Calls to cancel curry

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BallistixOnZ490 said:
Pro tip - any restaurant that serves Balti and Tikka Masala are not Indian restaurants, even if owned by Indians.

Even when they have a full menu of stuff with names of dishes from India, its still all a variation of a British Tikka Masala or such. None of the food they serve is authentic Indian food.

For starters most Indian's are vegetarian. There was an attempt at a genuine Indian vegetarian cuisine restaurant in Bradford, which went out of business very fast.

Vegetarian food appeals to very few people in the west as generally people want either meat or vegan.

And honestly, a proper made British curry with all fresh ingredients wipes the floor with taking months old expired vegetables and cooking them with spices to mask the rot.
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As you say, i'd be very surprised if there are m(any) genuine Indian restaurants in the UK, as they'll need to cater to their main audience.
 
robfosters said:
On my local Indian menu, the word curry is mentioned once, and that’s for a dish specifically called curry. The word appears nowhere else. Everything is listed as the actual dish, I.e, Chicken madras, jalfrezi, pathia etc.
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Don't these come under "Traditional Curries"? Most Indian restaurants i've eaten at will have them labelled that way, but always come under some sort of "traditional curry" titles.
 
Also, 90% of “Indian” restaurants in the UK are owned by Bangladeshi’s.

my one is owned by Bengali bangladeshi’s and does some lovely Bengal dishes, like Bengal Tikka Khana.
 
Even if everything is listed as an actual dish, that's entirely for show and they are still British curries for western pallates.

A Korma in India can be mild, medium or hot. A Korma in Britain is always mild.

Likewise to how people said they had a vindaloo in Goa and it was mild.

That's because when you buy an actual such dish in India, you are also to specify separately how hot you want it.

On that note the Vindaloo and Madrass from local restaurants where I live are both mild and very simply butter chicken with tomatoes and cream.

Most proper Indian and Chinese traditional homecooked food is pure vile and rank. Most Brits would not enjoy eating it. Or feel free to tell me how much you love Karela or Dudhi Rengan no shaaks.

You would most likely spit both straight out a second or less after tasting them.
 
Good luck trying to make people stop using word curry, though I can see why some locals get upset by it. When we went to India we tried to use it as little as possible.

Let's turn the table and see how many people on here would be happy if rest of the world started calling all English dishes simply as "Fish and Chips" :D
 
BallistixOnZ490 said:
Even if everything is listed as an actual dish, that's entirely for show and they are still British curries for western pallates.

A Korma in India can be mild, medium or hot. A Korma in Britain is always mild.

Likewise to how people said they had a vindaloo in Goa and it was mild.

That's because when you buy an actual such dish in India, you are also to specify separately how hot you want it.

On that note the Vindaloo and Madrass from local restaurants where I live are both mild and very simply butter chicken with tomatoes and cream.

Most proper Indian and Chinese traditional homecooked food is pure vile and rank. Most Brits would not enjoy eating it. Or feel free to tell me how much you love Karela or Dudhi Rengan no shaaks.

You would most likely spit both straight out a second or less after tasting them.
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Cream in a madras? That’s not right. Tomato yes, but not cream.
 
Bassmansam said:
it’s not something people need to know though is it.
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If that's the case why is it commonplace to grill any non white persons for all the information they know about there families place of ancestral origin?

This actually is an issue with multicultural lunacy. It is extremely common place to need to ask and know as much about other cultures as possible.

I actually remember at uni when I decided to try my first tikka masala, one of my white friends commented 'thats not really adventurous now is it?'. Actually I think you'll find it is for a non white person that doesn't guzzle Tikka Masala or Korma by the boatload on a daily basis.

robfosters said:
Cream in a madras? That’s not right. Tomato yes, but not cream.
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Maybe you missed the point that it isn't actually whatever a 'madras' should be, its merely called that.
 
dLockers said:
The Hindi name of curry is Kari which literally means gravy.
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Ras is the word for sauce, soup, gravy, broth, etc.

Hindu's are vegetarian. Majority of their dishes don't contain gravy. Matter paneer, Sholay and a handful do. Some also don't even eat garlic or onions.

BallistixOnZ490 said:
Even if everything is listed as an actual dish, that's entirely for show and they are still British curries for western pallates.

A Korma in India can be mild, medium or hot. A Korma in Britain is always mild.

Likewise to how people said they had a vindaloo in Goa and it was mild.

That's because when you buy an actual such dish in India, you are also to specify separately how hot you want it.

On that note the Vindaloo and Madrass from local restaurants where I live are both mild and very simply butter chicken with tomatoes and cream.

Most proper Indian and Chinese traditional homecooked food is pure vile and rank. Most Brits would not enjoy eating it. Or feel free to tell me how much you love Karela or Dudhi Rengan no shaaks.

You would most likely spit both straight out a second or less after tasting them.
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Rubbish.

Plenty of folk love

Saag
Aloo Gobi
Aloo gajjar
Matter paneer
Aloo Shimla mirch
Daal - various types

Pronthay
Bhutturay

You happened to pick 2 bitter dishes that not even a lot of Indians like.
 
Tefal said:
It’s a whiney Californian looking for media attention to help their “influencer” status.


This is like British people demanding we start calling beef cau because it’s a word from our evil French opressors
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There is the Anglish of the Oned Kingdom:

https://anglish.fandom.com/wiki/Oned_Kingdom

but that's not really the same as they're not demanding anything and they're not trying to promote anti-French prejudice and discrimination.
 
I vote all foods should be renamed with both recipe name and producer name.


Like a vector with bearing and magnitude


McDonald’s burger

vs

almost famous burger


Fish and chips from that place down the road

Etc.



this will account for the fact that the exact same dish made bu different cooks for different styles are diffrent but now referenceble!
 
bayo000 said:
Good luck trying to make people stop using word curry, though I can see why some locals get upset by it. When we went to India we tried to use it as little as possible.

Let's turn the table and see how many people on here would be happy if rest of the world started calling all English dishes simply as "Fish and Chips" :D
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Or “english dishes”?
 
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