Can we have an Indian food thread? This delicious cuisine isn't getting near enough of the love it deserves. Share your opinions and recipes of this GOAT food.
>>7828042
I really like butter chicken, daal, papri chat, vegetable pakoras and samosas. However I am extremely picky about where I eat Indian food. A lot of the kitchens are dirty and chefs lack hygiene. I always feel like shit after it and get liquid brown tsunami out my ass unless I go to certain more expensive/better quality Indian restaurants.
My opinion is that as good as it tastes, it doesn't look very good, so doesn't do well on an image board. It's a bunch of bowls of slop with different spice blends, so without being able to taste (or at least smell) it, it just looks like bowls of slop.
I also don't like when they leave whole spices in the dish that aren't meant to be eaten. In first world countries we've engineered our fruit not to have seeds anymore, why can't India use cheesecloth baggies or something so that I'm not biting down on a whole cardamom pod or a fucking clove every other bite?
>>7828063
Because the food tastes better when the spices are whole/original.
>>seedless fruit
Yeah, and it tastes nowhere near as good as the seeded varieties.
It's a question of compromise: do you want to compromise flavor for convenience?
>>7828057
I actually never got the shits after Indian food, however I feel there's a very big gap when it comes to the quality of the food. I always thought it was pretty meh until I actually ate it at a good restaurant, after that it became one of my absolute favourites.
Go to order?
Mine:
>Chicken chaat
>Mutter paneer
>whole tandoori trout
>roti/naan
>big bottle of Cobra
>onion bajji
>>7828063
i like to know theyve used whole spices, it takes more skill to put the flavours together and tastes way better than some generic curry powder in a can.
eaten at enough curry houses to know the worst ones are literally dyed slop with chewy meat and chilli powder
>>7828126
>whole tandoori trout
Damn that sounds delicious. I usually go for the pork vindaloo.
>>7828042
Where's the goat?
>>7828042
I personally love lamb vindaloo with naan after a heavy night of drinking.
Recommend me some non curry Indian food! I actually don't like curry, but recently at this Indian breakfast place I had idli and dosa and it was bomb af
>>7829691
I like pakoras & samosas, served with whatever kind of chutney (cilantro, tamarind, mango,etc).
Not particularly healthy, but fried foods are fine every so often.
>>7829630
mmm datsa nice 'go 'za
>>7829724
hahaha
>>7829691
Paranthas, chole bhature, chaat, pao bhaji, Kathi rolls.
>>7828042
Indian... Dot or feather?
Just kidding! Love Indian food and Desi porn. Both are spicy and well portioned.
>>7829996
not this time /pol/ack
there is a great indian buffet by my house but the obese people found out about it
it's fucking depressing to go there now...
i wanted to get AWAY from them, that's why i avoided the hotspots like golden corral, etc.
>>7830020
I don't understand people who binge at buffets. How do you even? Especially with Indian food, there's a limit to how much rich, creamy, garlicky, gingery food I can eat before I start to feel sick. The point of the buffet is that you can try a little of everything you want, rather than have a set meal. It's not a license to kill yourself via food.
Some foods I can see binging on. Salty snacks, provided you have a sufficient supply of water or beverages, are easy to overdo. But how the fuck do you binge on curry? Or General Tso's and sesame chicken? I can't fucking do it.
And I'm fucking fat, too. I won't pretend otherwise. I drink a lot and I don't exercise outside of work. I just don't understand how binge eating works.
>>7830018
You can tell when some faggot is triggered by the way they bring /pol/ up out of nowhere. It's especially funny when the poo in the loo thing didn't even start on /pol/.
I've tried maybe a half dozen indian recipes off the internet and they taste like shit compared to what i get at an indian restaurant. i've got an indian grocery right across the street but fuck if i can figure out where anything is or what anything is in the entire goddamn place.
anyone know any standout recipes?
>>7830093
Check a guy named VahChef on Youtube. Dude has so many videos, I'm sure he's made whatever dish you like.
>>7830111
hooooly shit
>>7828042
If anyone here hasn't tried Indian pickles, please do. I ordered them for the first time with my dinner while out the other night. Full meal with a couple chicken dishes, rice, naan, a veggie, and some chutney, as usual. But adding the pickles enhanced it even further. They're quite strong, but adding a bit brought an entire dimension that I had been missing. Highly recommend it for any co/ck/s who like strong flavors.
>>7829691
Definitely try out some tandoori chicken if you have not. It's basic and something of a beginner staple for Indian food, with the red seasoning mix on the chicken and the tandoori oven, it should be nice and dark red with some charring. Served with fresh onion, lemon, and cilantro, it's very pleasantly flavorful for a dish that isn't particularly saucy.
