Fucking seriously, is "butterchicken" just american for "curry" or whats up? Ive literally never seen a curry on the food subs that isnt butter chick
butter chicken, birria tacos, home-made crunchwrap, beef wellington, ratatouille (with debate on what the dish actually is), smash burgers, charcuterie plate, english breakfast
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no. the average white person can't even name 3 cities or provinces in India or China (sexpats don't count because they're not people)
I may or may not be hungry as well as agnry, what about it :yes-chad:
Garlic of course. The bacon narwhals at garlic o clock or some shit like that
What would you recommend as a stepping stone for people who really like butter chicken/CTM but don't have much experience with, like, any other kind of Indian food
This is my go to. Personally I skip the almonds and broil a lil bit before serving
Dal makhani because whole urad dal is great and it will have a similar but more complex sauce base while still bringing it's own thing. You can also leave it in the oven overnight at 250F and it will develop a wonderfully complex flavor. Use a pot that can handle the oven, of course.
Also watch VahChef on YouTube, the guy has great recipes and enthusiasm. You'll probably get hyped by any dish he makes.
In the US, vindaloos and kormas are 95% identical to makhani sauce. They put tomato in everything and use a garam masala + ginger garlic base even when the proper dish doesn't have it or uses very little. A Western vindaloo is an extra spicy and thick makhani sauce with the dairy left out and a Western korma has used ground nuts instead of dairy. It's pretty nutso how different an Indian restaurant in the West makes a korma compared to what the dish is in India, where it's chick fill of vegetables.
Of course not. Butter chicken is the least offensive Indian dish to suburban North Americans, most of which find even black pepper to be too spicy. It lets Redditors pretend to enjoy food from other cultures and get to say "Yeah I like curry/Indian food" without really having to dive too deep into things like actual spices and complex flavours.
Also, paneer karahi (or just any karahi) gang.
I love chickpeas! Especially when you drown butter chicken over them.
Butter Chicken and Tikka Massala make up like 90% of the orders I saw for Indian food when I was a kid.
Although there's a weird pizza place around where I grew up that does Lamb Korma pizza that my parents really like.
Also, not all curry is from India, and I probably ate more Japanese curry than Indian curry when I was young, anyway.
Lamb korma pizza sounds lit
Also yeah same I had way more Thai curry than Indian or Japanese growing up cause that was what was around
Curry is when a white person tasted a sauce and it had spices in it.
People are really sleeping on biryani in general. That stuff is amazing, especially when made authentically.
there's actually infinite dishes because there is never a limit to the microscopic difference in spice composition in lentil soups like look at this shit its all the same dish https://www.feastingathome.com/lentil-recipes/
Jeera aloo, chana masala, and aloo gobi are the holy trinity for me.
20 years ago amerikkkans didn't even know what butter chicken was.
