My parents came from North East India in Bengal. Coming from an Anglo-Indian family the kind of Indian food that is largely made by aunties and sometimes uncles is mainly aromatic and usually has meat in it. Also there are influences from the Portuguese and even the British. It depends on the meal.

I don't really dig meat too much- if anything i'll have lean minced beef..or chicken or seafood...so on that note if I had to choose from what my family eat i'd say my favs are Crab Curry, Tandoori chicken with raita and paratha, Bhaji (this is vegetarian) with raita and paratha and (chicken) Kati kebab with salad and chilli and paratha.

I LOVE South Indian food. Most of my mum's side don't really dig it too much. They are more vegetarian based and their cuisine is such coz many of them are Hindu and other religions. I love Khari which is vegetable pakoras in a chick pea based soup- women have it at a certain time in the Hindu religion i believe and it's also known as a 'poor man's meal'...it's simply delicious! Dense in flavour- just make sure you don't over do the chilli lol ...then there is Masala Dosai which is this i dunno rice-based flat pancake-like *thing* which tastes awesome and is stuffed with potatoe cooked with cummin seed and perhaps saffron and other spices. You have that with sambal dhal and chutney and i also love having mint sauce with it which nicely balances it out

notaprintztype said:

My nana used to make jalfriezi every Sunday! only it was always like mutton or somethin

meow85 said:

Ooh i love aloo gobi with like paratha and raita and mint sauce

meow85 said:

Those are awesome as well.

Naan bread

dipped in that masala sauce x2

Jalebi

!!!!

Mara said:

I'd kill for some veggie pakora right now.

Love,love,love Indian food

mdiver said:

you like farting, like I do???

abierman said:

Indian food does give it a certain "edge" when you loose one, yes

mdiver said:

Dehli-belly.....

abierman said:

I like it, which is a good thing.
Some of it here in the UK can be quite heavy with creams and fried.
I like the lighter stuff that is spicy.

Indian food is different in each city in India.

Most restaurants in Canada / USA usually serve Northern Indian food.

Southern Indian food is also good but not available everywhere.

The best place in India to taste all types of Indian foods is Mumbai.

FYI Vindaloo is a Goan Pork dish and does NOT have potatoes in it.

mdiver said:

Oh my God. That food you ordered when I was there was sooooo good!!!!!

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

Do you think they will deliver that to me in the US ?

mdiver said:

We better enjoy it as much as we can now and I promise that when we come back to visit that we will eat it everyday when we are here.

shanti0608 said:

My mouth is seriously watering with the thought of that food. Yum.

Bring some in your luggage.

Love Indian food!

Just ask your friend to be careful with the spices, let him/her know that it's all new to you and not overdo it... communicate!

I think if you explained how you feel in as tactful a manner as possible, they would understand your position.

*goes to find Indian restaurant near warehouse*

RenHoek said:

Thanks for the advice.

dreamfactory313 said:

Hey no problem! Also have a sweet drink nearby in case something gets too hot. The sweet cuts the heat... I don't know if Indian food has anything like a Thai Iced Tea () but those really help knock down that fire... Like a sweetened milk would be ideal...

RenHoek said:

I'll let everyone know what he prepared and how much I enjoyed it this weekend.

Just had Indian food, red wine and sex.
Can't beat that.

dreamfactory313 said:

i can't wait to hear how it goes!

i'm sure you'll really enjoy it.

shanti0608 said:

Indian food and sex? Is that wise?

You have to get Phil to send me an orgnote with the names of all that we ate that night. Or if you remember. I don't. I need to order some of that over here.

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

sounds stinky...

JasmineFire said:

I guess we lucked out last night.

Hey everyone. Just wanted to let u guys know how the food was. Surprisingly, it was not bad at all. He actually made a chicken dish for me which had this really mildly spiced redsauce served with rice. Sorry, I forgot what the name was. We had flatbread and lassis which were made with yogurt fresh mango and we had tea and caramel cake for dessert. It was really delicious.

dreamfactory313 said:

i'm glad you had a delicious dinner.

my best friend is of indian heritage, she's from fiji...and her cooking is yummy, she tones down the spices for me a little so it's not so intense.