Rice with curry

[robfosters]

My local takeaway forgot the rice last night. At first I was annoyed, but I ended up having a chicken tikka starter, chicken tikka jalfrezi, Bombay potato and keema nan.

I found I actually preferred it with no rice and using the bread to mop up the sauce. Am I the only one who eats it like this or do some of you omit the rice from your Rubies?

 

[svendenhowser]

Quite commonly halve or quarter the rice ordered when we're ordering breads as well, bread is heaps tastier with curries!

 

[Gribs]

I very rarely order curry with rice as I much prefer just a naan or some chapatis

 

[vicisthebest]

I never have rice with curries.

Sometimes a couple of chapattis, sometimes nothing at all.

 

[Glaucus]

I do that, but you need more than one. So I usually get a nan and a paratha

 

[JRS]

I very rarely order curry with rice as I much prefer just a naan or some chapatis

This. I'll cook rice at home depending on the curry, but I almost never have rice in restaurants or with a takeaway. Much prefer the breads!


***edit***

Thinking about it - last time I had rice with a curry it was a Burmese chicken dish (sipyan, literally "oil returns", when you cook it the oils return to the surface). I haven't had rice with any other kind of curry in aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaages.

 

[Regy53]

I am starting to go this way with my currys. Much prefer to enjoy the main dish and sauce with a lovely naan bread.

Popadoms, starter, rice, main, naan and side dish is to much

 

[SkeeterUK]

Dunno. I really like rice and especially so the special fried rice house specials when i can get them.

Dunno if i could have a curry without it.

 

[apeksdiver]

Lamb tikka balti with bread no rice yum!

 

[MrMarvelous]

I prefer to have a Naan instead of rice as rice fills me up quick and I feel bloated after eating it.

 

[MisChief]

Chicken madras with garlic naan... Mmmmmmmmm!!
I never have rice with my curry, because my stomach isn't big enough to fit curry + naan + rice.

Edit: I am so going to have a curry tomorrow after reading this thread

 

[bsoltan]

The first time I had a curry with a friend of mine he got his naan on the plate, poured his curry all over it and then tucked in. My face =

I always see the naan as a side to accompany the rice and curry as the main 'meal' but will often just have naan but still just dip if I don't want to be so full.

 

[cainer]

depends on my mood

 

[mangobreeder]

chapati every time, 3 or 4, nom. the rice served in takeaway is cheap horrible nasty stuff.

 

[jimmy321]

I often have a curry with nan if ordering in, if making my own either rice or boiled potatoes.

 

[Sudden]

I was pretty surprised to see rice with a curry as being the norm in the UK, given that most curry places serve north Indian food normally. In northern India, it's almost always bread (naan, paratha, roti etc.) with a curry. You hardly ever see rice being ordered, unless it's a biryani or some south Indian dishes are being ordered.

 

[DcD]

Aren't most of the curries we have in the UK supposed to be eaten with a naan instead of rice anyway? IE, the ones with sauce.

Edit: Said above!

 

[SkeeterUK]

Dont think so, almost everyone i know and i would assume most of the uk would associate curry as in being curry and rice together and never separate. This thread is a bit of a surprise tbh that people actually have it without rice which i think would be considered a tiny minority, well if you asked random ppl it would be considered a tiny minority i would have thought.

Grr making me want a curry now and its too late to make one.

 

['Wes]

Rather have Naan, unless it's a balti.

 

[Bucket]

I eat it without rice also.

It's better with a Naan + Chapati + Poppadom.