Have you ever enjoyed Indian food?

Indian foods. - Indian foods are generally very spicy. Very few items like sweets are exeptions. A rich verity of food items prevail in various parts of India.
@abroji (3247)
India
July 16, 2007 5:05am CST
I am an Indian and I naturally like Indian foods. Generally speaking, Indian foods are too spicy. Only sweets and some basic foods like boiled rice, roti, chappathi,naan etc are exceptions. This discussion is for Indians as well as others. Hello friends from other countries than India, have you ever happened to taste Indian foods? What is your opinion about them? Indians please describe what you feel about our food when compared with others'.
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@gberlin (3836)
17 Jul 07
The only Indian food I have had was curry and rice. I liked it but it may not have been authentic Indian curry and rice. A friend of mine made it. He is not Indian and has never been to visit India. So, he said it was Indian and it did have spices. I liked it. I have had it several times.
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@gberlin (3836)
18 Jul 07
I live in a small rural town in central Michigan. We have no Indian restuarants here.
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@abroji (3247)
• India
19 Jul 07
Ok gberlin, I understand. However don't forget to try some Indian Restaurants when you visit some big cities. All the best, thank you.
@abroji (3247)
• India
18 Jul 07
Don't you have any Indian restaurants in your city? Why don't you visit some and try some exotic Indian dishes? They are really reassuring. Thank you gberlin for your response.
@subathra (3519)
• India
22 Jul 07
Being an Indian i love indian food and tasted many dishes.I love the spicy flavour of our Indian dishes.I enjoy those kind of preparation.Every state in India have different variety of food preparation. Indians add oil more to dishes which add flavour to dishes but people in other countries dont add much oil.But when given an option to choose between a food from India and other country..i will go in for Indian food.
@abroji (3247)
• India
22 Jul 07
Thank you subathra for your response.
@urbandekay (18278)
18 Jul 07
Here in UK we have a lot of 'Indian' resteraunts though often these are run and staffed not by Indians but by people from Pakistan. The food tends to be Tandorri, Vindaloo, Jalfrezzi, Korma, etc. Resently, I went to a resteraunt specialising in Indian Food from the south, I think. I found this much more to my taste, having subtler flavours. All the best urban
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@abroji (3247)
• India
18 Jul 07
Yes, south Indian food are less oily and less spicy than north Indian food. I am happy that you found south Indian dishes much more than north Indian to your taste. Thank you urban.
@Bujoyseth (1684)
• Philippines
18 Jul 07
well. if i will be given a chance to taste some.. i will coz i didn't know what Indian food tastes.. i want to give it a try.. maybe i'll like it and make some for my self... hehhehe... i like trying something new... can you give me some recipe? i want to git it a try.... thanks in advance!
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@abroji (3247)
• India
18 Jul 07
Thank you for the response. Though I hve some recipes with me, considering the tedious job of typing everything, I shall provide a site address where you can find lots of recipes. This is the site. http://food.sify.com/ Visit the site and try according to your taste. Thank you.
@Zmugzy (773)
16 Jul 07
I really like Indian food. I love the variety of flavours, especially in the curries. I prefer it to Chinese food which in my opinion is often too sweet or too salty. Of course it all depends on the quality of the cooking.
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@abroji (3247)
• India
18 Jul 07
I am glad you like Indian food. Any way Indian food is not popular as Chinese food. The tourism development projects should introduce projects to popularise Indian cusine in the international arena. Thank you for the response.
@eshaan (6188)
• India
18 Jul 07
I am an Indian too. Though I haven't tasted food of oher countries I strongly believe that there must be no place in the world with such a vast variety of food. And all the states have their unique way of preparing the food, like the coastal area use a lot of coconuts,south indian's idli and dosa...and chhole of north india..ah..ha ..ha!
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@abroji (3247)
• India
18 Jul 07
Yes eshaan, All regions of India have their own method of cooking. Food items deffer from place to place. But they have some likeness. They are all rich in spices. This is applicable to the culture of our country too. In every region the culture is defferent, but there are some common charecters in all those regional heritages. The great unity in diversity. Thank you for the response.
@whyaskq (7523)
• Singapore
16 Jul 07
I always cannot distinguish between North and South Indian food. I do not know which is which. I take the hot and spicy one which burns my tongue and the aftertaste lingers on. I had it once at a restaurant with my Indian consultants and I like it. I like especially the chicken and fish deep fried. The second time we had it, the feeling was also good. This time, it was with a Chinese client. I cannot remember the name of the restaurant but it was rather famous in Singapore, around little India. The other type I do not know how to enjoy because of the spice used.
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@abroji (3247)
• India
18 Jul 07
North Indian food are wheat based and south Indian food are rice based. As to curries etc. both are spicy and delicious. Deep fried chicken and fish are really delicious. In Singapore there must be many Indian resturants. You can enjoy a lot of food varieties there. Thankyou for the respnse.
@ellie26 (4139)
• Malaysia
16 Jul 07
Hello abroji. I like some of the Indian foods that we have here. I like fish head curry and also roti, chappathi and naan. Maruku also one of my favourite.
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@abroji (3247)
• India
18 Jul 07
You must have a lot of Indian restaurants there in Malaysia, since there are a thousands of Indians and Indian origin people there. Fish head curry is realy an ethenic dish of Kerala. Bur I am afraid I don't understand what this Maruku is. Thank you ellie for the response.