/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.16772520]

Going to an Indian restaurant for dinner. What should I order?

[Anonymous No.16772524]

poo

[Anonymous No.16772526]

>>16772520
Lamb korma is always a good choice

[Anonymous No.16772528]

Actual Indian or British Indian?

Chicken Madras, Lamb Bhuna, Lamb Rogan Josh.

[Anonymous No.16772533]

>>16772528
Well I'm in America

[Anonymous No.16772536]

>>16772526
Seconding Korma. I'm presuming you're going to a North Indian place. South Indian, no idea. I only know those burrito like things they sell.

[Anonymous No.16772548]

>>16772526
>>16772536
Korma is offensively mild. Tikka Masala at least is a decent entry Curry

[Anonymous No.16772555]

>>16772520
butter chicken
channa masala
saag paneer
chilli chicken

[Anonymous No.16772558]

>>16772548
Get it as spicy as you want. Or if you want to go for something that can get very spicy, do Vindaloo. It's up to you. I would say you can't really go wrong with your choice just pick the one that sounds like it has the spices you most like.

[Anonymous No.16772570]

>>16772520
Remember: Whatever you are getting, you will see it again, 1:1. Better pick something you can eat twice...I mean, forever.

[Anonymous No.16772892]

>>16772520
a diaper.

[Anonymous No.16772899]

>>16772533
Multicultural urban or white rural?

[Anonymous No.16772901]

vindaloo

[Anonymous No.16772919]

>>16772528
isnt much of a difference

[Anonymous No.16772927]

I friend of mine went to one of those. She got sick to death, was hospitalized for 10 days. She got salmonella. Better check out their kitchen hygiene first, before ordering.

[Anonymous No.16772931]

>>16772927
I go to indian food all the time and never get sick. Indian foods awesome. food at its most refined form, the shoggoth

[Anonymous No.16772934]

Phal

[Anonymous No.16772940]

>>16772919
There's a huge difference actually. Most creamy and tomato based curries with meat, and even the word Curry and overarching concept itself, are British adaptations or completely new inventions from Indian dishes you simply don't get outside the subcontinent.

Actual Indian food probably uses a wider range of basic ingredients than what western tastes enjoy, but is usually simpler meals

[Anonymous No.16772958]

>>16772520
An Uber so you can leave

[Anonymous No.16772961]

>>16772555
Good choice, I have a weakness for saag paneer and always load up at my local indian buffet

[Anonymous No.16773077]

>>16772940
>all that whitesplaining
all the restaurants ive been to in india have the same stuff you find outside the country. here is a menu from a random dhaba i googled.
>>16772961
its my usual combination, its handy cause you can usually find this stuff everywhere so its a good way to benchmark different restaurants. i do like to try a less common dish or two if im making a larger order. btw try and score a behl puri if you want a dope appetizer.
t. im actually a pajeet

[Anonymous No.16773183]

>>16773077
Tell us more sub continent bro. The common perception over here is that 99% of restaurants were started by people from the same couple towns in NE India.

[Anonymous No.16773218]

>>16773183
there are all sorts of random regional things but i think pic related sums up the 2 "parent" styles of cuisine. also chinese food is insanely popular there and lots of restaurants even have a chinese section.

[Anonymous No.16773231]

>>16773218
The South Indian side definitely seems less familiar.
>chinese food is insanely popular there
I'd heard that, you have chow mein stalls and stuff right? I want to try IndoChino food.

[Anonymous No.16773236]

>>16772526
I love lamb dishes, especially the ones my mom makes, but every Indian place I've been to has a tendency to overcook lamb/goat to the point where it's like rubber.
Imma give it a shot tomorrow though.

[Anonymous No.16773240]

>>16773183
>>16773183
Yeah this is accurate. My favorite Indian restaurant is ran out of the side of a gas station by a university. The dude that runs it is from the north east of India but fuck if he doesn't make the best saag paneer I've ever had

[Anonymous No.16773262]

>>16773231
you can probably google something up in your town if you search for "indian style chinese" or "hakka chinese". here is a random menu from india that i google again.
>you can literally navigate google maps to any buttfuck town in india and search for "chinese restaurant" and get a shitload of hits.

[Anonymous No.16773280]

>>16773262
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[Anonymous No.16773299]

>>16773262
>>16773280
I shouldn't find it surprising I guess, but that's really neat.

