Indian cuisine question

[bendog]

I'm taking myself to the local Indian restaurant for Father's Day. My daughter won't go, but she's away at camp. I want the chicken curry. The menu has chicken tiika masala, which I know about and will try if I can't find a plain chicken curry. But the menu also lists ruchi chicken. the restauranat in called ruchi's, which I know is hardly unique, but I'm not able to find whether ruchi is indian for curry. Anybody know?

Ps, lest anyone think Mrs. Dog is being less than generous, she is taking me to a restaurant in NC in a week and half that has NYC class linguini and clam sauce. It's good.

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[Billy Clyde Puckett]

MMMMMMMMM Curry. My dish of choice on a cold wet day. I tend to get it at Thai or Vietnamese resturants though. I would gladly settle for it on fathers day

[bendog]

yeah, last sunday we did Thai. Mrs. Dog had the paht thai, which the kid will like when she gets back, and I had the pahtsee-ew, which was good, but not as good.

Im gonna have the red curry gaeng daeng next time.

hope I can get a straight chix curry tonite. I'll do the tikka if I have to though. Mrs. Dog said she wouldn't trust the lamb. I guess so, but the people who run this restaurant have kids at my kid's school, and back when mrs. dog and I ran the school international food benefit, they were always generous with providing lots of tandori chix, and the other Indian families always had a lovely and interesting table of finger food. Unfortunately, Little Girl Dog just doesn't even like the tandori chix, so we don't get to go very often.

[Turf Shaman]

I'm of Indian descent. "Ruchi" is a name, and I've never heard of "Ruchi Chicken", so I'd guess that that is something they're selling as a specialty of their particular restaurant (which is probably named after the owner or someone else).

[bendog]

Thanks. I did find a site, not tied to the restaurant, ruchi'skitchen, and there are at least two other Indian restaurants named ruchi in the US.

http://www.ruchiskitchen.com/home.htm

[telluride]

A few tips:

Lamb Samosas if they have them.
Garlic naan.
Tandoori mixed grill is a safe bet for Indian food newbies.
Chana Masala -- mmmmm.
And eat only with your right hand; keep the left in your lap.

[GonzoLays]

Bendog eating curry? Say it ain't so. I figured you to be a Kefers or a Fat Tuesday's type of diner.

[bendog]

You know Jax or are these chains? I don't do Keefers anymore - Alladins and the Med Grocery and there's new place we want to check out called the Jerusalem Cafe. Kid likes Med food, though only vegetarian or chicken.

I think I was to Fat Tues 7 or 8 years ago with my father in law. Mrs Dog and I do pretty authentic cajun and creole. I do the chicken creole for parties from the Commandore Palace cookbook, and it gets good reviews. When NOLA's 3 hours away, why settle for imitations?

Since my daughter won't be at home in 7 years, I've just never liked leaving her with a babysitter. And, she's pretty change resistant at this age. She likes Olive Garden but not Macaroni Grill. Go figure. I'm so sick of her fav sushi place, I could scream. We did find a new sushi place we think she'll like, and she'll like the path thai.

As for Indian, and since I no longer get to go much cause she doesn't like it, I stick with curry. It's a treat cause I miss it.

However, Mrs Dog is not home from work yet. I'm moving a cedar chest packed with old sweaters and bedding across the house by myself, and think I may have strained a hammy. LOL I've still got 30 feet to go, and sat down to see if it'll stop biting. Perhaps I should pull out some patties of ground chuck and my last link of andouille sausage.

[Billy Clyde Puckett]

Call it a strained groin and it will be your excuse tonight. ;D

[Ray Finkle]

Ruchi is probably the name of the place's special dish, a bunch of indian places here have similar names for a dish....an Indian restraunt without curry chicken? odd.....if you like hot food and they have the chicken kadai, that's good.....if not I suggest the tandorri chicken....

[bmanhas]

I'm Indian and there's 8 words you just need to know
Butter Chicken
Tandoori Chicken
Garlic Naan
Basmati Rice

[GonzoLays]

You know Jax or are these chains?

I use to work at Worldcom in Clinton as a financial analyst. It was funny, everyday when I left work I had a choice to make. Either turn left and drive 30 minutes to the casinos or take a right and drive 30 minutes home. I took that left many, many of a times. Ahh, how I miss the casinos. Good times.

[Bob's your Information Minister]

I'm Indian and there's 8 words you just need to know
Butter Chicken
Tandoori Chicken
Garlic Naan
Basmati Rice

Hey now, don't forget the Chicken Korma. I also adore Dal Makhini and a nice little bowl of Raita on the side to cool my palate.

[Billy Clyde Puckett]

Mama's been giving your Twinkies new names.

[Bob's your Information Minister]

I've been eating Indian food for 15 years. Used to go to the Light of Bengal all the time in Scotland.

[Malcontent]

When I used to safari with DR Louis Leaky, we would always stop off at the place just at the foothills of this large mountain range and nook on some splendid fare from the east indies. Fabolous!

[atomicbloke]

Actually, curry is a British invention.

I am currently travelling in India (driving a cab actually) and 95% of the people here have never eaten a curry in their life. Their is a particular entry called curry in the southern states but thats it.

Actually, Indian dishes use a variety of different seasonings (masalas) in a variety of proportions to make the sauces for their meats and veggies. That's how you get Korma, Vindaloo, Rogan Josh, etc.

But the Brits used to rule India. They wanted to recreate the tastes of India at home. Hence, they invented a curry powder. In their opinion, if you just mixed 2 spoons of curry powder into a bowl of boiling water and there you have curry and have mastered everything about Indian cuisine! As if all the diversity and sheer variety of Indian cuisine could be amagamated into a single "curry powder"! But thank the British for introducing the "curry" to western cuisines.

That said, Indian cuisine has to be one of the most intriguing and exotic in the world. Every state, every city has their own separate culinary culture and they are all very different from each other. Moving from one state to another is like going to a new country here.

[azbroncfan]

I've been eating Indian food for 15 years. Used to go to the Light of Bengal all the time in Scotland.

By the looks of that pic floating around it looks like there isn't much you wont eat.