I normally like to try a different curry every time, and one of the takeaways near me has got some really exotic stuff http://www.ministryofspice.net/
Starter - pepper stuffed with mixed veg, chickpeas and cheese
Main - either a chicken phall or lamb jafrani (like a jalfrezi with more sauce)
Either onion rice, chilli rice or garlic rice
Garlic naan
Popadoms and onion salad/mango chutney
and they usually give you a freebie veg side dish of their choice
all washed down with a bottle of King Cobra :cool:
Really don't understand people who have the same every time, my wife usually has the same each time, that'd just bore me. I like to try something different each time, although I've probably had just about everything (that I fancy) from my local Indian.
Recently discovered the Lamb Pathia though which is great, hot but sweet and sour too.
Partial to a bit of Panga fish tikka too as a starter.
Really don't understand people who have the same every time, my wife usually has the same each time, that'd just bore me. I like to try something different each time, although I've probably had just about everything (that I fancy) from my local Indian.
Recently discovered the Lamb Pathia though which is great, hot but sweet and sour too.
Partial to a bit of Panga fish tikka too as a starter.
Depends how often you have it surely? I have a Chinese or Indian once every month at the most, so tend to have the same thing.
Depends how often you have it surely? I have a Chinese or Indian once every month at the most, so tend to have the same thing.
I don't think so, we have it less than once a month but I still like to try something different each time.
Then again, if I'm in a restaurant and see something I've never had before I'll usually try it, people often say "What if you don't like it?" but I'd rather take that chance than never try anything new. That's the main reason I like taster menus as you always get something that you'd probably never ever pick. I very rarely choose soup from a menu and I don't really like poached eggs but one of the nicest starters I've had was a potato and garlic soup with a poached ducks egg and salt cod.
Really don't understand people who have the same every time, my wife usually has the same each time, that'd just bore me. I like to try something different each time, although I've probably had just about everything (that I fancy) from my local Indian.
Recently discovered the Lamb Pathia though which is great, hot but sweet and sour too.
Partial to a bit of Panga fish tikka too as a starter.
Same here. I usually go with a couple and another friend and I can tell you what they will order every time. Well, almost. One swaps between a tikka masala and a makhoni with is almost identical.
I don't think so, we have it less than once a month but I still like to try something different each time.
Then again, if I'm in a restaurant and see something I've never had before I'll usually try it, people often say "What if you don't like it?" but I'd rather take that chance than never try anything new. That's the main reason I like taster menus as you always get something that you'd probably never ever pick. I very rarely choose soup from a menu and I don't really like poached eggs but one of the nicest starters I've had was a potato and garlic soup with a poached ducks egg and salt cod.
Again, same here. We usually go on the Sunday night deal for £7.95. (poppadoms, starter, main, side, naan)
It's too much food anyway so if for some reason I really couldn't stomach one of the items it's more than likely the other items would fill me up.
1 cup Natural Yoghurt
2 tsp Mint Sauce
3 tbsp. blended Mango Chutney
2 tsp Lemon Juice
Couple of drops of yellow food colouring.
A little milk to thin out if needed.
Perfect for chicken tikka, poppadoms, wraps etc.
This stuff is exactly the same as you get in takeaways, it also freezes perfectly.
1 cup Natural Yoghurt
2 tsp Mint Sauce
3 tbsp. blended Mango Chutney
2 tsp Lemon Juice
Couple of drops of yellow food colouring.
A little milk to thin out if needed.
Perfect for chicken tikka, poppadoms, wraps etc.
This stuff is exactly the same as you get in takeaways, it also freezes perfectly.
Nice recipe. I love mint sauce
Arent all curry's from indian takeaways the same anyway though ?
I'm asian and I can cook everything mentioned here and MUCH better too.
My Tandoori chicken is nice and spicy!
My lamb lovely and tender!
My naan nice and fluffy!
lol. No takeaway can beat homemade when it comes to curry imo. They all seem to think we want heaps of sauce. Dry curry is delicious! Alot of the curry sauces are the same base with few different ingredients added to fit description.
lol. No takeaway can beat homemade when it comes to curry imo. They all seem to think we want heaps of sauce. Dry curry is delicious! Alot of the curry sauces are the same base with few different ingredients added to fit description.
