Indian food thread

[anklebreaker]

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I have never tried Indian food. I like curry, but it is usually homemade and probably nothing like true Indian food. Coincidently, I really have no desire to try it.

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But you HAVE to try it.

[turnipmonster]

I tried haveli and it was good, better than most 6th st places, but it wasn't great. I really like pongal for manhattan indian, but I def have a preference for south indian.

on a related note, I cooked a good dinner the other night:

- sambhar with greenmarket vegetables
- fried potatoes in a spicy yogurt sauce
- baby eggplant stuffed with spices (I think this is called undihnu, not sure of spelling).

I know it's not really traditional, but I really like making a thick sambhar with lots of vegetables.

[supafrey]

While I love most Indian food (Brick Lane is my bitch wheneven I'm in London), I hate how 1 in 10 dishes I find randomly revolting. The first time I had those pickled limes (?) I nearly puked.

Am I also the only one that secretly suspects they take all the leftover appetizers/dips (that most people obviously double-dip) and put them back in the pot?

[Shadowrun]

Wow they made that Indian restaurant look like [censored] on Grodons new show.

BTW i think people dont realize we all havent grown up the same way, so while you might like eating X thing I rather not.

[dogsballs]

I worked bar in a couple of Indian restaurants back in Scotland a long time ago.

Naan bread factoid: The Tandoor is a cylindrical clay oven, open at the top, with super hot coals in the bottom. Naan is cooked in it by shaping hte dough, then you reach in and slap it on the inside wall of the tandoor. They pick it out with a metal pokey thingy when it's done. You can tell the guy who works the tandoor - one of his arms will be totally hairless & bald; the hair's constantly being singed off.

[kleinstadt1]

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The first time I had those pickled limes (?) I nearly puked.

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I've never had lime pickle, but I do love me some mango pickle. It took me a while to warm up to it, but man is it good.

It's an intense mixture of spices, oil, and these really salty pickled mangos that don't taste anything like mangos anymore. I think people usually use it almost like ketchup, putting a little on anything they think needs more flavor. Whenever I make my bi-annual trip to the Indian section of town, I buy several jars.

My favorite:

[Dominic]

I haven't found a great Indian restaurant in Vegas - if anyone knows of one, let me know!

One of my favorite restaurants in all the world is The Electric Lotus in L.A....fantastic Indian food with a great atmosphere.

[suzy89222]

indian is my #1 favorite kind of food. i could probably eat it every day and not get sick of it. plus it's good for a vegetarian like me, lots of choices. just moved to la, found a few good ones so far. gonna try electric lotus.

[Suigin406]

been eating indian food pretty much my whole life, so i guess i'm biased...

i've always liked mango pickles with most indian dishes...

also, like it was said, i highly recommend akbar in baltimore and there are a couple by the same name in queens, NY and one out on the island somewhere too...

does anyone know of any good places in DC?? a couple of decent ones in takoma and an allright one in chinatown, but if anyone has suggestions, i'd appreciate it, thx

[piradical]

Indian in DC area: Saran Vegetarian, on Lee Highway at George Mason, Arlington.
Heritage, on Conn. Ave at DuPont Circle.
Minerva, Rt. 50, Fairfax Circle.
In order of preference.