Yeah it's kind of a weird episode. The measuring and seeing different portion sizes was pretty pointless as every single restaurant is different. It's not like fast food where every one is supposed to be identical.
I agree. You could do a version of this between my two favourite "Indian" restaurants here. One Bangladeshi and the other Nepali. Lots of overlap but their special dishes are very different.
I miss not having Nepali food everyday.... Love me some momos, and ever since I've moved here from Nepal, momos have gone from once a day thing to once a couple months thing :( really wish they had more nepali restaurants in the US
Being an Indian, I've tried butter chicken and Naan probably once or twice. I am from North-Eastern state of Assam, and here we eat dishes like Seasme seed chicken curry, Tangy Fish curry, Khaar(Alkaline dish), Pork with bamboo shoot and bhut jolokia(ghost pepper), Alu pitika(mashed potato) with chilli, mustard oil and onion, Duck curry with white gourd, banana flower fry etc.
@@daddykimjongun7777 It's mostly due to (for pork), non availability in the North Western Parts of India. You don't find pork and Bovine Meat (Buffalo Meat, not cow meat) here. You can find them commonly in South and Eastern parts starting from UP. Sunday's in Lucknow are really popular.
Let me tell you every state in India has its own cuisine (as well as their own language, culture, traditions and lifestyle) there are similarities but not a lot. Most of the dishes and other food items shown in this video are part of the North Indian cuisine and they are delicious I can say that because I'm from North India as well. But if somebody wants to try other popular Indian dishes you should definitely try some Maharashtrian cuisine and I can tell you it is absolutely delectable
For Nico - if you are eating Nan you pair it with a vegetable or a protein based dish but we Indians never mix Nan/Roti with rice. That’s a Mexican concept and unheard of in India. We first eat the bread and then go for rice usually!
You are correct; it's unusual for any Indian restaurant in America to give you naan by default. They give you rice expecting you to eat that with the curry, and naan is extra.
We know, but it's the curry shops that did it, I'd quite like to have a choice of more authentic dishes. But the majority of Indian restaurants in the UK are actually Bangladeshi owned. I have one local curry house that is closer to authentic.
I've had Indian food in India, the US and the UK, and I have to say my favourite was the UK version. It kept the best things from the Indian version, whilst being much more accessible and indulgent. The US version I had sadly seemed to have adjusted the salt and sugar to American levels, and I did not really enjoy it at all.
Sorry for my prejudice but I think ..you would have had indian food in india most probably in some standard restaurant near an airport or a restaurant near some tourist locality ... And most hotels near airports and touristic areas are crap and locals won't eat there.. the food will usually be bland...
I agree! Not on the "UK above all" because India does Indian food best, just like any other place does its cuisine best, but between UK and US, UK does Indian food better than the US. The one thing that the US does that pisses me off is using the same curry base across multiple dishes which ruins the whole experience...
Im sorry, but you had Indian food in India and preferred UK indian food? You are clearly white. The only good indian food Ive had is in India, cooked by my grandmother. Nothing in the US, UK will ever come close to homemade authentic indian food. You must not have gone to the good places in India.
@@shadowfiend-s6u Real Indian food may also just not be to his taste... I'm assuming he's not Indian. That being said, you're probably correct that he didn't try the truly authentic Indian food, which you won't find in restaurants. The best food is actually from the villages.
And this is not the way to do it... Indian-Americans such as myself that were born and raised here had to put up with non-Indian-Americans asking if I eat this food daily. My family is TAMIL; almost NOTHING featured here is what I grew up eating.
Whenever I order from a UK Indian takeaway I always just go for a main dish and rice. That is always more than enough to leave me feeling full/satisfied. In Northfield in Birmingham there is an Indian Takeaway called Simla. The takeaway was actually rated 6th best takeaway in the whole of the UK! (as rated by Hungry House at the time). I can honestly say it’s some of the best tasting curries I’ve had. They do a Tandoori Makhani Masala (chicken), which I would highly recommend trying if you can order it from your local.
Generally, as an everyday meal, you generally wouldn't have both a bread and a rice with your curry but it is super common in the UK as it tends to be a treat rather than everyday food for most. I'm going to be in Birmingham soon (not far from Northfield, actually). I'm super tempted to try it! Haha
@@FahadAyaz interesting. But I always just have the curry itself and rice (no bread). Simla can be ordered from Deliveroo and on Just Eat. So as long as you’re within the delivery radius then it’s all good!
Take my suggestion and don't. After watching this video, as an Indian I can safely advise you to save your money. 🤭 . . . . . . . Have Indian food in India if you happen to travel here, or have it in an Indian person's home in your country.
Yes. As an Indian, it irks me when I watch some American reviews etc because they think Indian food is just heat, full of chillies because it's spicy. Spices and heat are totally different, imo even many Indians can't handle pure chilly heat.
Americans do too, but we sometimes need to be asked to clarify what they mean when they say spicy, because many use it interchangeably with hot/flavorful due to a blend of spices/herbs. The use of spicy and piquant/hot being used exclusively as it was intended would make it more clear from the initial statement, but it is what it is, LoL.
This is a huge mischaracterisation of the brilliant authentic Indian food you can get in any decent sized city in the UK. In Southampton we can choose between pubjabi, bengali, keralese, food from Mumbai, Northern Indian, and many more regions not to mention neighbouring countries. Each has their own cuisine, it isn't all just chicken tikka masala etc
You can get authentic food in basically any modern city, but this is more of a comparison of generic "Indian takeaway food" rather than a specific cuisine.
