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Nanog · 5th October 2006, 03:44

I live in the UK. There's a Thai restaurant about 35 miles away but havn't tried it yet. I eat Indian regularly. Sometimes I just feel like I would die for a Thai curry and do cook my own....very nice. I believe that curries are Indian but some to the dishes offered in British style Indian restaurants aren't really. For example, the Tikka Massala was a Tikk as the story goes. It is a dry dish. Somebody once complained about it being too dry and the chef at the restaurant (so the story goes) poured over it tomatoe soup and maybe added a few spices. But that is basically what Tikka Massala is. It's not an 'Indian' dish but is apparently the most popular dish in the UK.

I have the Currry Secret Cook book and have mad a few curries from it. They were quite good but not as good as I can get in Indian restaurants. What the Indians do is make up a large batch of basic sauce and from that add varying amounts of chillie and other spices and different meats. It's all fairly simple really......but as people who have tried to replicate the restaurant taste will tell you, there is skill involved.

Last year, a pub in my town was offering Thai meals on Sunday evenings cooked by a Thai lady. I took a few friends along.....and we were all very impressed. It was a set menu.....Soup, then plain rice red curry and pork with holy basil and something else. Divine. I would love to be able to eat it more frequently.

For me living where I do, I only get real cravings for Thai because I suppose Indian is so much more readily available.

5th October 2006, 03:44	#89 (permalink)
Nanog Nanog is..... Established User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 250 vCash: 1300 Rep Power: 51	Re: Curries. Thai vs Indian I live in the UK. There's a Thai restaurant about 35 miles away but havn't tried it yet. I eat Indian regularly. Sometimes I just feel like I would die for a Thai curry and do cook my own....very nice. I believe that curries are Indian but some to the dishes offered in British style Indian restaurants aren't really. For example, the Tikka Massala was a Tikk as the story goes. It is a dry dish. Somebody once complained about it being too dry and the chef at the restaurant (so the story goes) poured over it tomatoe soup and maybe added a few spices. But that is basically what Tikka Massala is. It's not an 'Indian' dish but is apparently the most popular dish in the UK. I have the Currry Secret Cook book and have mad a few curries from it. They were quite good but not as good as I can get in Indian restaurants. What the Indians do is make up a large batch of basic sauce and from that add varying amounts of chillie and other spices and different meats. It's all fairly simple really......but as people who have tried to replicate the restaurant taste will tell you, there is skill involved. Last year, a pub in my town was offering Thai meals on Sunday evenings cooked by a Thai lady. I took a few friends along.....and we were all very impressed. It was a set menu.....Soup, then plain rice red curry and pork with holy basil and something else. Divine. I would love to be able to eat it more frequently. For me living where I do, I only get real cravings for Thai because I suppose Indian is so much more readily available.