pakistani food vs. indian food

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I used to ride hard for Indian cuisine, but have essentially made the switch to Pakistani. The stews seem to be more oil-based than the heavy butter used in a lot of Indian dishes. And, the restaurants around here at least, seem to use fresher ingredients and quality spices. Whereas the Indian joints have gotten lazy and ,quite frankly, just don't seem to try as hard anymore.

 

[Controller_7]

damn, the jawn near my house is Indian-Pakistani.

My head hurts.

 

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[Okem]

There the same thing really. read more

Although, a Pakistani restaurant will use halal meat.

 

[djkingotto]

don't think i've ever eaten pakastani food - from a restaruant anyway. i ride hard for the indian buffet though.

 

[Kaushik]

There the same really. read more.

Although, a Pakistani restaurant will use halal meat.

Actually, no.

Indian food basically reflects the various regions of India. Indian restaurants mostly have the meat-oriented Northern style. Cuisine of Southern India tends to be more on the vegetarian side, although there are exceptions. All the regional cuisines (Bengali, Gujarati, etc.) use many of the same spices for the flavor base, but there's tremendous variation in terms of ingredients, cooking styles, etc.

You don't think of "European" cuisine, you think of national and regional variations -- French, Italian (and within that Tuscan, Sicilian, etc). Same for Chinese (Hunan, Szechuan) etc. Indian food is pretty much the same way.

The one big difference I've noted between Pakistani and Indian food is that Pakistani food (especially the homemade variety) can be a lot milder than Indian, based on the use of tomatoes, garlic and onions without drowning everything in red chili powder or green chilies.

And Pakistani kebab shops just kill me -- amazingly delicious food.

 

[button]

There the same really. read more.

Although, a Pakistani restaurant will use halal meat.

Actually, no.

Indian food basically reflects the various regions of India.
word, I forgot to mention how much I love southern Indian. Dosais and Uttappam and whatever. That is still tops as far as I'm concerned. Most of the "standard" indian places though only really have Northern on their menus & buffets.

 

[Okem]

Actually, no.

I'd agree with you completely that it's all about region, it was the reason for my glib response. As you can't really blanket 'pakistani food vs. indian food' like that.
When one of the most famous (in the West) 'Indian' dishes, chicken tikka masala, was invented in Scotland by a Bangladeshi, you'd have to really qualify it a little better than pakistani food vs. indian food.

 

[coffinjoe]

balty
?

 

[coffinjoe]

most of the indian food around here is made by pakistan peeps
not so at the vegetarian joint

i like those spots on 6th st btwn 1st & 2nd in LES where the bengals cook

london indian food is very different from mid atlantic eatz

 

[Okem]

balty
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Balti is mainly Punjabi food. But created/coined in Birmingham (England).

One of the best reason to visit Brum.

 

[Okem]

most of the indian food around here is made by pakistan peeps
not so at the vegetarian joint

i like those spots on 6th st btwn 1st & 2nd in LES where the bengals cook

Sounds good.

One day I'm going to get a ticket to America just go eat, and get fat.

 

[coffinjoe]

balty
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Balti is mainly Punjabi food. But created/coined in Birmingham (England).

One of the best reason to visit Brum.
well the madness has spread to all them curry joints in london
& ? how come every dish can be regular or balty ?

my east london mate said it means more spice/heat

 

[coffinjoe]

most of the indian food around here is made by pakistan peeps
not so at the vegetarian joint

i like those spots on 6th st btwn 1st & 2nd in LES where the bengals cook

Sounds good.

One day I'm going to get a ticket to America just go eat, and get fat.
LES indian eats are not to be missed

the use of coconut, banana + is off the hook
& the naan has a slight sweetness
+
all those xmas lights
+ strip club style pimping for customers as they stroll down First Avenue

 

[rootlesscosmo]

it's always been my assumption/understanding that most Indian restaurants in the US, owing to immigration patterns or whatever, are North Indian restaurants. Geographically N. India and Pakistan are close, and so there's similarities in cuisine.

But if you are lucky enough to eat at a restaurant featuring Indian foods from other regions of India you'll find it can be quite different than Pakistiani.

 

[piedpiper]

food from Northern India, so called Mughlai style - is basically the same as in Pakistan, which is not a big surprise at all. Pulao, biriyani, kebaps...
One of the main differences is that beef is widely available in Pakistan and that they eat a lot of meat in general compared to India. It??s sometimes hard to find vegetarian food and the food is oily. There are actually two food streets in Lahore, where you can get fantastic barbecue items and roti, but hardly anything else except a few onion rings.

 

[Okem]

balty
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Balti is mainly Punjabi food. But created/coined in Birmingham (England).

One of the best reason to visit Brum.
well the madness has spread to all them curry joints in london
& ? how come every dish can be regular or balty ?

my east london mate said it means more spice/heat

Balti is a way of cooking 'Indain' food really. Wiki can probalby explain it better than me.

 

[mannybolone]

Who rides for the Pakistani spots on Inglewood?

 

[batmon]

Theres a cool Paki spot in my job's hood. All u can eat for $7.

W/ free fresh NaN

Wait it might be Bangladesh steez.

 

[hogginthefogg]

Theres a cool Paki spot