I feel like curry tonight

[Solly]

Not me personally..

What should I have? A nice spicy Dhansak or a more unorthodox dish? Has to be with pillow rice, and a Peshwaari Nan bread too

[Spec]

Well ban my ass and call me Fezzie! Go for a nice spicy Dhansak

[Lazerus]

mmm peshwaari, last time i went for an indians it was the only indian thing i ate, it was steak+chips for me lol

[Pekka]

Whhaaat, you feel like diarrhea? WHat ever, you're a f'ing paki anyway!

[Solly]

At least diarrhoea clears everything out!

[Pekka]

Oh by the way, I tried out this Nepali place like a month ago.. it was excellent, just excellent! I was really happily surprised since I thought I wouldn't like it and had avoided Nepali stuff, but it was really great. The taste was new to me, but really nice and really comfortable. Plus, it was pretty cheap too

[Solly]

I hope they cook the chicken OK..

[Proteus_MST]

Hm, if you didn´t have curry for a long time, take Dr. Gregory House

[aneeshm]

Re: I feel like curry tonight

Originally posted by Doddler
Not me personally..

What should I have? A nice spicy Dhansak or a more unorthodox dish? Has to be with pillow rice, and a Peshwaari Nan bread too

I always thought Dhansak was a traditionally Parsee dish??

If you want the unleavened bread that most people over India really eat, go for a non-tandoori roti (aka a chapati).

[Solly]

They're not very nice.. too dry and brittle and tasteless - bread for the poor people. Nah I'll have a nice fruity naan. What's Parsee?

[aneeshm]

And anyway, whatever you have most probably won't be spicy enough by Indian standards (unless you are one of the few who can eat Indian food as we eat it here in India).

[Solly]

Originally posted by aneeshm
And anyway, whatever you have most probably won't be spicy enough by Indian standards (unless you are one of the few who can eat Indian food as we eat it here in India).

Huh? I heard recently that you are now importing curry and pakoras from over here now! How the circle turns.

How spicy do you have it then? It's difficult to compare really...

[Spec]

Originally posted by Spec
Well ban my ass and call me Fezzie! Go for a nice spicy Dhansak

Was that not used right?



Spec.

[aneeshm]

Originally posted by Doddler

They're not very nice.. too dry and brittle and tasteless - bread for the poor people.

It seems to me you've had some bad experiences with normal rotis. At almost all the places I eat (either at home, or at the place where I eat my meals in Pune), they're not dry, they're just-the-right-bit-but-not-quite crisp (no actual areas of hardness, but still a nice flavour of being well-cooked), very definitely not brittle, soft enough to break or tear without much effort but still firm enough to have a good consistency and to have a nice time masticating. They also have a little bit of ghee (clarified butter) applied to them either when they're made or just after being heated for serving.

They are also very tasty.

They are, again, very definitely not bread for poor people. Almost all households, whether rich or poor, eat them as a staple. Very few (and I mean microscopically few) people eat the sort of stuff you get in restaurants as a staple food.

Originally posted by Doddler

Nah I'll have a nice fruity naan. What's Parsee?

Parsees are the people who migrated to India from Persia, fleeing the religious persecution they faced due to the First Arab Expansion into Persia. They were the people who brought Dhansak, and lots of other tasty Persian food, into India. Of course, the Dhansak they eat today has probably changed beyond recognition due to the availability of new spices in India.

[Verto]

I've never had curry before. Is there a decent recipe to go by?