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NFT: Favorite Indian Dishes

Grey Pilgrim : 11/13/2018 12:08 pm
My top two are Chicken Vindallo (Extra Spicy) and Sag Panir.

I might try Butter Chicken tonight.

Any other recommendations?

TIA
Paneer Samosa with tamarind and coriander chutney  
Moondawg : 11/13/2018 12:12 pm : link
ALL DAY LONG
Butter chicken is a staple for me. My teenagers love it.  
Heisenberg : 11/13/2018 12:12 pm : link
Easy to make.
samosas are fantastic  
Greg from LI : 11/13/2018 12:12 pm : link
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Those are great...some other classics:  
ChaChing : 11/13/2018 12:16 pm : link
Chicken Tikka Masala
Tandoori Chicken
Baingan Bhartha (spiced / roasted eggplant)
Any Biriyani (spiced basmati rice w/ meat...a little like fried rice)
Samosas. I prefer lamb.
Raita (yogurt w/ cilantro, onion & tomato. A must have side to cool it all down)
Dosas (crepes w/ spiced stuffing - often curried potatoes & peas, like veggie samosa filling)
Pav Bhaji (veggie chili w/ bread. AWESOME from the street vendors in India, go figure)
Where to begin ?  
Tom in Kzoo : 11/13/2018 12:18 pm : link
I've been into Indian cooking for ~ 2 yrs, and try to cook at least 1 week. Latest favorites:

Mutter aloo ( peas and potatos)

chickpeas with pomegranate seeds (a dry roasted spice mix of mango powder, garam, coriander, cumin)

chickpea curry( a ginger/onion/tomato/green chile base, with

cilantro and tamarind thickened with yogurt)

dal makhani

Boom ! much easier to make than you'd think, and tons cheaper too.

I second chickpea curry. A nice punjabi-style tomato sauce esp.  
Moondawg : 11/13/2018 12:19 pm : link
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Malai Kofta  
Mike in NY : 11/13/2018 12:20 pm : link
Yellow Dal

In addition to other dishes listed
Chicken 65  
ATL_Giants : 11/13/2018 12:28 pm : link
Indian Dishes being named  
CromartiesKid21 : 11/13/2018 12:36 pm : link
is like the American version of Chinese food
are butter chicken or tikka masala actually Indian ?  
Bill L : 11/13/2018 12:47 pm : link
or is it like what you people call Chinese food?
oops  
Bill L : 11/13/2018 12:48 pm : link
I should have read the post immediately above me
I don't what you call it....  
Bill L : 11/13/2018 12:52 pm : link
but at one of our local Indian buffets, you can take a bowl and dump in a bunch of different stuff: puffed, rice, potatoes, tomatoes, cilantro, diced chilis, chutneys, whatever, and mix it all up. The you take some sort of hollow crispy bread-like thing and pop a hole in it and stuff it with the mixture and then drown in in the brownish water. Sounds weird but tastes really good.
I just made chicken tikka  
Bill in UT : 11/13/2018 12:55 pm : link
a couple of days ago. Also have a good recipe for potato/mix veg samosas. Other than that, I haven't found good Indian recipe sites on the net. If any has some recommendations, I'd love to have them. Especially a good meat sag recipe. the one's I've made are just mediocre.
RE: are butter chicken or tikka masala actually Indian ?  
Jim in Fairfax : 11/13/2018 1:00 pm : link
In comment 14176321 Bill L said:
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or is it like what you people call Chinese food?

Butter chicken definitely originated in India. Tikka Masala is unclear. Some food historians say it also originated in India, others say it was developed by south Asian chefs in Britain.
Malai Kebab  
Yobotic : 11/13/2018 1:00 pm : link
Pepey Bhaji
Rhumali Roti
Shutki Bhortha with Phantha Bhaath
Malai Chingri
Beef Nihari
Khadi Ghost

Those there are good.
RE: I don't what you call it....  
Yobotic : 11/13/2018 1:02 pm : link
In comment 14176325 Bill L said:
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but at one of our local Indian buffets, you can take a bowl and dump in a bunch of different stuff: puffed, rice, potatoes, tomatoes, cilantro, diced chilis, chutneys, whatever, and mix it all up. The you take some sort of hollow crispy bread-like thing and pop a hole in it and stuff it with the mixture and then drown in in the brownish water. Sounds weird but tastes really good.


