Indian takeaways - anyone else getting a little tired of the

[fabindia]

Slightly related to last thread about is there anything we can't make. But I am getting a little tired of Indian takeaway food. Although we have a couple of excellent ones local to us, I do find nearly every India takeaway serves up the same old, fairly boring, food, often too greasy and salty.

The Indian food we make at home on the other hand is excellent. We have a few good really India cookery books and make the sort of stuff that you can't get in your average takeaway or restaurant but on the other hand is much more authentic Indian food.

PS, we had an Indian cook when we lived in Delhi who used to come in a cook for us 3 or 4 times a week. She was excellent, I only wish we could have brought her home with us

[silverback]

Never get bored or fedup with a good ruby, although I do agree that a good home cooked curry can be just as good! . My ex-BIL was a plumber/gas fitter and he said when he was offered something to eat in an asian household, it was nothing like the takeaway we get, but far more tastier .

[Mrs B]

All being well we are going to Leicester on Saturday to a particular street so Beerless can stock up on really good bhajis and samosas. I am not huge Indian food fan but that street even blows me way, the spices and things are amazing.

There is even a fast food style curry house.

[Annie]

Eck and I are delicate little flowers and are not able to eat Indian curries any more but we do like to stand outside and breathe in the aroma

[manda]

No surpise Michael...I don't use takeaways very much ..only now and again...but although the Indian in Rangiora is lovely I can' make something for all of us for probably about a third of the price so it's a no brainer really

I love trawling the internet for different recipes and I'll give anything a bash once.

[Mrs B]

What about Indian cakes Annie, can you manage those?

[wendy]

Ooo not our local one. The chef won Indian chef of the year last year.
The food is brilliant, although we don't have a take away as it is in walking distance.
Never before have I tried so many different dishes as I have with this place.

[saint-spoon]

To be honest we don’t very often have a ruby from the take it away and I agrre that quite a few can be greasy and not that pleasant. Our preferred curryhouse is well established and like so many others run by Bangladeshis… the food is very nice but nothing compared to what I have eaten at Diwali parties or around at a friend’s house. Actually I have some pretty good Oriental cookery books and have knocked up some fantastic scran; my preferred food at the moment is probably Thai although I love Szechuan and Cantonese and some of the Vietnamese speciality dishes are fantastic. Getting the fresh ingredients is always a bonus.

[chookmike]

I agree with you, they are all rather 'samey' I used to live in Sri Lanka and avoided the tourist places to eat and went 'down the lane' to the local places. Ditto on our one visit to India. My conclusion over there is that vegetarian cooking is so much better than with meat - so innovative and thoroughly satisfying even if the room has strip lights and a bit of a dump.

... and the chicken used here is probably from Thailand and grown in hideous conditions.

We did, though, have an outstanding curry in St Albans the other week at 'The Indian Street Kitchen' Tiny room, tiny menu, small portion size and just a different league to the usual old greasy stuff. No white table clothes, no trolley, no after 8's etc. Superb!

[Annie]

What about Indian cakes Annie, can you manage those?

Can't say as I have tried any Mrs B, what makes them different then ?

[Mad Chick]

I never get tired of Indian takeaways but we probably only have them once a year, if that. We have two very good ones near us (neither within easy walking distance) and both do very good Sunday buffets with loads of different dishes which is great because you get to try things you wouldn't normally try.

I appreciate that the food we think of as 'Indian' probably has no bearing on what 'proper' India food is but it's still good. One day I'll get to India and try it for real

[Benny&Co]

We have a fab Indian restaurant who deliver their take aways. In five and a half years, we've not once had a bad meal from them

[Mrs B]

What about Indian cakes Annie, can you manage those?

Can't say as I have tried any Mrs B, what makes them different then ?

They are very sweet, I don't much like them but they do look gorgeous, lots of almond things and great to serve as petite fours when having a ladies get together

[wendy]

You are right Lucy. As you know we have many sikh friends and the food at their houses is out of this World.
But there is nothing like home cooking is there.
I used to cook quite a bit of Indian food, but it takes such a long time, usually, and we have the Surma down the road now. I don't bother