Any love for Indian cuisine...

Yes, ideal meal reads as follows:

Lamb Samosas and Chicken Tikka;
Lamb Vindaloo, Chicken Tikka Masala, Aloo Gobhi, Baingan Bhartha;
with Naan and Biryani Rice.

Chicken Al-Jalfrezi + cheese Nan = a happy Topo

I'll one of each please!

Veggie samosas are my god. I'm also a fan of vegetable curry and garlic naan.

I don't know the name of it, but there's a local Asian Students Association based out of the university that does this buffet every once in a while and they serve this little yellow rice ball thingies...

Well, they're all kinds of amazing and I'm obsessed with them. Probably because they're incredibly spicy...gotta love it!

All of the above.

Give me the curry! I wonder how the ancient Indianman ate without forks...

I like it, but it doesn't compare to thai or chinese.

Hell yeah! Lamb Samosas rule!

I can't say I'm familiar with too many specific dishes but every time my wife and I have gone out for Indian food it's been a treat.

Thai is another favorite of mine as well.

I've only had Tandoori Chicken.

It's all about Tandoori chicken.

Try chicken pakoras, those are awesome too. In fact, I'm cooking some right now.

They're called ladus, man.

I consider myself a ladus man.

Living in Oklahoma, the term "Indian food" means something entirely different.

The first thing I thought of when reading the title was "Are people still eating maize in 2005?"

I know what you mean. I spent a year in Arizona as a kid, and got a jones for Navajo Fry Bread that has followed me ever since. You ever see the look on a nurse's face when she realizes your blood sample has an oil slick?

Chicken Tikka Saag with Vegetable Samosas for an appetizer... mmmmmmmm

let's name Indian food.....um..........Paneer Makhani!

Vegetable Somosas, Saag Gosht (or Coast) and a side of nan is bliss, but only from the Indian-American Cafe located in downtown Harrisonburg, VA. For some reason, the restaurants around Virginia Beach, VA just aren't the same.

In San Diego I have the pleasure of living near a few quality Indian places where I can order any random assortment of stuff and its always damn good. If I could recommend some stuff, I'd say it's a safe bet to try out all the different kinds of curries, most aren't too adventurous for the average eater. For instance, chicken korma is a curry made with yogurt, raisins, and nuts, and is a nice sweet tasting curry. Also, people might want to try some of the standard fried appetizers like onion bhaji and the seekh kebab if they have it. At one of the resteraunts I go to, they serve them with all kinds of nice sauces, one, purple and fruit flavored, (might be pomegranate) another green and spicy, like some kind of green pepper chutney. Good stuff.

gotta love thai!

ladus...how do you pronounce that?

La-doos

Why thank you!

No problem, buddy.

There used to be a great Indian restaurant in Tucker, GA called Maharaja. It's been replaced with another Indian restaurant now (I'm guessing there was a change in ownership) and sadly the food was not as good. It might just be part of starting over, but I left the restaurant really craving the old one back.

I hear there are a lot of good Indian restaurants in the Atlanta area. I just have to find one now.

since when are ladoos " incredibly spicy"?

they gotta be somethign else

yeah, well...no questions asked these were all kinds of spicy...I pop jalapenos like popcorn and these were much better...

I can't stand Indian food.

We have some Indian neighbors who are good friends of ours. When had recently moved into our house, they gave us this thing that literally looked like a turd. We tried to be polite and accepted it while hiding our expressions of horror.

We couldn't touch the thing because it just looked like one longish piece of poop.

Our nephews came over and we asked them if they wanted it. The didn't. We ended up paying them to eat it.

Funny how often the "looks like poop" references come up with friends of mine that do not wish to try the food. Having grown up with it I must have become acclimated to the appearance.

If only they knew that the spicy, delicious goodness of a fine Indian meal is combined with the cuisine's extraordinary capacity to cleanse and empty one's . . . . never mind.

My personal fave is a Chicken Phal curry. Extremely hot, but I think that its an invention of English curry houses, not authentic Indian. I don't care, I love it. Perfect starter would have to be onion bhajias. The Nirala restaraunt in my hometown back in England made the best ones I've ever had. Have to make my own now.

Speaking of cooking, at this very moment I've got a nice beef & mushroom curry in the oven...about a vindaloo strength.

If any Chewers know of a good Indian restaraunt in the Dallas/Fort Worth area I'd be very happy to hear about it !

Well finally,

Being Indian, yeah the food is great. You guys are picking some good things. Making me hungry. Yeah there are some decent places in Atlanta, if they're not being shut down for cheating on their taxes.

Hah! Got me thinking now.

Years ago a bunch of us from work went to a place that made a curry with what they called a "Victory" sauce, supposedly very hot. Me being the idiot who'll try anything hot I ordered it. Even had to sign a waiver in case it "damaged your health"! Sounded like a gimmick to me.

Turns out the sauce was 100% pureed chillies! I managed to eat about half of it before I gave up. The next morning at work my boss's wife wanted to know why there was a roll of toilet paper in the fridge. Simple answer...go eat "Victory" sauce & find out!

Another interesting thing on their menu were chilli bhaji's, whole jalapenos deep fried in batter. Very nice. I mad the mistake of making some once using habanero peppers. 2 of us at work ate them, after 5 minutes it became difficult to talk. After 20 minutes I thought I had appendicitis !! NOT a good idea. Lots of fun for the people watching though !

