Vanity - Want to try Indian food for the first time

10/13/2012 | Me

[Abiotic]

If you eat the typical American diet, you most likely already are.

75% of americans obese by 2020
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/no-country-thin-men-75-americans-be-obese-2020

Half of Americans facing diabetes by 2020: report

http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/11/23/us-unitedhealth-diabetes-idUSTRE6AM0NH20101123

[MarkL]

You are cheating yourself if you stick with what mama cooked.

I know western Europeans who won't touch Greek because it's short on pasta, or German because ... I guess because their anticedents weren't German.

I love trying new foods... Most I really like, but some... I guess you need to be raised with them to really appreciate them. For instance, I recently went to a Chinese restaurant known for their "traditional" (non-westernized) Sunday buffet. The place was packed, and and I nearly the only white person there. It was packed with Asian families. On their traditional buffet, there were only a couple of items I found palatable. Thank goodness they DID have a couple of westernized dishes for "gringos" like myself.

I LOVE what German and Greek foods I've had. So I thought I'd give Indian a try, just to see how it is.

Mark

[MarkL]

Thanks!

Mark

[MarkL]

Thanks!

Mark

[MarkL]

Thanks!

Mark

[MarkL]

Thanks!

Mark

[ccmay]

Lamb or Chicken Vindaloo

Ignore this advice. The Vindaloo is typically the hottest thing on the menu. Masala and tandoori are your best bets. Saag is ok too, spinach and cheese, not spicy. Samosas are nice appetizers. I like naan bread (leavened and oven baked) more than chapatti (like a tortilla) or pappadom (crisp flatbread.)

[Yaelle]

Have fun, Mark. I love Indian food.

I found a great Indian restaurant in the SF Valley, if any L.A. Freepers are reading this. I forget the name but its in woodland Hills / tarzana? on Ventura Blvd in a large strip mall just west of Shirley Avenue. Really yummy.

[muawiyah]

They call them Glub Glub around here ~ 'muricanized the name already they have!

They seem to be made the same way you make doughnuts ~ and you don't need the honey or syrup on them either ~ then they not only seem like doughnut holes, they are doughnut holes.

If a local school or church does one of those Bring Your Favorite things to eat and there are Indians or Paks coming they'll bring glub glub unless you tell them to bring something else.

[muawiyah]

it’s the tumeric ~ some people cannot consume foods with tumeric ~ some indian people can’t either. They have to eat at home, alone though!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Get some good red curry.
You’ll feel good all day.

[muawiyah]

It's not the food ~ it's the tumeric. We don't use it much in our cooking, but most Indian food has tumeric, and there are people who simply cannot eat it.

The restaurant folks know about the problem and will recommend foods without tumeric ~ if they have them on the menu ~ maybe some crackers and spinach sauce or something.

[TheRightGuy]

(measured in Stovall scoville units)

there fixed it

[jaydee770]

Curry is akin to Salsa. They range from absolutely mild to “wipe your butt with an ice-cream cone” hot. I loved German currywurst. But, that’s about the only “curry” I’ve ever found that I liked.

I’ve given Indian food several tries over the years, each time thinking that *surely* I’ve been unlucky with the restaurants I chose and just never had “good” indian cuisine... If you like pureed mush with scattered solid bits of meat/cheese/veggies usually prepared *way* over-spicy (though some are a bit milder), then give it a try and satisfy your curiosity. You just might find something to enjoy. In my experience, the heat is added just to set you on fire. In my recollection, I can’t detect that the heat adds or accentuates the flavor. Perhaps my palate is not sophisticated enough...

Different folks like different things — but I can honestly say that the folks I know who actually “enjoy” indian food are darned few. On the contrary, I know a whole bunch more who avoid it like the plague.

Good luck with it!!

[FreedomPoster]

Want to send me some MP3s?

[Reily]

You can ask to have made mild.
So my advice is still good, I think its the most favorable thing on the menu.

Get a Mango Lassi if you have “hot” issues, the milk fats will dilute the capsaicin & alkali in the curry.

Have it with a lager and again Red Dwarf's Dave Lister would want it that way!

[Reily]

Lately when my daughter comes home to visit from college my wife, her and I have a Red Dwarf marathon with Indian take out and lagers! We are eagerly anticipating the new Red Dwarf season.

We used to do that with Babylon 5, but we decided Red Dwarf was more mature <- a joke!

We are a SciFi loving family.

[null and void]

Also known as Dot vs Feather...

[null and void]

There is not right or wrong in matters of taste. You do get props for trying, though.

Ever had Ethiopian?

Looks like glop, pretty good flavors, and I love injera made with teff. Teff has a wonderful complex flavor, but is utterly incapable of making a risen loaf. I’ve tried, and tried, and tried...

[null and void]

No. I generally don’t download them.