Curry conundrum, curry for a wimp.

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I was asked today by my department if I'm willing to go out one evening next week for a curry, there would be 5 or 6 of us. I said I'd go but warned that I don't like curry.

I don't want to be the odd one out who orders off the English part of the menu. The regular curries my Brother eats set my mouth ablaze after 3 or 4 mouthfuls. I don't like masala either. Chow mein is alright but nothing special.

Someone mentioned something that sounded like rosella not being hot.

I need suggestions and "man up" is not an option.
 
If you like coconut... Korma could be an ok option. Quite creamy.

Else plain chicken tikka and some rice naan would be a safe bet. Chicken shashlik you also might like... Basically chicken tikka with onions and peppers.
 
you don't like massala or its to hot?
and what does your brother eat, which is to hot for you?

Pasanda is very mild, rogan josh is medium,
it really depends what your tolerance is.
 
Rogan Josh can be hot depending on the place. A korma or passanda are reasonable mild choices. You could also go for a biriyani which is primarily a rice dish with an optional (very mild usually) sauce.
 
Glaucus said:
you don't like massala or its to hot?
and what does your brother eat, which is to hot for you?

Pasanda is very mild, rogan josh is medium,
it really depends what your tolerance is.
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My Brother gets chicken curry from the chinese. He's had chicken tikka masala from an indian place but I didn't like that either, I don't recall it being hot it just didn't taste that great. As a side note I've tried a Ginsters chicken tikka slice and didn't like that either.
 
Hopefully you don't end up going anywhere that has an English section on the menu. That makes me sad :( And chow mein? Err..

Passanda would be very sweet and coconutty but could have a bit of spice to it. As suggested above biryani is a good shout but you may have to ask for the sauce on the side. I really wouldn't go for balti or rogan josh, they can be pretty spicy.

My girlfriend always has butter chicken as she's not such a big fan of spice. But also because the butter chicken at our local is to die for. You could try that.

EDIT: I hope your department is relatively grown-up otherwise you're in for a heck of a ribbing!
 
Chinese curry is usually petty mild and totally different taste to Indian curry, so if you don't like that due to heat, forget things like rogan josh, you want to look for the mildiist things. butter chicken, birriani, tandori mixed grill, samba, honey chicken massala, Korma.

but as you don't like massala then i think biriyani is a great shout, from FT.
 
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Scam said:
Hopefully you don't end up going anywhere that has an English section on the menu. That makes me sad :( And chow mein? Err..

Passanda would be very sweet and coconutty but could have a bit of spice to it. As suggested above biryani is a good shout but you may have to ask for the sauce on the side. I really wouldn't go for balti or rogan josh, they can be pretty spicy.

My girlfriend always has butter chicken as she's not such a big fan of spice. But also because the butter chicken at our local is to die for. You could try that.

EDIT: I hope your department is relatively grown-up otherwise you're in for a heck of a ribbing!
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Mixed ages. One in his 20's, 2 which includes me in the 30's, 2 in the 40's, 1 in the 50's and good ol' Martin is nearing 70.
 
Try dhal, it's basically lentil soup, ask for the mildest/blandest version.

You could just have a lot of starters as your main and pick which one looks least spicy. Try sheek kebab or something, have a naan with it and some nice dips, away you go :) unsure if you'd like an onion bhaji but that (well, all dishes do) depends on the quality of the restaurant.
 
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If you're going to an indian restaurant, you don't have to have curry.

I only like curries made by myself, not from restaurants/takeaways so I always have a shashlik instead; skewered chicken, onion and peppers cooked in the tandoor. A couple of chapatis and some mint sauce and I'm sorted :)
 
Punt said:
If you're going to an indian restaurant, you don't have to have curry.

I only like curries made by myself, not from restaurants/takeaways so I always have a shashlik instead; skewered chicken, onion and peppers cooked in the tandoor. A couple of chapatis and some mint sauce and I'm sorted :)
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Going to say this, chicken shashlik is good and restaurants usually do loads of meats that have been cooked in the tandoori oven, usually served with salad.
 
At end of the day your going out for a meal together, its the interaction thats important not what you eat so tbh just order what appeals to you on the menu at the time.
 
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