All About Indian Food

[barbaro]

I did a search for "Indian Food" but nothing came up. I've also been to Wiki, and there is an overload of information and I couldn't find some of the dishes I was curious about.

I went to a new Indian restaurant last night with a buddy of mine and it was delicious. Heavenly.

Can those with Indian Food knowledge recommend some dishes to me (and anyone else) because I am going there for lunch today and will start eating it more often.

Thanks to anybody who wants to contribute, and to localize it you can add a new Indian Restaurant that's recently popped up in LOS, if you want.

Cheers.

[chinthee]

I've tried Indian around Thailand and only found good Indian in Bangkok. Holiday Inn on Silom Sunday brunch is the best value for the best food. Rang Mahal is the best food for the higher price. There are a couple of small places that are good. New, and over hyped heavily advertised places are overpriced.

Generally, Indian is expensive in Thailand outside BKK, and the quality is questionable.

[machman]

Milkman now you're talking, Indian food hmmmm. I love it all but my personal favourites are (excuse the following spellings!) poppadums complete with lime pickle, somosas, onion bhajis, chick pea dhaal and a mutton vindaloo. Now I'm bloody starving

[barbaro]

Milkman now you're talking, Indian food hmmmm. I love it all but my personal favourites are (excuse the following spellings!) poppadums complete with lime pickle, somosas, onion bhajis, chick pea dhaal and a mutton vindaloo. Now I'm bloody starving

Yes, it's great. The menu has a huge selection. Trial and error will be the way. There won't be any errors in ordering and eating for me, really. I'm not a picky eater at all. Never have been.

[Marmite the Dog]

If they can make Chicken Tikka Pathia, then go for it. Pathia is actually a Persian sweet & sour curry and if it is done right, fekkin' delicious.

[barbaro]

If they can make Chicken Tikka Pathia, then go for it. Pathia is actually a Persian sweet & sour curry and if it is done right, fekkin' delicious.

Thank you. I'll check it out today, after the rain stops.

[dirtydog]

^^I will vouch for that one, also don't bother with rice as rice is boring, go for the nan breads instead, maybe garlic or onion nan bread

[barbaro]

^^I will vouch for that one, also don't bother with rice as rice is boring, go for the nan breads instead, maybe garlic or onion nan bread

I agree. Rice is boring because it comes with so many SEA dishes. I don't eat a lot of rice.

Yeah, good breads are delicious. Garlic and onion, nan. Superb!

[Thaddeus]

Starter - Shami Kebab (with shredded lettuce and lemon juice..... heaven)

Main - Chicken Jalfrezi, Keema Nan.

Yet to find one anywhere in LOS that tastes anything like we used to get in the UK, only one that came close for me was in Hua Hin....... life is unfair sometimes.

[barbaro]

Well, the goddamn rain fucked everything up. I went around the corner to eat the Pho. I was starving and couldn't get down to the Indi place.

Maybe tonight, but I'll be full of beer and drunk by then.

Tomorrow for sure.

Hugs and kisses to everyone who offered advice. I a heeding it and have written you dishes.

[Mr Earl]

I've been a Indian food fan for a long time
My favorites are Massala dosa and sambar, dahl and chapatis, Chick pea curry, paneer, saffron basmati rice,
Try the deserts, Gulabjamon, Rasgulla, Burfi, Halva.
A test of a great Rasgulla is it squeaks when bite into it.

[NickA]

As Marmite says, you can't go wrong with a pathia, also try vindaloo, paal, madras, balti, and rogan josh.

[Blake7]

If they can make Chicken Tikka Pathia, then go for it. Pathia is actually a Persian sweet & sour curry and if it is done right, fekkin' delicious.

yes pathias are very good but they do not traditionally come with "tikka" meat. This is just a fad for westerners.
just a chicken or lamb pathia without the tikka is much better.

[NickA]

I just made a sort of Indian curry using bananas. It tastes quite nice, but are there any "real" dishes made using bananas and what are they called?

[El Gibbon]

I did a search for "Indian Food" but nothing came up. I've also been to Wiki, and there is an overload of information and I couldn't find some of the dishes I was curious about.

I went to a new Indian restaurant last night with a buddy of mine and it was delicious. Heavenly.

Can those with Indian Food knowledge recommend some dishes to me (and anyone else) because I am going there for lunch today and will start eating it more often.

