Re: Authentic Indian food now at food court in Centro Laguna plaza

by Trailrunner Sat Jul 29, 2017 10:29 am

". . .copious amounts of butter and cream. . ." Shall we make an appt for a cardiac workup/checkup now, or wait until you have an event? 3pm next Friday, ok? Do you smoke too?

Thumbs up

by brigitte Sat Jul 29, 2017 11:10 am

they do not use regular butter but clarified butter.

by beentheredonethat Sat Jul 29, 2017 11:19 am

Do they have take out?

by DaveP Sat Jul 29, 2017 2:10 pm

brigitte wrote:they do not use regular butter but clarified butter.

Ghee (pronounced GEE with a hard G) is the pure butterfat left over after the milk solids and water are removed from butter. It's used widely in Indian cooking, and the word ghee is the Hindi word for fat.

by gringal Sat Jul 29, 2017 2:24 pm

beentheredonethat wrote:Do they have take out?

Since they serve your food in a compartmentalized styrofoam container, it looks like it's already "ready to go". Just close the lid and up up and away with it!

by CanuckBob Sat Jul 29, 2017 2:29 pm

Trailrunner wrote:". . .copious amounts of butter and cream. . ." Shall we make an appt for a cardiac workup/checkup now, or wait until you have an event? 3pm next Friday, ok? Do you smoke too?

Who me...........?????

Smokealot

by Rosa Venus Sat Jul 29, 2017 4:25 pm

Don't know how it compares, but Avocado Club also has Butter Chicken on the menu.

by coffeeguy Sat Jul 29, 2017 5:47 pm

Here's a classic recipe for Butter Chicken from my favorite India cookbook author, Julie Sahni:

https://www.spiceroots.com/butter-chicken/

Only a stick-and-a-half of butter Trailrunner, so Bob's got nothin' to worry about. Very Happy

by Trailrunner Sat Jul 29, 2017 6:11 pm

lolol

by Trailrunner Sat Jul 29, 2017 6:14 pm

CanuckBob wrote:
Trailrunner wrote:". . .copious amounts of butter and cream. . ." Shall we make an appt for a cardiac workup/checkup now, or wait until you have an event? 3pm next Friday, ok? Do you smoke too?

Who me...........?????

Booked. See you then.

by Mrs. Rupert Sat Jul 29, 2017 7:42 pm

I expected a real Indian meal- this is fast food and not what I had expected. So, I learned a lesson. First time eating at the food court, and the last. The naan was horrible- fried in oil- no ghee, and the beef curry was just passable. Basmati rice was fine.

by brigitte Sat Jul 29, 2017 8:36 pm

it is possible but a little difficult to screw up rice..not difficult to clarify butter... thanks for the warning..

by slainte39 Sat Jul 29, 2017 11:23 pm

Mrs. Rupert wrote:I expected a real Indian meal- this is fast food and not what I had expected. So, I learned a lesson. First time eating at the food court, and the last. The naan was horrible- fried in oil- no ghee, and the beef curry was just passable. Basmati rice was fine.

I read somewhere that they are the operators of an Indian restaurant in GDL, Goa, that is a sit down inside restaurant that would possibly have what you are looking for. So many diverse facets to Indian cuisine. Maybe they are testing the water to see if something better could survive here....a baby step.

by slainte39 Sat Jul 29, 2017 11:34 pm

CanuckBob wrote:When I make butter chicken it has copious amounts of butter

Is it salted or unsalted?.....Inquiring minds on TOB want to know.

by Carry Bean Sat Jul 29, 2017 11:49 pm

Slainte, you read about it being operated by Goa right here in my previous post on this thread. :)

by slainte39 Sun Jul 30, 2017 12:49 am

Carry Bean wrote:Slainte, you read about it being operated by Goa right here in my previous post on this thread. :)

Thank you, you are correct, with my memory I knew it wasn't too long ago. Lucky that I even remembered that much.
I think I have eaten at Goa, but I can't remember.

by gringal Sun Jul 30, 2017 6:55 am

Mrs. Rupert wrote:I expected a real Indian meal- this is fast food and not what I had expected. So, I learned a lesson. First time eating at the food court, and the last. The naan was horrible- fried in oil- no ghee, and the beef curry was just passable. Basmati rice was fine.

A fast food court location and you expected a real Indian meal???? A real optimist, si?

It was much better than I expected it to be. I've had better naan, but it wasn't at all "horrible"; just not "great".
I liked the chicken dishes enough that when I'm in a hurry for lunch, I'll return.

by kiko Sun Jul 30, 2017 7:02 am

El Meraj Grill & Pak in Guadalajara has decent Indian/Pakistani food and is easy to get to just off of Lopez Mateo Sur and La Calma on Kepler. Sort of a hole in the wall joint but consistent quality of food and service.

Al_Meraj_Pak_Indian_Cuisine-Guadalajara_Metropolitan_Area.html

by CanuckBob Sun Jul 30, 2017 7:20 am

Salted butter and naan shouldn't be fried in anything. It is baked in a stone oven (or on the BBQ in my case).

by brigitte Sun Jul 30, 2017 8:40 am

yes they stick to the wall of the oven..mm

It would be great to have food court like they do in Singapoor , an area to sit and eat outside with all kinds of stand with great food around.. that would great but food courts ala US always have poor food.. It sounds like this place could be somewhat of an improvement to the usual fare or is it?

by CanuckBob Sun Jul 30, 2017 8:45 am

There's nothing wrong with it considering it is food court fare. Even the Chinese place there isn't all bad. In Vancouver they have Chinese/Indian fusion restaurants. Just think beef and broccoli with curries.......very good indeed.

by DaveP Sun Jul 30, 2017 8:50 am

brigitte wrote:it is possible but a little difficult to screw up rice..not difficult to clarify butter... thanks for the warning..

Indians do not use clarified butter. They use Ghee which is similar but, whereas in Clarified butter one only removes the milk solids, for Ghee the residual water is also cooked off and when properly prepared requires no refrigeration provided it is in a sealed container

by brigitte Sun Jul 30, 2017 9:02 am

Thank you David P I lived with Pakistanis that were originally from India and Pakistani food is the first food I learned how to cook not French believe it or not.. chapati was our bread..

by CHILLIN Sun Jul 30, 2017 10:07 am

A restaurant which didn't make it in one the Chinese malls in Vancouver "A Taste of Greece"!

by CanuckBob Sun Jul 30, 2017 10:14 am

I make butter chicken burritos with leftovers and have often wondered about doing other Indian/Mexican fusion's.

by shirley Sun Jul 30, 2017 4:23 pm

Yum, breakfast taco with curry sauce from leftovers with scrambled eggs...so good!

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