[Anonymous No.16773362]

>>16772520
typically I like to get some onion kulcha bread with a couple yummy things like a tamarind chutney, an aachar, esp if mango season, or some raita with whatever I get. If in a group, I'll get a couple apps like samosas or packoras.
I try to get 2-3 mains to split around the table for a variety on each plate, and make them quite different to each other in sauce flavors or in the textures, so typically ike a veggie main like some chana masala something from the tandoor menu, or a pork or chicken jafrezi or vindaloo, ie something very hot, and then a lamb rogan josh. If I am getting a grilled main, then a biryani to go with it.

At home no problem using a simmer jar sauce like korma or butter chicken, but never something so boring in a restaurant. They need to wow me.

[Anonymous No.16773384]

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>>16772520
In the UK no one eats parathas. Everyone eats naans instead. On the advice of a South Indian friend I started eating parathas. They are much better than naans

[Anonymous No.16773412]

>>16773384
k

[Anonymous No.16773424]

Chicken Tikka masala
Saag paneer
Gobi Manchurian
Garlic naan
Chicken Tikka
Gobi aloo
Chana masala
Dal
Vegitable/saag briyani
Chicken korma
Chicken vindaloo

These are what I rotate with indian food

[Anonymous No.16773453]

>>16772520
Lamb vindaloo
Palak paneer
Korma
Butter chicken

[Anonymous No.16773834]

>>16773384
South Indian here, Parathas are based, probably my favorite Indian bread (keema naan is a close second). The only problem is that every place I go to seems to never have them.
The upside is that they're always at Indian grocery stores, but they're a caloric nightmare so I can't eat them all the time like when I was a kid.

[Anonymous No.16773840]

>>16773424
These are some great tastes, anon. Why the veggie biryani though, I've never tried it but most people I talk to seem to like chicken biryani.

[Anonymous No.16774002]

>>16773834
>>16773384
pajeet here, parathas were always more of a breakfast thing in my senpai. paratha and eggs (fried or bhurji) with a bit of ketchup and chilli sauce was what i usually ate. if your town has a big punjabi community then they probably have some shops that sell aloo and ghobi paratha all day.

[Anonymous No.16774048]

>>16774002
>>16773384
stuffed paratha is usually a meal in itself

[Anonymous No.16774477]

>>16772520
Any curry, but tell them you want beef

[Anonymous No.16774483]

>>16772520

An uber.

[Anonymous No.16774487]

I've had the most authentic Indian food you could possibly get in America (Jersey City) and it was always oily, mushy horseshit. God I loathe the pajeets

[Anonymous No.16774526]

>>16772520
butt chicken marsala

[Anonymous No.16774607]

>>16773384
how is this acceptable

[Anonymous No.16774651]

>>16773840
I already have enough chicken from my main entrees, although now that you mention it I do sometimes get chicken naan

[Anonymous No.16774685]

>>16774651
meat laden naans are not really an indian thing, the pakis are mostly responsible. also keema sucks shit!

[Anonymous No.16774693]

>>16773231
South Indian food has way better vegetarian options and biryani imo but I'm really not a fan of their curries. This only really applies to restaurants over in the states though, when I go to India or when my parents make curry it tastes really good whereas in restaurants it all tastes like some Chicken Chettinad clone.

[Anonymous No.16774698]

>>16772520
I went to an Indian restaurant in Portugal once. They've got a ton of pajeets, so their restaurants are everywhere. All the food tasted like it had tons of sugar added. It seriously wasn't as good as the pajeateries I've eaten at back home in the US.

[Anonymous No.16774710]

Popadam w/ chutney, shitty indian lager, Lamb vindaloo. Simple as

[Anonymous No.16774866]

>>16774685
don't know about that, I stick to garlic naan most of the time

[Anonymous No.16775335]

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[Anonymous No.16776895]

>>16774698
maybe they are bengalis? bengalis like to make their food sweet. that or they are noobs who dont make their food fresh to order.

[Anonymous No.16777777]

>>16773384
If the curry is good, chapati is your best bet.

[Anonymous No.16777783]

>>16772520
Lamb balti, and if they don't do it, kick off.

[Anonymous No.16777787]

>>16773384
For me, it's kulcha

[Anonymous No.16777795]

>>16777777
Wasted

[Anonymous No.16777805]

Chole Bhatura is always a good shout, that or rajma and rice

[Anonymous No.16778039]

What's the main difference between north and south Indian cuisine?