Those are Puchka
Actually they are pretty authentic  
ChaChing : 11/13/2018 1:15 pm : link
However yes, some are more typical for restaurant menus. These tend to be North Indian, tho India has different cuisine basically in each state or region (like languages). So there's a slew of items you'll never get at a restaurant. And I bet even in North India, this menu may not be the day to day home cooking. Where a typical Chinese restaurant menu here is nothing like what they eat there (as I'm told anyway)

One example, makhani is the word for butter. So while here we might call it butter chicken, the dish is authentic enough. I bet they originally didn't make it with all the meat choices we have but it's the real deal overall. And even with a variety of different preparations region to region, some form of dal makhani (lentils / beans) is likely found in every part of the county. So while it's adapted to American patrons, it's still fairly authentic
RE: I don't what you call it....  
ChaChing : 11/13/2018 1:19 pm : link
In comment 14176325 Bill L said:
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but at one of our local Indian buffets, you can take a bowl and dump in a bunch of different stuff: puffed, rice, potatoes, tomatoes, cilantro, diced chilis, chutneys, whatever, and mix it all up. The you take some sort of hollow crispy bread-like thing and pop a hole in it and stuff it with the mixture and then drown in in the brownish water. Sounds weird but tastes really good.

That's Pani Puri. Puri is the puffed bread, pani means water, but of course in this case it's the spiced water you poor over the ingredients stuffed in it.

Most typically a street vendor type food (so yeah, you can't eat it if you're visiting!) but it's amazing stuff. The water is amazing. It's not commonly offered at restaurants but I guess you're lucky!
RE: RE: I don't what you call it....  
ChaChing : 11/13/2018 1:22 pm : link
In comment 14176347 Yobotic said:
Quote:
In comment 14176325 Bill L said:
Quote:
but at one of our local Indian buffets, you can take a bowl and dump in a bunch of different stuff: puffed, rice, potatoes, tomatoes, cilantro, diced chilis, chutneys, whatever, and mix it all up. The you take some sort of hollow crispy bread-like thing and pop a hole in it and stuff it with the mixture and then drown in in the brownish water. Sounds weird but tastes really good.


Those are Puchka

Haha yeah and with the million different languages it might have different names depending on who you ask. But it's good whatever you call it!
my vote for favorite Indian dish  
giantfan2000 : 11/13/2018 1:35 pm : link
Biyrani  
Jim in Scranton : 11/13/2018 1:44 pm : link
is my go to dish
Mulligatawny  
Pete in MD : 11/13/2018 1:53 pm : link
Just started having Indian within the past 4 years  
aimrocky : 11/13/2018 1:54 pm : link
There’s a great Indian restaurant about 15-20 minutes from our house. I haven’t tried many different dishes but I love Lamb Phaal and Chicken Tikka Masala. Kids and wife love the chicken while I love the heat from the lamb phaal. I’d have it more often if it was closer than 30-40 minutes round trip.
RE: RE: I don't what you call it....  
Bill L : 11/13/2018 1:58 pm : link
In comment 14176376 ChaChing said:
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In comment 14176325 Bill L said:


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but at one of our local Indian buffets, you can take a bowl and dump in a bunch of different stuff: puffed, rice, potatoes, tomatoes, cilantro, diced chilis, chutneys, whatever, and mix it all up. The you take some sort of hollow crispy bread-like thing and pop a hole in it and stuff it with the mixture and then drown in in the brownish water. Sounds weird but tastes really good.


That's Pani Puri. Puri is the puffed bread, pani means water, but of course in this case it's the spiced water you poor over the ingredients stuffed in it.

Most typically a street vendor type food (so yeah, you can't eat it if you're visiting!) but it's amazing stuff. The water is amazing. It's not commonly offered at restaurants but I guess you're lucky!

Thanks. Yeah, it's only at this one place and it is one of our favorite things to eat. Although, I mix everything on my plate instead of in a communal bowl like many of the other patrons do.

For Albany/Saratoga people, it's a place called Karavalli. Apparently they have the most extensive, and regionally diverse menu of any Indian restaurant in the Capital Region.
I like the chicken  
pjcas18 : 11/13/2018 2:03 pm : link
dishes with chicken that off-looking bright dull red color.

Almost looks like the Chinese pork with it's out of place color.

makes me think I'm eating rat or something, but it tastes good so I eat it and would rather not really know what animal it came from.

Don't know the names of dishes, I usually just order the "red chicken".

and by the way if you're in NYC, Tamarind Tribeca is fantastic.



