Best Indian Dishes

The Emperor's Lounge
#1

Question for all the Indian folk in here.
@Lion @RockyHandsome
(Please Tag other indians as well, if you know more)

What are your favorite Indian dishes that are easy to cook and don’t take hours in preparation, and don’t use ingredients that you need at least an Indian supermarket nearby?

Reading your recent posts mad me hungry for some delicious Indian food.

My fiancee is quarter Indian, and I’d like to surprise her with some tasty Indian food.

Btw tumeric, garam masala, and some other spices are rather common here as well in 2024.

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#2

Tagging @Detective_L

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#3

Veg or non? If non, I am not the right person lol

#4

Hey @Parsifal It’s always refreshing to see people taking an interest in different cuisines, like Indian. Personally, I enjoy lamb or beef curry every day. While I don’t make the curry from scratch, my method is quick and convenient. I simply fry the meat in ghee, add garlic and onions, then stir in a ready-made chicken madras sauce and cook everything together. It’s an easy and flavorful meaL.

It can be ready to eat in 10 minutes i sometimes add rice to the mix but try and avoid eating vegetables.

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#5

@Parsifal best dishes are always home-cook and cook with care & love.

If you really wanna taste good Indian foods, you should travel to India and eat home cook meals. There are no other ways

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#6

He is right i tried dishes in mumbai and goa phewwwwwwwwwwww they were amazing. I was eating lamb curry and rice three times a day it was so good.

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#7

What if you eat Indian food in another country, prepared with care and love by an Indian?

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#8

You can find good Indian restaurant to enjoy, but believe me, Indian homecook meals are at another level.

Luckily there are many indian expats in my country, I have a good luck to eat homecook meal during Deepavali.

I also enjoy small fragrant rice from Bangladesh friend too.

Those homecook meals memory last forever for me.

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#9

Do you guys love masala chai ?

#10

I like regular tea without milk.

#11

I am not Indian, but best Indian dish that I enjoy eating is Chicken Tikka Masala :drooling_face:

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#12

I will just list out my favourite dishes in each category that are easy to make. You decide which ones you want to try out. @Parsifal

Appetizer:

  1. Aloo Tikki
  2. Paneer Tikka
  3. [insert you favourite vagetable/meat] Pakoras
  4. Masala Papad (Easiest One)
  5. Chicken 65 (my personal fav)
  6. Chicken Koliwada

Main Course:
It is served with bread, rice, vegetable/meat dish and lentil. So I will name one them in that categories for each.

Bread: Roti, Parantha, Naan, Kulcha, Bhatura (Though I would suggest go for simple Roti)

Rice: Has to be Basmati Rice since you’re cooking to suprise your fiancee.

Vegetable dish:

  1. Aloo Gobhi
  2. Baingan Bharta
  3. Palak Paneer
  4. Rajma Masala
  5. Chole Masala

Meat Dish: Chicken Kolhapuri with Red and White Gravy called ‘Tambda Rassa’ and ‘Pandhra Rassa’. It is a speciality of my region.

Lentil: The simplest one is called ‘Dal Tadka’.

Dessert:

  1. Suji Halwa
  2. Ladoo
  3. Shrikhand
  4. Kheer
  5. Puran Poli

Hope this helps you, and your surprise is a success! :grin:

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#13

Bro I gotta order one of these foods lmao. Just reading is getting me hungry again.

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#14

2 years ago, made one liter a day for my fiancee and me.

Milk
Water
Black tea
Sugar
Star Anis
Cinnamon
Cloves
Black pepper
Cardamom
Ginger

Delicious, hot and sweet

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#15

Not Indian but it is one of my top cuisine.

PALAK PANEER is a my favorite. So much so that there was a time where I cooked and ate it every day. With some paneer; might be better to buy the paneer from a restaurant imo, homemade one might be tricky to get it right

Biryani is a must as well.

Gulab Jamun for dessert

One tip is to grind your own spices and don’t cheapen out on spices and aromatics. Indian cuisine is one of the most colorful cuisine it’s like every dish is Holi from all them colors.

I also recommend shopping at a Hindi grocery store and not from the major stores; they know their stuff better.

Get some good quality ghee. These little things elevate your dish to a new level.

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#16

@Parsifal please try masala cha it is the best man.

When i was in india i drank masala chai everyday i was so happy and the spices it it gave a big boost man. I love india it is country of beauty and history. The indian people are very kind, caring and loving.

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#17

This man knows his indian food !!!

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#18

We are best friends forever ahahahahah

#19

I saw that in the movie Monkey Man :slight_smile:

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#20

Great movie ahahahah

@James i keep telling you in order for man to take on the gods he must become a beast.

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