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Craving a Balti pretty badly, and Mr Quill has been hinting at one for the weekend.
Haven't had one in a good long while and we didn't do much for our anniversary last weekend so I'm thinking of treating him, most likely a takeaway as swaps will be easier for me to do.
Craving a Balti pretty badly, and Mr Quill has been hinting at one for the weekend.
Haven't had one in a good long while and we didn't do much for our anniversary last weekend so I'm thinking of treating him, most likely a takeaway as swaps will be easier for me to do.
Any of the sizzling dishes as they don't have a sauce and usually have some salad with them, veg side dishes as long as they don't have potatoes, share of a naan, no rice.
Starter usually tikka of some sort, paneer, chicken or lamb.
Oh I know.
It's been so tough not having anything, I've only just been brave enough to try crisps
Mr Quill actually makes his own BIR curries and they're amazing but they're just never the same as the real thing and having it made by someone else.
Intrigued by how a sauce would be given a Balti is largely tomato based, imagine the biggest issue with that would be the level of Ghee.
Would be so hard not to inhale a Keema Naan though!
Oh I know.
It's been so tough not having anything, I've only just been brave enough to try crisps
Mr Quill actually makes his own BIR curries and they're amazing but they're just never the same as the real thing and having it made by someone else.
Intrigued by how a sauce would be given a Balti is largely tomato based, imagine the biggest issue with that would be the level of Ghee.
Would be so hard not to inhale a Keema Naan though!
Ghee is not carbohydrate. Some sauces may not be too bad but I often find there is too much sauce for the amount of meat and would definitely need Naan to go with it.
Ghee is not carbohydrate. Some sauces may not be too bad but I often find there is too much sauce for the amount of meat and would definitely need Naan to go with it.
Good point actually.
Meant in terms of fat for the Ghee, but yeah I'd probably find sauce tricky without Naan because I'm a 'dipper' more than anything.
I used to have an Indian takeaway fairly regularly until the once excellent food and service takeaway I went to went down hill until it closed.
One thing I found out from watching them cook was the importance of the gravy. At the back of the stove was a big pot with a stock which was essentially onions and potatoes with spices and a minimum amount of water, boiled until it all broke down into a thick broth. This basic stock was added to all the dishes which needed a sauce and made the dishes so carby, they threw my blood glucose to unacceptable levels. My solution was to go for dishes which did not have a sauce - tandooris and bhajis and a few other more traditional dishes they had which kept away from the English Curry House tradition of cooking. No nan or rice but one of the chefs made a layered flakey bread which was more air than dough and was light and absolutely delicious. Forget what it was called.
So my thought is to choose your restaurant carefully, find one with a broad menu, keep away from the normal curry house offerings and enjoy.
But, but but,..... the rice/naan is just a carrier. The curry (or whatever) is the tasty bit, in my world.
We have curry every Saturday evening, batch cooked by MrB who is an excellent cook. I just have mine in a shallow pasta bowl, which makes things easier.
We had curry last night . I asked DH to just order me saag aloo, side size. He listened and it was a main when it came!! I'm sorry, I tried just to eat half but gave in. It was lovely, much eñjoyed but spinach curry and Metformin did not mix..........trips to the loo m'darlin!!!!!
I usually just share an onion Bhaji with my partner for starter (yes there are carbs in the flour and reita but then I have almost none in the main course which is usually a choice of various vegetable bhaji dishes including saag or cauliflower or mushroom or bringal or cabbage bhaji if they have it....I really love cabbage bhaji and I am getting pretty good at making it myself now.... but always a treat to have a meal cooked for you occasionally. I might occasionally have half a poppadum to scoop with if needed.
Used to love a peshwari naan with a dansak but those days are over. Never been keen on rice so no loss there at all.
I see fat as a positive not a negative (I follow a low carb, higher fat way of eating), so ghee is fine with me.
Craving a Balti pretty badly, and Mr Quill has been hinting at one for the weekend.
Haven't had one in a good long while and we didn't do much for our anniversary last weekend so I'm thinking of treating him, most likely a takeaway as swaps will be easier for me to do.
I had a couple of friends round the other week and we ordered a curry.
I had a chicken shaslik and some saag bhaji, it didn't affect my levels at all.
I love a dhansak, but those days are gone now I guess.
I haven't tried a Chinese lately but something like chicken and mushroom or mixed vegetables would probably be the safest bet.
