GI Cusines http://www.gourmetindia.com/index.php Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:07:11 +0000 5 http://www.gourmetindia.com/topic/1469-where-to-get-chilli-seeds-in-bangalore/ i am trying to locate seeds for India's finest and hottest chilli's in Bangalore as a Colleague of mine is going back to visit his family. I would like to ask him to buy some for me. it would be nice if i can locate the place to buy and tell my friend to go there.

chillis in my mind is bhoot jolokia, naga jolokia ,bih jolokia and any other varieties which are virus resistance & super hot!.

i have been fascinated with chillies for sometime now. i have tried growing them but they done last long.
so i am looking for more seeds to try growing them again.]]> Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:07:11 +0000 http://www.gourmetindia.com/topic/1469-where-to-get-chilli-seeds-in-bangalore/ http://www.gourmetindia.com/topic/1467-nana-shetty-masala-powder-from-kundapura/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 18:04:17 +0000 http://www.gourmetindia.com/topic/1467-nana-shetty-masala-powder-from-kundapura/ http://www.gourmetindia.com/topic/1464-eurasia-sunday-brunch/
Spot the concern here ?

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Do leave your comments updates here for Amarnath to respond !]]> Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:35:28 +0000 http://www.gourmetindia.com/topic/1463-hyderabadi-delicacies/ http://www.gourmetindia.com/topic/1461-falafal-sandwich/
It is a very tasty dish.

Hari Varijakshan]]> Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:59:13 +0000 http://www.gourmetindia.com/topic/1461-falafal-sandwich/ http://www.gourmetindia.com/topic/1458-what-chilli-variety-is-a-long-green-chilli/
I've recently become addicted to what is sold here as 'green chilli pickle' and would like to make some myself. I'm having some problems trying to track down what sort of chillis are used to make this. The best I've managed to find is some variety of jwala chilli but I don't know if this is right.

The reason I'm trying to find the variety instead of just buying 'long green chillis' is that I would like to add them to my growing collection of chilli plants that I have grown from seed. Plus this means I can make green chilli pickle whenever I want it

Thank you for any suggestions.]]> Sat, 28 Aug 2010 05:27:38 +0000 http://www.gourmetindia.com/topic/1458-what-chilli-variety-is-a-long-green-chilli/ http://www.gourmetindia.com/topic/1410-role-of-additives-and-their-side-effects/ But after surfing the net i came to know that use of malachite green is banned in some foreign countries for their harmful effects.
i thank you all in advance]]> Mon, 05 Jul 2010 11:12:11 +0000 http://www.gourmetindia.com/topic/1410-role-of-additives-and-their-side-effects/ http://www.gourmetindia.com/topic/1402-abgoosht/
Anyone make this at home?]]> Sat, 26 Jun 2010 15:20:59 +0000 http://www.gourmetindia.com/topic/1402-abgoosht/ http://www.gourmetindia.com/topic/1352-domingos-mexican-seafood-restaurant/
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Their International Foods section includes Italian i.e. the American sort (!), Chinese- American, Thai, Greek, Mexican, Indian... you get the idea!

I thought some of you might find it instructive or interesting to follow some of the discussions going on about INDIAN food!!

http://www.roadfood....es-m354726.aspx

The topic starter began thus:

I have a gift certificate to an Indian Restaurant and I need some menu suggestions. I have never had Indian food so please describe your favorites.

Shekhar and others might want to help them out by posting the best Indian restaurants in Georgia and their own neighborhoods. Many in the American South are extremely unaware of other cultures, especially non-European ones. That is a very polite way of expressing a great number of things.

I think this might be very helpful if you read this rather plaintive post:

a) I guess at age 61 I should finally give it a try. A local place has just started a lunch buffet so maybe this coming week I'll try it.

Then:

b. Well I did give it a try and I mostly liked it. Unfortunately I cannot tell you exactly what I had. It was a bit of an unusual and slightly uncomfortable experience. There was no buffet as I thought there would be and no menu was presented. There was a hand lettered sign indicating three lunch specials, a veggie, a chicken and a lamb. I told the waiter who spoke very little English that I had never had Indian food before. He asked if I liked Veggies, chicken or lamb best and whether I liked spicy or mild. I told him chicken spicy but not real hot. I got the following.
A green colored soup with what appeared to be small bits of chicken, was not real spicy but had a good flavor.
A salad standard tossed with cucumber slices, iceberg, carrots etc with a very thin nearly tasteless dressing with chopped onion, perhaps yogurt and nothing esle identifiable.
For the main course I was served a generous portion of white rice, a small bowl of a curry laced sauce with corn kernels in it but nothing else identifiable. I rightly or wrongly poured the sauce over part of the rice. This was quite spicy and good.
I also received a bowl of what resembled tomato bisque with chunks of reddish colored chicken in it. This was also pretty spicy and good, I also poured some of this sauce over a portion of the rice. I also got Indian bread with something maybe butter smeared on it. It truly reminded me of pizza crust but was not unpleasant. For dessert I was served a thin rice type pudding which maybe had a hint of coconut. It was good. The entire lunch special was $7.99 plus drink .
All in all a good if somewhat confusing experience.

He is too polite to say he will never repeat the experience but we can hear it in his words: he did not enjoy anything very much at all!

Somtimes, I feel embarrassed, although the characters behind this production could have been anyone but Indian. But what a shame that this elderly gentleman received such indifferent, impersonal service, and questionable value. Since he mentioned his complete unfamiliarity with Indian food, I should have hoped the manager or someone might have taken a slightly greater degree of care over him. I suspect the owners were probably not Indian, had no proprietary pride in the cuisine. Or worse, were Indians of the anti-Indian stripe, of types that take a perverse pride in damaging India while filling their pockets. We have one such here in Ithaca.
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