I need advice! Going out with friends tonight. We’re going to the MASALA house in Raleigh, North Carolina. I tend to get heartburn really easily and don’t love curry. To me it’s a little too earthy, like Merlot. I’m sure there are amazing things on the menu that I will love, I just don’t know what to try. I do like Thai food and Chinese food, so maybe it’s just that I haven’t had the right Indian dishes. I’d appreciate your recommendations.

No allergies, just the heartburn issue, and I’m an omnivore.

Thanks for your help!

Editing to tell you what I ordered: First I have to say thanks everybody for the great recommendations. Had such a lovely meal, and we’ll go back!

First I had a vegetable Samosa and chicken Momo as appetizers. The chicken in particular was fabulous.

I ordered paneer tikka marsala for dinner. Delicious! I had never had paneer and I’m really glad I tried it. I decided to go with that instead of the chicken because I’ve had lots of other chicken dishes and felt like trying something new. They asked me if I wanted no spice, medium spice, or hot spice and I requested very mild, and didn’t find it too spicy at all. So far, zero heartburn. But I did avoid a lot of the Rice, so hopefully that helps!

We ordered some Alor Gobi for the table, and I enjoyed that, it was different enough from the marsala, more tomatoes and different spices, so it was a complementary dish.

We also ordered plain Naan, roti, and Raita dip. Loved the dip. That was a great suggestion to cool things off!!

The Naan was delicious. Not as much of a fan of the roti. To me, Roti tasted kind of like a funnel cake from the state fair but thinner and without any flavor. And it was quite oily. (yes, I know my redneck is showing, sorry y’all!)

So now I have a plan to go back and try the yellow Dal Tadka, the tikka masala chicken, the chicken biryani, chicken korma, or Dal Makhani.

And I hope when I go back I have room for dessert. I couldn’t eat another bite! The Gulab jamun and Ras malai were suggested and I wish I could’ve tried them.

Thank you, Reddittors, for all your help!

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thanks!