Indian Food 101

[Sundae]

Thanks Pie. The vegetarian restaurant we went to used to sell Southern Indian food, so I'm familiar with many of the dishes on your list. And it is a very different style. Mum & Dad were so excited when I took them for a Thali.

You're right in that Northern dishes do seem to be a lot greasier.
Add that to the Brit-Indian need to serve everything in sauce (to replace the gravy that was ubiquitous when the first restaurants opened here) and I can see why it's a bit of a difference.

Here is a link to one of the most popular venues in Leicester for celebrations, The Jungle Club. Turn the music down!) Trust me, this is in the centre of an Asian area and most of the clientele are Asian. But then many of the Indian/ Pakistani people I know are Punjabi, Kashmiri or Gujarti.

I'm still not sure about your statement that it's not Indian though :P

[Pie]

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

I'm still not sure about your statement that it's not Indian though :P

It's a long-standing joke with one of my friends; he calls me 'poor southern trash' and I accuse him of eating north-Indian garbage. But neither of us is 'really' Indian anymore. As I say, I just play one on tv.