG/PALAK PANEER

i made muttar paneer last night. it was okay.

I've learned to cook dishes at home, not as good as restaurant food, but better than frozen Indian dinners. Only drawback is that I can't make samosas or naan!

Fuck this shit, I'm getting Indian food delivered.

Malai kofta, garlic naan, veg pakora, and samosas.

And that's how I roll it.

― ███★★★███ (PappaWheelie V), Wednesday, November 2, 2011 7:45 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

Add gobi Manchurian (dry) and that's exactly what we got a couple nights ago.

There is NO reason to go more than one week without Indian food.

there is no reason to go three years without eating indian food; that's just criminal.

I was going to say!

There is NO reason to go more than one week without Indian food.

I've lasted longer. More than one week without Mexican food = RED ALERT.

Can you get anything like Patak curry paste easily in the US? You just add tomatoes and whatever you want to curry (veg, meat, etc) and get a decent result in twenty minutes.

Yeah, there're several brands of that type stuff at the Whole Foods/Trader Joe's type stows.

I like the Maesri curry pastes in the small cans.

Patak's Lime Pickle is the shit.

Only drawback is that I can't make samosas or naan!

? why not? neither of these is particularly difficult.

Trader Joe's has great frozen indian breads for some reason - parathas and garlic naan both surprisingly tasty

Can you get anything like Patak curry paste easily in the US?

you can totally get this stuff in the US

not from Safeway, but anywhere where there's an Indian community, this stuff is available.

any good recipe sites/books?

there's some cookbooks ref'd upthread

Madhur Jafferey's Indian Cookery is quite good.

what's up with the packaging on these papadums
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The papadums of nightmares.

that child's mouth totally gives me the willies

yikes

they are tasty papadums though, i'll say that

random clip-art papadums

what is the best kind of papadum? i like the cumin flavor but maybe there are others that are better?

Just polished off some delish leftover homemade dal with tofu.

have never liked popadoms, but will eat naans until i explode. and don't get me started on paratha...

I made a random curry out of what I had to use up, last night. Had it for lunch again today for a double dose of ginger and garlic! Begone, foul cold and sinus congestion!

now i need a samoza for back pain

hey ilxers!
please consider eating at my friend roger feely's first pop-up dinner in chicago. the theme is Bombay Streets: come get yr pani puri at Dodo Chicago (right across from moto and that achatz dude's places) btw this dodo place is where roger and i teach bread classes for sour flour chicago

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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ couldn't have put it better myself.

Reprise of Duke Ellington's Kitten on the keys?

meow

chaat

I made some Moong Dal for supper tonight. I played a bit fast and loose with the recipe, but somehow it still turned out very delicious. This is probably crazy talk, but I felt like adding some egg to it might have improved it.

what are some good chutney types to try? I can easily get lots of bottled ones in my neighborhood, imports from India and Sri Lanka, but I don't know where to start. ideas?

Brinjal is the all-time classic imo

mango coconut for a sweet one!

Kuchela is worth trying, at least once, if you can get it.

I eat huge amounts of lime pickle with peanut butter.

Do they do pickles? I had a killer chilli and garlic pickle recently.

Kerelan style coconut chutney with loads of curry leaf.

Yes, they have pickles too! But I don't know which ones to get, so your advices are very helpful!

what does Joey Corona prefer?

passed this place the other day and had to doff my cap

"Naan Staap"

On pickles... I had a really great tamarind pickle once. Green, in a jar and v salty. Can't remember the name or find it again (am in uk). Any suggestions?

Could be Priya green tamarind.

xp When Bend it Like Beckham was in theaters, I saw a movie theater in Seattle with the title on one side of its marquee and "Naan Stop Football" on the other.

Could be Priya green tamarind.

That could be it! Amazon reviewer says "too salty", sounds good to me! Thanks.

what do i get for delivery
no lamb or beef

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