/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>5785949
funny thing is, toilet paper is not used, because its considered 'less clean' (doesn't wash shit away as well as water, could leave residue). we all have facial tissues, so its not like we're too poor to afford this like westerners seem to think.

but one shouldn't be talking of such things while discussing food, seriously making me sick.

>>5785772
yes, so? hands are still sanitized by soap afterwards.

>>5785641
> he doesn't have servants
> he doesn't live in a 3rd world shithole with cheap labor
its pretty nice. i only do the fun cooking and they do all the chopping, cleaning, etc.
makes it possible to have great homecooked meals everyday with not that much effort.

>>5785629
>paratha is very easy to make
not his pic related. those are pretty time-consuming
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8ywefUSkX0

>>5785447
no, i'm not muslim either. i respect all religions.

>>5785572
nice, do you make the chai like we do (boiled with cream)?

>>5785638
you can't use naan to pick up pieces of curry with your hands. its just as tasty, but not as practical imho.

>>5785645
search 'masala chai' (or for my favorite version, 'irani chai').

>>5785366
mah niggah :D
scallion is a pretty typical muslim style, very good with lamb in particular.

gobi (cauliflower) parotta and south indian beef curry is top-tier as well.

the stuffed ones are actually better to make on your own, the frozen ones are never that great for stuffings like potato for example. its easy:
1) make 2 chapatis (2-3 layered parotta), thin
2) put masala (filling) in the middle
3) roll flat
4) fry on tawa (pan)

a good breakfast is to make egg-filled parottas (scramble egg with chilies, haldi and chaat masala), served with dal.

>>5785346
> I know they make naan with a pan in a few different indian restaurants where I'm from
this is wrong. they probably heat it up in a pan rather than make it. you can't get the right texture at all in a pan.

you make it in tandoori oven, pic related. same oven you use for kebab. the crispy underside of the naan comes from it making contact with the hot oven wall.

>>5785335
yeah in india we don't really make our own either, we either buy from a store or have a servant make them in the morning.

you should be specific what kind of paratha/parotta. they vary a lot, some aren't flaky, some are stuffed, etc.

video below is the best and also pretty healthy type
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tr2xgOVooQ

>>5785268
fact:
naan << parotta, roti, phulka or chapati
also you make naan in oven, not on a pan.

>>5785320
his pic (kerala/malabar parotta) is actually quite hard to make well, its more like a pastry than a bread actually.

that being said most indian breads aren't hard to make on your own.

>>5710863
nope, milk is cheap as fuck in india
source: living in india

>>5709188
r-rude
the only thing i'd force him to do would be climb a banyan tree and eat andhra chilies whole :D

>>5709183
oh, we have a similar dish actually
http://www.lakshmicanteen.com/2013/07/kesaribath-sweet-saffron-rice.html

thank you for the burmese stuff! the ingredients for their food are basically the same as indian, it seems, so i might as well try cooking them!

i hope you make it someday, m8. you can eat like a king for very little :D

>>5709160
> tfw no burmese friend
wow, their food looks more indian-y than thai actually. cool!

ever been to india or somewhere else in south asia? come to hyderabad and i'll show you around :D

>>5709137
have you been to burma or something? i'm confused as to how you know all this.

> turmeric and coconut
hmm, sounds like mallu food. if you have a recipe you'd recommend, i'll try.

>>5709122
>Burmese
welp, never had it.

> turmeric pickle
yeah, that's very common in the south. andhra way is to add gongura, lol

> goan and marathi dishes
its more of a kannada and north mallu thing, but i'm not surprised.

>>5709081
makes sense. shame - punjabi food is fine but its not really representative of the vast majority of india.

> hands and naan
most punjabis don't eat rice and curry with hands, actually. they are the only people that don't do it so much, lol.

>>5709078
> several cultures
which ones? obviously i've had fresh turmeric, it grows in abundance in india, and especially in andhra (my state). we actually have a different word for the fresh one and the dried one, its used in a totally different way in cooking, and yeah it does have a strong taste.

>>5708152
you eating punjabi food exclusively or something?
cardamom isn't all that common in savory things. i really need to go to some indian place in america - this shit is confusing me.

and that's why you eat with your hands, so you don't eat whole spices by accident.

>>5707972
aren't buffets fancy though?

>>5707941
you don't even add cardamom to most dishes. its far more common in sweets (and pulaos).

turmeric is added to almost every dish, but my point was that its taste (and smell) is usually covered up by other spices.

> untouchable
come on, don't talk that way. i worked for years in a eatery in india, and am pretty familiar with how a good number of indian cuisines are cooked.

>>5707943
there's even a wife's saying about adding a spoon of turmeric to every pot.

> piling it all together
kek, some people in india eat that way too but its not good etiquette.

>>5707930
> turmeric
> very strong
you serious? that would mean absence of all other flavors basically. indians put turmeric in food largely for color and health reasons, m8. i go through tons of the stuff, but its at most a faint note in any dish.

must be some sort of western style curry thing

>>5707915
the fuck? no!
- turmeric doesn't taste like much
- cardamom is not at all a 'staple spice' for curries
mustard seed, cumin, and chili are the most common ingredients (obviously by no means always there)

>>5706013
> curry
> a particular taste
that's like saying 'what does pasta dish taste like?'

fuck it, i'm going to start an indian food thread to educate you all one of these days

>>5707449
Indian here, from the region that eats the spiciest food actually.
I have probably have damaged taste or some shit, because even stuff that I don't find spicy makes sweat pour down my face.

>>5705636
>Because it's sweet?
no, there are many other sweet drinks that aren't for kids. there is a difference between tastes geared towards kids' sweet tooths and adults.

> chai over jamun
ahah they are good together, but that sounds gross

best dessert is pic related. basically rice-based flaky pastry.

>>5704086
zulbia = more tart version of jalebi
the dough you use is different - you use dahi where we use paneer.
parsi here btw - we make bamiyeh too.