Indian Takeaway

papadums dipped in your curry, chapatis you can make mini wraps out of them with the meat and then dip in the sauce. sheek kebab starters too are great
 
pathia, ceylon and samba are all very nice.

peshwari naan, keema naan. onion bahji, meat somasa .
Popadoms and mango chutney.
That's the problem with Indian far to many nice dishes.
 
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Any of you guys Asian?

I am from South India, and I pretty much hate all take-away food. I cannot stand how oily and coagulated the curries are. Home cooking is where its at. I learned some basic recipes and now quite proficient at cooking. Living in Manchester means having access to a lot of choice. The best of all them seems to be "The Punjab" very nice stuff there.

I am not sure how many south Indian restaurants are around, but if your London give try places like; http://www.saravanabhavan.com/restaurants.php?cn=U.K# this one east end is amazing.. Pure vegetarian food. If I could I would eat there every day!
 
I just ask for chicken curry. I have no idea what any of these other things are. Sometimes i'll say, 'make it hot'.

T'other day I went in and asked for chicken curry and the girl asked if I said chicken Kurai? WTF is Kurai? Anyone?

A humorous exchange followed whereby I said, "no, curry", and she said "Kurai?" for about 3 times, then the other dude, said "curry?", and I said "yes". Lol.
 
waspy88 said:
Any of you guys Asian?

I am from South India, and I pretty much hate all take-away food. I cannot stand how oily and coagulated the curries are. Home cooking is where its at. I learned some basic recipes and now quite proficient at cooking. Living in Manchester means having access to a lot of choice. The best of all them seems to be "The Punjab" very nice stuff there.

I am not sure how many south Indian restaurants are around, but if your London give try places like; http://www.saravanabhavan.com/restaurants.php?cn=U.K# this one east end is amazing.. Pure vegetarian food. If I could I would eat there every day!
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All depends where you get it from. Ive had bad curries that are full of the red oily stuff and never gone there again.

I make my own curries as well but sometimes i just want to chillax and get one delivered to my door. Also i love proper naan bread, the ones you get from supermarkets are crap.
 
I stick the weak/mild curries. I really cant see the point in eating something that induces sweating, and reeks havoc with your bum.
The cook in sauces are rarely similar to take away curries.

My biggest gripe with Indian Takeaways is that many seem to have all the various sauces lined up in the kitchen, then they threaten your chosen meat (usually lamb or chicken) with it, before throwing it in a tin tray. I always make a point of asking for the meat to be cut into smaller chunks. It has at least half a chance of absorbing some of the sauce then. Nothing worse than biting into a piece of meat and finding nothing but flavourless, second rate flesh! :)
 
Mark A said:
All depends where you get it from. Ive had bad curries that are full of the red oily stuff and never gone there again.

I make my own curries as well but sometimes i just want to chillax and get one delivered to my door. Also i love proper naan bread, the ones you get from supermarkets are crap.
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Indeed, the Naan breads from supermarkets are awful. I have tried without exception every single Naan bread including the "finest" and selected ranges and they are all awful. The ones from the asian stores are better, but the best Naan bread is a nice fresh one from which has Kaljoni seeds Yumm..

What we do now for cooking is, pre-mix the spices and put them in small baby food pots. Then all you need is the fresh stuff. My wife is an AWFUL cook. So I need to measure everything for her. Sometimes she still manages to **** it up with the salt levels!

I do know what you mean about chillaxing. I order an Indian every few months hoping for the best.. but always end up disappointed. The problem is I am a veggie, wife isn't so she loves her stuff from most good places, but I think vegetarian curries are harder to make.
 
I normally start with a pakura of some sort to get the taste buds going, then go for one of the specials (a Mugli Batak if i'm in my local), with mushroom pilau, garlic naan and a side of sag paneer.

Don't get to go much though as the smell of curry gives my missus a migrain :(
 
I like all curries, give me a Korma right up to a Phall (not sure how you spell it) - but its ****ing HOT, especially if the chef comes from the southern part of the country I've heard before. My brother ordered a takeaway Phall once and bearing in mind takeaways tend to be hotter (at least in my experience), anyway it was so hot he recounted, that he was hopping round his flat practically in tears. That'll teach him.
Go for the chef special, e.g. king prawn dish with lots of garlic, keema nan bread, paneer, etc the works. Lovely jubbly.
 
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Lamb or chicken dupiaza.

Stunning and simple flavours with a good chunk of onion. medium spircy and just gorgeous.

Come down tooting way in SW. London and il show you the best one Ive had :D
 
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