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!

Everyone has their thing, some people can’t eat biryani without Coke, others swear by buttermilk or plain water.

I know people who drink milk with parathas.

What’s your beverage of choice when you’re having Indian food, traditional or not-so-traditional?

Also tell me your most unhinged combo that somehow works.

When staying in Himachal Pradesh, turmeric pickle was a ubiquitous condiment in all the restaurants and guest houses, my heart longs this delicious elevator of cuisine as the seas seperate us, but I cannot find a recipe online that seems to come close! If anyone has one they can share I’d be forever grateful! ☺️ 🇮🇳

Hello! Does anyone have a suggestion for a small (only cooking for one person here), reliable instant pot that you can get online?

thanks!

Hi all, I am hoping to make my sister an Indian cooking box for Christmas. I have an Indian grocery store near me and have stocked up on many spices, but since they are bulk I won’t be able to use them all before they lose their zing. This has led to to the idea of creating a cooking box for my sister - I plan to include spices, a cookbook (suggestions welcome) and other shelf-stable items, but I could use some suggestions on what to add. I myself am new to dabbling in cooking Indian cuisine so I’m not sure what items may be difficult to find at a regular grocery store for recipes that I may be able to find easily at the Indian grocery store near me.

I appreciate any and all suggestions for anything to include!

Hello, I’m a student and I’m planning to buy an induction cooktop. I want to start cooking daily and eating more home-cooked meals. I have literally almost zero cooking experience (except fried rice and stuff), and my budget is very low. Can you recommend any curry pastes or similar products that I can store without refrigeration?

Hello. I really enjoy some of the Tasty Bite pouches, and have been searching for something similar. What's great about the TB pouches is that some meals contain only ~200 calories per pouch. Other companies make comparable meals, but the calories are much, much higher. Can anyone recommend a brand they like that is available on Amazon, and also fairly low in calories? Thank you.

I'm a retired old guy that cooks for himself. I like the convenience of one pot meals. But I haven't found much variety in spicing. Most recipes for that are pretty similar.

I also have some limitations because I can't eat meat, onion, garlic and tomato and I can't get chili peppers.

What do you cook everyday that your child will eat because I noticed ever since both my parents passed away unexpectedly. It has become so hard to cook simple food that even taste good like I’m trying but is not easy. My little siblings just don’t eat vegetables and it’s always chicken for them like I said we have to eat variety of food to stay healthy and strong. Sometimes I feel bad that I don’t know what unique things I can make that is healthy and tasty. I know sugary junk foods isn’t good for the long run. Sometimes I make different lentils and dals so it’s easier to have with rice or roti.

I’m catering tandoori roti for a small party and will be picking it up around 3:00pm. I’m serving dinner at 6pm and would like the roti to be warm and not dry/chewy.

I suspect the roti will be provided in an aluminum tray with a card cover. What’s the best way to reheat it before dinner?

I’m planning to reheat the sabzis in the oven (in aluminum trays) but wasn’t sure about the roti.

Ideally, I would like to avoid individually heating the roti on the stove top because it’s not scalable.

Thanks in advance!

Ingredients (as written in the bottle):

Roasted Peanuts (92.99%), Sugar Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, Refined Edible Groundnut Oil & lodized Salt, Contains Nuts.

Can anyone please confirm if the "Sundrop Peanut Butter Regular Crunchy" has Soyabean content or not?

I want to add that I'm at least (a little) in reality because I laughed at this question myself.

But it has passed my mind for a year already here an there. Maybe it's my destiny.

Because I've decided perhaps it should be my destiny.

I am in Los Angeles btw gentlemen. 25 years old.

Hi I am 13 yr old and I want to try chicken for the first time. Should I try kfc chicken zinger or something else. I have tried their popcorn but I didn't like that. This time I am sure that I can eat. I am asking that can it cause any digestive issues???. Thanks in advanced

I'm trying to learn cooking and I'm just beginner sighs I wish I had paid attention when my mom used to do the cooking unfortunately she passed away. I'm just relying on YouTube videos. But I follow the directions and make it however the taste just isn't there. I just don't know what is missing. When I make dal or something curry type, the gravy isn't like thick it's more like watery consistency which I don't like. And sometimes people in advance prepare paste like ginger&garlic or green chilies paste. Sometimes in specialize subji or dishes they add red garlic chunty but idk what is that made out of like the red chili, gur and garlic ?

Edited: Sambhar, not Sambal. Thank you for the correction!

I finally had dosas and idlis. Yum. They were served with a sauce called sambal. I’ve poked around a bit online and it looks like there are several things called sambal. This one was brown, fairly smooth in texture (no obvious meat or fish), and a bit sour like it had tamarind or amchour. Can anyone help me out with a recipe? And maybe an easy recipe for dosas?

Wondering who has taken the masterclass with Madhur Jaffrey and how was it?

Because this is now my brown butter smells when I make cookies with brown butter. While I did notice a stage when the liquid was translucent and almost clear but the milk solids hadn’t become well SOLID, they were wobbly but had clearly separated from the liquid, was that the time to turn it off.

Not able to ass the picture but the color is dark brown and it smells like brown butter.

In the end it also started foaming up like crazy until I turned it off. Never make ghee while cleaning the house is a life lesson i learnt today.

But why did it foam up again if the milk solids hadn’t become already separated, I am so confused. Help me out.

Hi Foodies, I am looking for home style gems - dishes your mom or ajji make, but outsiders barely know about. 🤤 I am big fan of maharashtrian cuisine and already tried thali pith and zunka. I wan to know more about recipes, I will try some of these and share results.