The word curry is a bit nebulous, so I'm not sure what you mean exactly, but if the wetness is the issue, aloo gobhi is another dish that you will probably find tasty.
>>7830074
I get triggered when people try to bring politics into my food though. Politics is red board, food is blue, that's how I think of it.
>>7830242
What did they taste like?
>>7830093
You need to make sure the recipes aren't made by/for white people desu.
>>7830070
I feel this. I used to enjoy it, like when I was a growing kid. Now that I'm a grown ass adult, I don't have any desire to stuff myself. I've been on a diet and now I can't even finish regular restaurant portions, actually irritates me how much we gear towards massive plates.
>>7830253
True. Food is the first order of diplomacy.
>>7828078
So you'd rather eat this than a domesticated banana?
Don't be stupid.
>>7830258
Well, when I think of pickles in general, there are two flavors that come to mind, which are bright and sour. Not all are bright, and not all are terribly sour, but they're usually one or the other or somewhere in between. Of course they're salty too.
These Indian pickles are salty, and they do bring some brightness and a little sourness, but compared to most pickles which just have the sour/salty thing going on, these are heavily-spiced with cardamom and other shit that is in the food. This gives them definitely something of an earthy/bitter taste. On its own I probably wouldn't enjoy it much, and I don't think a lot of Americans would like it at all. But I found that when taken in small bits along with the rest of the food that it was really quite tasty. The place I go to serves a small side of them for $2, and it was a perfect portion for one meal.
poop
I want to make paneer butter masala at home. Is paneer actually sold anywhere, or is it something you just have to make? Anyone here ever make homemade paneer?
>>7830070
I love buffets and I don't understand it either. I can barely eat more than one plateful of food at Indian buffets before feeling too full.
>>7830292
Paneer is basically ricotta. It's very easy to prepare. Also, my compliments for your appreciation of paneer.
Veggiefag here. I usually have veg pathia with added chilli and garlic. Peng tings.
Designated
>>7830292
Paneer is sold in all the grocery stores near me, and I don't even live in an Indian area. Try looking for it by the farmers cheese or ricotta, fresh cheeses
Ok. What's the bestest vegetarian curry recipe? I'm looking for something a bit special ad it's for a special occasion. Usually I do a slow cooked pork vindaloo..... but my gf is now vegetarian.
Links to recipes that you have experience with would be wonderful.
>>7828042
http://foodess.com/recipes/butter-chicken/
I made this at the weekend. I'd probably double the Garam masala measure next time and add more parika cumin and chilli. Very tasty though. My only regret was the immersion blender tends to leave sauces with a crunchy consistency. Would do in a bigger blender next time
>>7831097
Just type in British Indian Resteraunt Curry recipes on Google.
>>7831097
The Hare Krishna movement have these restaurants called Govindas which is all vegetarian. Might wanna check that out if you can handle crazy people.
>>7831420
I met one in jail, half ass pony tail and all. He was a bro, apparently all the krishnas do is get high, garden and sit in their houses with no electricity and no toilet. I was surprised that opiates hadn't fried him.
>>7831442
He was my cellmate for a couple weeks so I did have to listen to him chant weird shit. I was mildly disturbed but it was his thing so I left him alone.
>>7828042
I really want to try it but im worried that the cooks might not be sanitary. Especially in regards to feces
>>7831454
Gr8, but its probably cleaner than McDonalds.
>>7830292
Used to have the same problem but now I use halloumi instead. First I marinate it and then I let it simmer in the stew for like 10 or 15 minutes in the end. Same texture.
http://www.mamtaskitchen.com/
bomb af recipes here lads
>>7828042
I love Indian food, but I'm especially hooked on chaat. I like getting different kinds of Indian snacks and creating my own little smorgasbord.
>Bhel Puri (I could eat this every day all day)
>Dabeli
>Dahi Chaat Papadi
>Pani Poori
>Pav Vada
>Paneer Pakora
>Samosas
But, I also love full dishes too. My favorite is Baigan Bhartha, but I love Goat Vindaloo, Lamb Rogan Josh, Butter Chicken, Sag Paneer, Navaratan Korma, Mali Kofta, Fish Masala, Chicken Methi and Biryani of any kind. Delicious.
And then, let's not forget the naan and paratha to go with all that.
>>7830263
Yeah, because the fucking Cavendish banana is going to equal the end of the goddamn fruit. Get fucked.
>>7831752
Noice one bruv
>>7828042
what do you guys think the best naan recipe is for someone without a taldoor?
I'm craving this naan from a buffet place. it was amazing. garlic cilantro, burned but just the lightest touch of burnt in that naan way.