Thanks to anybody who wants to contribute, and to localize it you can add a new Indian Restaurant that's recently popped up in LOS, if you want.

Cheers.

Check out the Indian Food page on Bangkok Bob's guide to Bangkok Bangkok Bangkok a great website for general Bangkok information.

E. G.

[Marmite the Dog]

yes pathias are very good but they do not traditionally come with "tikka" meat. This is just a fad for westerners.

True, but so are 90% of curries that are eaten in the west.

just a chicken or lamb pathia without the tikka is much better.

Unless you prefer chicken tikka, then that one is better.

[reinvented]

excellent another enlightened member becoming an engorged member

palak paneer, cottage cheese in spinach
chicken sag balti, spinach based
kashmiri with pistachios in
try the roti, not as heavy as the nan
daal is always good
jalfrezi if you like onions

enjoy mon frer

[Thaddeus]

If they can make Chicken Tikka Pathia, then go for it. Pathia is actually a Persian sweet & sour curry and if it is done right, fekkin' delicious.

yes pathias are very good but they do not traditionally come with "tikka" meat. This is just a fad for westerners.
just a chicken or lamb pathia without the tikka is much better.

Well, therein lies the problem.

Most of the Indian nationals I have met in LOS have been to two places, India and Thailand.

And therefore have no idea about how to use spices as a flavour enhancer, only how to use them as a meat preserver.

Sponsor them for a two week course in Didsbury if you want a real ruby.

[dantilley]

Excellent Indian restaurant down a small sub-soi, first on the left offSukhumvit Soi 8, forget the name but it's something long and unpronounceable anyway. Not a swanky, posh place but has excellent food and is pretty cheap too compared with the other nearby options.

[Marmite the Dog]

Excellent Indian restaurant down a small sub-soi, first on the left offSukhumvit Soi 8, forget the name but it's something long and unpronounceable anyway. Not a swanky, posh place but has excellent food and is pretty cheap too compared with the other nearby options.

Do they know how to make a proper English curry or is it one of those fake Indian rip-offs?

[jizzybloke]

Someone has already said Jalfriezi but i'll second that, saag aloo, aloo gobi, bombay potatoes are all good.
As for the bread i like to have a chilli paratha,

A friend of mine told me that balti in Urdu or whatever he speaks means dustbin, make of that what you want.

[Marmite the Dog]

Still waiting for Milky's review...

[Lily]

Excellent Indian restaurant down a small sub-soi, first on the left offSukhumvit Soi 8, forget the name but it's something long and unpronounceable anyway. Not a swanky, posh place but has excellent food and is pretty cheap too compared with the other nearby options.

That used to be the best cheap curry place in Bangkok when it was 'Malaysian Aunty'. I haven't been back to Soi 8 since Aunty moved over to Suriwongse, but I am glad to hear the new owners serve good stuff.

[zipcode]

...A test of a great Rasgulla is it squeaks when bite into it.

I thought only Indians knew that! You aren't Indian by any chance, are you?

Since you mentioned Gulab Jamun, within our Indian community here we jokingly grade them as "Seedless", "Seeded", or "Sponge".

Seedless are perfect: nice and chewy, with the syrup soaked into the core.

Seeded were rolled too hard, are dense, and dry at the core where the syrup couldn't reach.

Sponge were rolled to softly, and fall apart even as you try to fork them.

When I was younger, one of the many questions (jokingly) put to friends who married "mail-order Indian brides" was how her Gulab Jamuns were. Not only was this a question of her culinary abilities, but also a cheeky little double entendre.

BTW, the best Rasgulla are still made in villages near Agra, and sold in little claypots within Delhi.

[zipcode]

Unless you know that you can handle the heat from the chilis, make sure you get some yogurt-based item, such as Lassi (a drink) or Raita (a cucumber and yogurt salad). The fat in the yogurt binds to the heat molecules (capsaicin) that are torturing your tongue. Alcohol moves them around and deadens the pain a bit; but is more likely to give you pain in the stomach as the capsaicin attacks the tissue there.

Vindaloo with Lassi = Oh, that felt nice, cleared up my sinuses!

Vindaloo with Beer = Oh, that made my ears hurt! And, better put a bog roll in the freezer for tomorrow!