[QUOTE=CapitanAmerica]I can't stand Indian food.

We have some Indian neighbors who are good friends of ours. When had recently moved into our house, they gave us this thing that literally looked like a turd. We tried to be polite and accepted it while hiding our expressions of horror.

We couldn't touch the thing because it just looked like one longish piece of poop.

QUOTE]


Alright man whatever floats your boat. But try not to sound like a jackass.

[QUOTE=gumble2gumble] What's the problem? I'm just trying to be honest.

Don't mean to offend anybody of Indian descent here, keep in mind that I'm not into very spicy food in the first place.

I do find it curious that our neighbor has a second kitchen in her house and she cooks some of the stuff outside because the smell is so strong (according to her).

O.K. I got a bit carried away, but I just found your comparision to a piece of shit to be a little insensitive thats all.

No, problems now.

An Indian Restaurant opened up down the street from me about 6 months ago. It always seems empty, but I'm guessing people get take-out or delivery because they seem to be doing okay. Every time I go in there the phones ringing with orders. 6th Street in the East Village is known for its Indian restaurants. There's a two-block strip of them. Over my 10+ years living in NYC, I think I've tried about half.

Also, I agree with the folks who like Thai. I like the spices they use. It's got kick, but not too much.

Has anyone tried Ethopian food? There's a restaurant in NY that I went to with a friend and it was a great experience. I'm a kid at heart and I absolutely loved that you eat with your hands -- no utensils whatsoever. Also, they eat a lot of meat and no veggies, so as a veegie-hater I loved that as well. Lastly, the food comes in gloppy piles and you eat it by scooping it with bread. But the bread isn't like American bread. It looks and feels like a flat sponge. The food tasted great although reading over my description it probably sounds strange. If you like ethnic foods, I definitely reccommend you try some if you can.

I remember when Micah and I were working at IBM we'd go to this little Indi-Pak dive once a week. Yummy. Hey, Micah... we need to visit that place again soon for lunch for old time's sake.

By the way, my mom is from Trinidad, so she makes terrific West Indian food which is very similar. So I was of course very used to curry by the time I tried actual Indian food. I remember when I referred to Palak Paneer as "that green glop from Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade". Damn, that stuff is actually good.

Hey, grab me something while you guys are out. I usually work through lunch, but I don't mind a bit of takeout. I'll pay you Tuesday for some Rava Dosa with a side of Palak paneer and Dum Aloo today.

Palek Paneer on Naan with some Tandoori Chicken, Curry Potatoes and Rava Dosa sounds damn good right about now. MMmmmm.

Good gravy, people! Now I'm hungry for Indian food and it's only 9 a.m. I'll have to do some research and see if there is a joint anywhere near my workplace (downtown Atlanta, smack dab off of Peachtree Street).

Still lookin' for a good spot near my home in Decatur.

I love indian food. It has such a unique set of spices, that its usually a treat (if its good.) I've had bad indian food before, and it can fuck you up.

The only nitpick I have with it, is about texture. Too much of it is mushy and soft.

I remember being like that when I was a kid. Nowadays if I get the slightest scent of Indian food my stomach starts growling like crazy.

"I can't stand Indian food."
Don't ever move to the U.K.,where it is the unofficial national cuisine.
Here in Sacramento, the city of the Guvanator, there is a large Indian Community and we have a lot of great Indian Restaurants.
I am pretty much a Indian food Purist: Give me a really good Chicken Curry,Nan Bread, and Bismiti Rice and I am a happy man. But Chicken Tandoori is a close second....

The girlfriend and I went to Globe Indian Restaurant tonight. I'm thoroughly stuffed. We had meat and vegetable samosas, tandoori chicken, chicken tikka masala, rogan josh, a huge amount of basmati rice and naan. That was our first time there. We'll be going back.

I usually can't eat a LOT of Indian food, because it's so rich that I'm stuffed after a seemingly small portion. I'm used to "American" sized portions (i.e., enough food to weigh down a Buick), so when I ate at Maharaja for the first time (RIP, dear restaurant), I was surprised at how seemingly small the portions were. Mind you, they were healthy portions, just not obscene ones like you get at some restaurants. Still, when I finished that food I was so stuffed that I thought they'd have to get a cart to wheel me outta there.

Of course, it doesn't help that I'm addicted to Mango Lassi, which for those who don't know is a yoghurt drink and is by itself fairly filling.

The word here (Sweden) is that the best Indian restaurants are in London. Don't know if that is true, though. I guess about 1 billion Indian people would disagree. Anyway, I love a lot of Indian food, but it's been a while since I had some. This thread has reminded me of how much I like it.

"The word here (Sweden) is that the best Indian restaurants are in London."
There is similiar word that the Chinese Restaurants in California are much better then those in China. Some Chinese acquantices of mine agree. They say it has to do not so much with the skill of the cooks, but that the ingrediants available in the US are much higher in quality then those in China. I wonder if that is the not the situation vis a vis Indian food in the UK.
But there are some great Indian Restaurants in London,no doubt.
But the best Indian food I ate in the UK was in Canterbury...