Zackers ordering 2 sausage pasties 
English Cuisine
Cankles-McJeggings God no. Roti, Naan, Paratha, shouldnāt be anywhere near rice. Theyāre meant for gravy, kebabs, and āsabjiā dishes.
Anything flies with folks who take in pride sandwiches filled with french fries and ketchup. So I meanā¦ hahaha.
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Haha Iāve failed miserably. I did it last week infact.
Lamb Biriani a bit of chickpea curry and some chicken balti all wrapped up in a roti
Have to say it was fucking immense too!
Cankles-McJeggings That doesnāt sound half bad to be fair. But ideally, it should be biryani + gravy + raita, and roti + chicken balti. Not some heathen mish mash of it all in one roll.
The chickpea curry should really go with a puri/battura, but itās acceptable if you have it with the roti or even mix it up with the biryani (though thatās not really purist).
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What is your definition of gravy?
I donāt feel quite so bad now. I wasnt under any illusion it was acceptable itās just the fastest vehicle to get it all into the hole. They all complemented one another too somehow.
What would you use a paratha with ? And what is the correct use for a naan? Seems like there are lots of rules. In blighty on a Friday night there are no rules Youd probably look something like this 
Cankles-McJeggings In India every time you order a biryani, theyāll send a side of raita and a side of a standard chicken curry, but just the gravy, no meat.
Meat dishes are generally split into three versions - gravy (butter chicken, kerala stew), semi-gravy (balti), or dry (mostly kebabs - chicken tikka, malai kebabs, achari, tandoori chicken, sheek kebabs, kerala beef).
Naan is for North Indian dishes - butter chicken, kebabs (Delhi, Lucknow).
Paratha or Appams or Idliis or Dosas are for South Indian dishes. (Kerala, Tamil Nadu)
Roti can be had with anything really. (Pan India)
None of these should be combined with rice.
Puris/Batturas are made exclusivly for dry masala pototos or chikpea curry.
Very informative and interesting rhouses cheers. Iād guess 99% of Brits would not be aware of this either. Never heard of Appams or idiis! Just looked them up.
Not even sure you can order a chicken curry sans chicken in England
Cankles-McJeggings You were in Kerala and didnāt have appams? Reason enough to make another trip.
The naan should only ever be used to mop up the baked beans, Dermo
Where do Indians stand on chips with curry? Or an omelette if you ādonāt do spicyā?
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I honestly canāt remember. Looking at them I think I probably thought they were dosas. We were staying in somewhere where everything was under silver dome things keeping warm some of the time , the rest of the time we went on those house boat jobbies round canals where we had our own chef and stopped off at places. The beach was fish kind of things . Was all amazing. Donāt think we had a single thing we didnāt like the entire trip.
My mum in an Indian Steak and chips please.
This time back in blighty my local chippy had 3 different types of chip shop curry!! Unheard of. I didnāt even know which one I wanted or previously liked. Chips, curry, fishcake on top
Not Indian, but I remember being out in Manchester and sat next to a family of four (a man, a woman and the womanās parents) from one of these backwards Lancashire shitholes in a Thai restaurant and overhearing their conversation at various points.
It basically consisted of the dad just going āorr norrā¦ they carnāt eat food this spicy every dayā¦ are yer seriously tellin me that tāThais eat food this spicy all tātime? nahā¦ yer havin me onā and the mum fanning her mouth going āitās burnin me mouth!ā for about twenty minutes.
What were they having? Pad grapao.
Eventually the mum gave up and ordered omelette and chips.
Had an Indian with Snr on Tuesday.
Rice and naan included!