My other favorite dish  
Bill L : 11/13/2018 2:04 pm : link
(again, you have to tell me the name because I don't know it)

is the warm milk dough balls soaked in the rose water sugar syrup for dessert. I could drink a soup bowl of that syrup.
RE: I like the chicken  
Bill in UT : 11/13/2018 2:08 pm : link
In comment 14176471 pjcas18 said:
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dishes with chicken that off-looking bright dull red color.

Almost looks like the Chinese pork with it's out of place color.

makes me think I'm eating rat or something, but it tastes good so I eat it and would rather not really know what animal it came from.

Don't know the names of dishes, I usually just order the "red chicken".

and by the way if you're in NYC, Tamarind Tribeca is fantastic.




The chicken is probably tandoori
RE: RE: I like the chicken  
pjcas18 : 11/13/2018 2:11 pm : link
In comment 14176482 Bill in UT said:
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In comment 14176471 pjcas18 said:


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dishes with chicken that off-looking bright dull red color.

Almost looks like the Chinese pork with it's out of place color.

makes me think I'm eating rat or something, but it tastes good so I eat it and would rather not really know what animal it came from.

Don't know the names of dishes, I usually just order the "red chicken".

and by the way if you're in NYC, Tamarind Tribeca is fantastic.






The chicken is probably tandoori


I think you're right. it's really good.
RE: My other favorite dish  
Moondawg : 11/13/2018 2:21 pm : link
In comment 14176475 Bill L said:
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(again, you have to tell me the name because I don't know it)

is the warm milk dough balls soaked in the rose water sugar syrup for dessert. I could drink a soup bowl of that syrup.


gulab jamun

gulab = rose water
Hanging out on 2nd Avenue  
Section331 : 11/13/2018 2:22 pm : link
Eating chicken vindaloo
I just wanna be with you
I just wanna have something to do.
Indian buffet the only way to go  
gtt350 : 11/13/2018 5:00 pm : link
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Maze  
pmmanning : 11/13/2018 6:48 pm : link
And the blood of English settlers
Among my favorites are potato pakoras, sag (spinach) panir,  
Ira : 11/13/2018 6:53 pm : link
mango chutney and mango lassi.
RE: Maze  
Pete in MD : 11/13/2018 6:54 pm : link
In comment 14176946 pmmanning said:
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And the blood of English settlers

Haha, I almost made a similar joke but couldn't get the wording right.
Tika Masala,  
Bleedin Blue : 11/13/2018 9:06 pm : link
Curried Goat and I love the nan bread!
This thread made me make Butter Chicken tonight  
montanagiant : 11/13/2018 9:10 pm : link
Real easy very tasty meal
This thread makes me miss Oaktree Road in Edison  
jcp56 : 11/14/2018 1:40 am : link
Baingan Bhartha is my go to. Good reheated.

Like Mango Chutney and Cilantro or Chilli Chutney with Samosas or pompadon
RE: Malai Kofta  
Alan in Toledo : 11/14/2018 8:56 am : link
In comment 14176276 Mike in NY said:
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Yellow Dal

In addition to other dishes listed


+1
Mutton Curry  
idiotsavant : 11/14/2018 2:02 pm : link
Taxi driver style (Pakistani?)

Then there is Hatian Goat Curry (far better than Jamaican style, more complex in spice)?

Then there is Indonesian Rendang (water Buffalo in toasted coconut curry?)

Fuchwtly fuch humgwy
RE: my vote for favorite Indian dish  
Anakim : 11/14/2018 2:03 pm : link
In comment 14176402 giantfan2000 said:
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Salman Rushdie approves



Priyanka Chopra is my favorite Indian dish
The Elizabeth Warren kind of Indian?  
Jalapeno : 11/14/2018 5:32 pm : link
Because if so, I believe they prefer to be called "Native Americans.

Please be considerate.

Elizabeth Warren makes a mean cold crab omelette.
Hey, can anyone tell me if  
Grey Pilgrim : 11/15/2018 11:21 am : link
butter chicken is fried?
RE: Hey, can anyone tell me if  
Heisenberg : 11/15/2018 12:15 pm : link
In comment 14178450 Grey Pilgrim said:
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butter chicken is fried?


Not deep fried. It's like chicken that's been cubed and sauteed in spices and then is ultimately served in a sauce. When I make it, it looks like this.

RE: RE: Hey, can anyone tell me if  
Grey Pilgrim : 11/15/2018 12:19 pm : link
In comment 14178531 Heisenberg said:
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In comment 14178450 Grey Pilgrim said:


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butter chicken is fried?



Not deep fried. It's like chicken that's been cubed and sauteed in spices and then is ultimately served in a sauce. When I make it, it looks like this.



Thanks H!
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