I totally agree with you on the loads of sauce part, however a Bangladeshi owner of a restaurant claimed that their curries contained more sauce than curries in Bradford , Mumtaz, Aghrah and Akbars. There you can get dry type curries easily, which have more meat and chicken and veg than sauce. The Bangladeshi currys tend to be more sauce where we live in the Midlands. There's hardly any Asian people here so I assume it's why the food standard is lower. One Indian Nepalese restaurant makes curries full of lond onions strips. All the locals rave about it but it's awful if you've eaten better in Bradford, London and other cities across the UK.
Surely whether it is dry or not depends on the type of curry? Our local restaurant states on the menu if it's a dry curry or if it has lots of sauce. If I'm having rice with it I prefer sauce.
King prawn madras and keema naan for me but not had one for a long time as they are too expensive. Also those big fat Indian takeaway chips, love them.
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Chicken Dhansak
Pilau Rice
3 Popadoms
2 Keema Naans
(they dont sell chips)
With something good on the telly, evenings for me don't get much better than that.
Starter - pepper stuffed with mixed veg, chickpeas and cheese
Main - either a chicken phall or lamb jafrani (like a jalfrezi with more sauce)
Either onion rice, chilli rice or garlic rice
Garlic naan
Popadoms and onion salad/mango chutney
and they usually give you a freebie veg side dish of their choice
all washed down with a bottle of King Cobra :cool:
Here's my 'standard' Indian takeaway order (i.e when I'm not feeling adventurous)
chicken dopiaza
egg fried rice
peshwari naan
papadums (with mango chutney)
I also love the salad and yoghurt dip.
Recently discovered the Lamb Pathia though which is great, hot but sweet and sour too.
Partial to a bit of Panga fish tikka too as a starter.
Lamb pathia
Chicken korma
pilau rice
onion bahjis
keema naan
My local take-away does half portions of curry, so you can mix and match
Depends how often you have it surely? I have a Chinese or Indian once every month at the most, so tend to have the same thing.
My favourites are: Chicken Samber, Chicken Madras, King prawn Patia. and pilau rice.
Not all at once
tandoori king prawn
tarka dhal
sag paneer
aubergine bahji
If I am allowing myself to have some bread, I will have a cheese naan, but thats very rare.
I don't think so, we have it less than once a month but I still like to try something different each time.
Then again, if I'm in a restaurant and see something I've never had before I'll usually try it, people often say "What if you don't like it?" but I'd rather take that chance than never try anything new. That's the main reason I like taster menus as you always get something that you'd probably never ever pick. I very rarely choose soup from a menu and I don't really like poached eggs but one of the nicest starters I've had was a potato and garlic soup with a poached ducks egg and salt cod.
It's too much food anyway so if for some reason I really couldn't stomach one of the items it's more than likely the other items would fill me up.
Mushroom Rice
Couple of Poppadoms
Garlic Naan
Yumness
1 cup Natural Yoghurt
2 tsp Mint Sauce
3 tbsp. blended Mango Chutney
2 tsp Lemon Juice
Couple of drops of yellow food colouring.
A little milk to thin out if needed.
Perfect for chicken tikka, poppadoms, wraps etc.
This stuff is exactly the same as you get in takeaways, it also freezes perfectly.
Nice recipe. I love mint sauce
Arent all curry's from indian takeaways the same anyway though ?
A lot of takeaways and restaurants use a base sauce for most curries but I wouldn't say that means all the curry's are the same.
I totally agree with you on the loads of sauce part, however a Bangladeshi owner of a restaurant claimed that their curries contained more sauce than curries in Bradford , Mumtaz, Aghrah and Akbars. There you can get dry type curries easily, which have more meat and chicken and veg than sauce. The Bangladeshi currys tend to be more sauce where we live in the Midlands. There's hardly any Asian people here so I assume it's why the food standard is lower. One Indian Nepalese restaurant makes curries full of lond onions strips. All the locals rave about it but it's awful if you've eaten better in Bradford, London and other cities across the UK.
They certainly don't all taste the same though.
Chicken Tikka Masaala
Lamb Rogan Josh
Poppadomms
Samosas.
Chicken Pakora
Chicken Madras, Peshwari naan and Pilau rice.
Lamb bhoona/rogan josh
Rice
Garlic naan