Posted on 01/19/2009 7:15:15 PM PST by nickcarraway
There is a certain aroma, not unpleasant but any time I smell it cooking from the back of a motel, I immediately decide to stay somewhere else.
REAL Indian food is insanely good... The problem is the fat. Good curry contains gobs of butter.
Very interesting post. Thanks.
Mmmmmmmmm. There’s no such thing as religion when talking about.................good curry.
Obligatory Kim reference.
We have a great Indian buffet here in Marietta Ga.
“Swapna” on Highway 41.
Remember, if it ends in aloo it will be HOT.
You are welcome.
I think entomology, because someone once told me he thatw when he was in India, he was served a bowl of jello that had ants suspended throughout it.
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*gentile cough* ‘aloo’ is Hindi for ‘potato’
I think he means Vindaloo, which comes from Portugese, not Hindi.
And as the Red Dwarf fans know, only a Lager can kill a Vindaloo...
Two good things in life: hot curried spinach with cheese (sag paneer) and Long John Silver’s fried fish.
I don’t think it’s all butter. I know they use ghee (butter) but they could just as well use canola oil or a mix of the two. I use canola in my curry and I use about 6 tablespoons of oil for more than 5 quarts of curry. I think that is plenty of oil since the man purpose is to get the flavor of the whole spices in the oil. I think restaurants can easily cut back on ghee.
I think a lot of the fat from restaurant curries comes from yogurt and fatty meat. I use low or no fat yogurt for my curry and trim up my meat alot. Some Indian dishes have cream and others I have seen have sour cream. A lot of fat there and again a home cook can cut down on some of it. But still there is something about a dish with heavy cream. ;)
I heard about this one. I would try it but I am not sure how good it would taste.
There’s a certain aroma on those who consume it as well. I couldn’t figure out why my salesman at an appliance store had a funny smell. He looked immaculate and it didn’t exactly smell like b.o.
My daughter informed me later that it was the food. She’d worked a lot with those people at college and knew what it was.
Vindaloo was originally a Portuguese dish that came to India via Goa.
I use coconut milk with lots of fat for my curry
Goa was portugese until the late 80s.
My Brother lives there
Yeah thats an alternative... .but to make the REALLY good curry.. you NEED to use BUTTER. Trust me. the GOOD butter chicken requires a lot of butter and cream. here is a video of a good recipe http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-make-murgh-makhni
Look, I have no idea why Indian food isnt more popular in the states. Maybe thats a good thing.. because we are too fat anyway.
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