OT: What is your Indian order?

TangerinePeel

TangerinePeel

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Post your regular order(s) when you're splashing out on an Indian takeaway!

Using this as a way to do some research on what to order from an Indian, I'm useless and just end up ordering a Korma usually (disgraceful, I know). Big lover of a Chinese, know exactly what to get and what I fancy from there, but have no idea when it comes to an Indian and I'd like to rectify that.

So with your order feel free to give an explanation of what it's like, I have a fairly decent spice tolerance but the flavour has to justify the spiciness, I hate things which are spicy for the sake of being spicy (I know for a fact I wouldn't be able to handle a madras or a vindaloo).
 
Lamb or chicken, vindaloo or madras or similar,…pilau rice and always a keema Nan…👍….
Chutney tray, popadoms etc if sitting in….😁
 
I know what you mean about curries that are too hot to be enjoyed. Try cooking your own. There are some great recipes out there online. They need a bit of work but can be excellent. For instance, I've been making a Goan vindaloo for years but it's not too hot. Yes, there's a deep heat that makes you sweat but nothing that your mouth can't handle, and very tasty too. The trick is to go to the heart of a vindaloo: cumin and chilli spices with pork and vinegar. Choose a balsamic vinegar for depth, maybe two birds eye chillies ( seeds left in), to keep it mild and good loin of pork. Voila, a great, authentic vindaloo without a lot of heat.
PS. A good korma is an excellent dish. Try a shahi korma, with lots of green cardamom and not all the creamy sauce.
 
Madras or a Vindaloo but more often than not look at what special dishes they have on as they are, in my opinion, often extremely delish and cooked with a bit more care.
 
I reckon from my experience that a decent Indians vindaloo and madras shouldn’t actually be so hot you struggle to eat imo…kormas on a par with chippy curry sauce, I hate coconut in curry..…🤣
 
Peel I'm with you, not a fan of really hot spice food like Vindaloo or Phaal. I prefer the "tasty" spiced foods. But with a kick all the same.

I haven't a huge back catalog to offer, but I can confidently say the Indian meal I've enjoyed the most by a distance was at the Sunam on Redbank Road.

Makhani Special. Loads of different chunks of meat - chicken, pork, lamb and the sauce had this smoky quality to it, really good. Wish I knew how they did it.

Sadly every time since has been a take out from there. I've had it several times and they don't seem to make it the same way as the one I had that night.
 
Madras and toilet roll. How people can have anything hotter must have asbestos stomach or retired. You surely couldn't work the day after?
 
Chicken or lamb biriyani with a jalfrezi sauce and fresh chapattis. If the jalfrezi sauce isn't hot enough (it's supposed to be hotter than vindaloo traditionally) then I've got tasty hot sauce to add. And if the chapattis aren't fresh made I just don't order from there...

I've been spoilt by dating an indian girl for 8 years!
 
Gtf, as one who doesn't know about Indian food that much, you surprise me there.

I thought Jalfrezi was less than a Vindaloo?
 
never had an Indian. Awful stuff. Don't get the point of putting something in your mouth that is gonna burn it. Is it a macho thing to see who can eat the hottest curry?

I'll stick with a chinese, thanks.
 
I once went into an Indian restaurant in Bologna and asked for Spaghetti Bolognaise. Only place in town that served it and it was top notch.👍
 
20togo said:
never had an Indian. Awful stuff. Don't get the point of putting something in your mouth that is gonna burn it. Is it a macho thing to see who can eat the hottest curry?

I'll stick with a chinese, thanks.
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It doesn't have to be 20s. It can taste nicely spicy without all that tongue burning.
Mind you, a good Chinese is also a thing of beauty.
 
Chicken samber (if available) or karahi are my go-to favourites if there isn't a house special I fancy. With a naan or paratha. I usually don't bother with rice.
 
Lamb (or chicken) dupiaza with rice and aloo methi as a side never used to like foreign food - I was a steak and chips fella - but never looked back after being dragged into an Indian
 
CGP1 said:
Gtf, as one who doesn't know about Indian food that much, you surprise me there.

I thought Jalfrezi was less than a Vindaloo?
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Fundamentally speaking vindaloo is only hot because the name fits more with a hot curry... it's basically marketing for the british market.

Vindaloo should be and is pretty mild if you eat it in India (by comparison to the british equivalent).

In the UK... a jalfrezi is one notch down from a vindaloo in most places. But in indian it's the king of heat! 😆

Only had a "proper" (traditional) jalfrezi once in the UK... in St Anne's funnily enough. Its basically meat of choice, a light tomato based sauce with the appropriate spices, onions and whole chunks of chillies (which make up about 50% of the mass of what you're eating). Absolutely divine imo

Edit: phall is an abomination imo
 
Shandypants said:
Sorry to break it to you folks. Indian's and Chinese people don't eat the gash that's served up to you
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90% of 'Indian' takeaways and restaurants in the UK aren't actually Indian. They are almost all Bangladeshi. Proper Indian restaurants will serve things like Dosa's. There's several of these in the North West but don't think there's one in the Blackpool area.
 
20togo said:
never had an Indian. Awful stuff. Don't get the point of putting something in your mouth that is gonna burn it. Is it a macho thing to see who can eat the hottest curry?

I'll stick with a chinese, thanks.
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You've never had an Indian, then how do you know it's awful stuff? You are aware that the majority of curry's are not really hot.
 
Living on the Bradford area since 1982, I have been spoilt where Asian Food is concerned. Most of the curry houses are either Kashmiri, Bangladeshi or Pakistani. I have tried just about everything including goats feet (paya), Brains, Tripe, all curried of course but must admit to enjoying Handi Gosht, Fish Bhuna , Desi Khana and Balti Achar Gosht all served with Roti or Chapati. I agree with those who don't go for bum burners. I like a medium hot curry, one that is pleasantly hot but not silly, so ask for Asian style which usually does the trick.
 
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Never really had a decent korma from a curry house, although I can make a reasonable one myself.

If I am new to a curry house I would normally go for a dhansak or jalfrezi as a yardstick.
 
I had tandoori king prawns with salad & a delicious mild vegetable curry on Wednesday from a place in Clitheroe called the Dilraj & it was divine, not hot but so tasty. Mmmmmm 😋
 
This what we had yesterday....

A few poppadoms, mango chutney and onion chutney.

Indian chips with chillis and onions.

Chilli chicken starter, basically chilli chicken with onions and chillies in a fried wrap. Basically like a main course given the other things fill you up.

Korma for the GF, pilau rice.

When i do get a curry its mainly a medium chicken curry or sometimes a madras but some are too hot to fully enjoy.

Enough for 2 and always some left for next day.
 
20togo said:
never had an Indian. Awful stuff. Don't get the point of putting something in your mouth that is gonna burn it. Is it a macho thing to see who can eat the hottest curry?

I'll stick with a chinese, thanks.
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I disagree 20's. I genuinely love the fire and spice of hot food. Nothing macho about it for me. Many foods in South East Asia are too much for me however I wouldn't call it macho. The heat of chilli peppers releases endorphins and are also a very healthy thing to eat.

The only reason it "burns" is because your palate isn't accustomed to it.
 
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