The funniest thing is that Chicken Tikka Masala, the dish Brits and Americans love so much, is not technically an Indian dish. It was made in the UK. That's why if you ever go to India, you will never see it on any menu.
A few look okay... but most were misses. The UK Paalak Paneer went the closest, IMO. And now I understand why Indians find Indian Restaurants abroad to be horrible. 🤭
Aussie here and I gotta say both of your main dishes are larger than our standard 500g … I was totally surprised that I liked the look of most of the American dishes (those samosas looked delish) Most of our saag dishes have a very smooth sauce which I love and at some restaurants you can choose heat levels even with butter chicken , kormas and saag Unless specified you need to order your rice separately.
Saag dishes depend on who is making it. You can either blanche the leafy greens and grind them to make a paste/sauce or you can simply saute them. And we too get a choice here in India to choose if you want rice. Mostly bc we have a lot of variety of rice produced and different regions eat different kind of rice. Also, since rice eaters prefer the rice cooked at home compared to rice cooked at restaurants. 😂
Going by most google searches for restaurants in the US, Chinese food ranks #1 with a popularity score of 60. Next up is Mexican with 59. Then Italian at 38. Thai at 24. Indian in 5th place at 11. Remaining are Japanese (10.5), Korean (10), Greek (7), Vietnamese(4) and Cuban (3). #1 city for most searched for Indian food is San Francisco.
No harry, the balti WAS invented in the 70's in Birmingham. The guy who came up with the dish also created the balti bowl, my dad also knew him and was one of the first people to try the traditional balti.
@pjsniper436 thought so, my dad use to take me and my brother to Stoney Lane for curries when we were younger. Great staff, very friendly and food was out of this world
@@SaadDurraniWhen we say an Indian restaurant it generally includes some Pakistani stuff as well. In fact, most "Indian" restaurants are run by people from Bangladesh here 😂 Actually, I don't know how true that is but it is pervasive!
As an Indian even I have not even gotten to "try" most of my own country dishes And I'm telling you guys that the dishes shown here are literally not even 10% of the most dishes we have 🗣️🗣️🤣
@@Ashk_- That's not always true. I lived in India for 3 years and ate all over the country. I've also eaten a lot of Indian food in the US. It's often a little different, but also often the exact same taste.
@kailash4799 All dishes started unauthentic. It's not like pizza pop out of nowhere. Probably someone tried to experiment and founded pizza which was an unauthentic dish, and now it's a staple
It is not insulting at all. We ain't Italians bro chill. It is just a fish curry ..(the word itself isn't accurate to Indian cuisine anyways ) it is just what it happens.. it isn't like dishes we have here are completely accurate to the original dish. Let them cook @@kailash4799
I imagine we have better BIR food than the US. But I'm guessing we also have better, more traditional Indian food, if you know where to find it, especially up in the Midlands, and a few areas in London.
Id think it'd be hard to beat the US due to New york alone. We have so many indian restaurants you cant imagine so the odds of finding extremely tasty indian food 9x out of 10 will out beat the UK. Queens Alone prob has more indian restaurants than the entire uk 😂 plus more authentic ones since most of them are frequented by actual indian ppl so it's not watered down indian food unless you get indian food in white neighborhoods or in Manhattan etc
Without a shadow of a doubt the Indian food in UK is a million times better, it Is so hard to find really good Indian in the US especially in the south, you get good but not great. Scotland also has some great Indian food especially Glasgow. And lets not forget a CTM Curry was/is the national dish of UK!
Yeah... but they heavily dumb down all the dishes, and that becomes frustrating for any Indian (especially Bengalis) traveller wanting to try them out.
@@RonBhattacharya They often have "home style" options on the menu these days (on the bone, less liquidy, spicier, whole spices etc.). It's still completely random consistency though, it'll either be incredible or bland tomato soup. The problem is the consistency, even the BIR style is not meant to be bland at all they are just bad at business or don't care because it doesn't change customer numbers or at least they don't notice the difference in the kitchen.
@@Bozebo I suspect they don't care because their 'target' base isn't Indians. I can vouch for the fact that Indians (and especially Bangladeshis) don't cook that way in their homes. They (and us in the West Bengal as well) are very particular about their food. Also, contrary to popular belief, the vast majority of Indian dishes are not really that spicy; especially hot-spicy. But they are always well-seasoned and flavourful. Also, there's an order to eat various Indian dishes during a meal. Most people end up disliking or burning up with spices because 90% of the time they're eating them wrong. The other 10% are truly intolerant to spice levels. E.g. we 'never' eat Samosas and Pakoras (the various fritters) as part of a meal as starters. That's such a noob thing to do! 🤣Also, having both rice and naan along with gravy in the same bite! Choose one - either rice or naan/parantha/roti - one carb. No one eats carb on carb. lolz
A couple of months ago I linked up with someone from New Jersey. The server came out with samosas and the person genuinely didn't know what they were. I was flabbergasted
It's interesting to note that South Asian cuisine in the UK and the USA often reflects the regional origins of the restaurant owners. In the UK, many Indian restaurants are run by Bangladeshis, whose cuisine tends to feature more meat dishes due to their predominantly Muslim background. In the USA, Indian restaurants are more likely to be owned by North Indians, whose cuisine traditionally incorporates a wider variety of vegetarian options.
Bengalis have a far more 'variety' of vegetarian food options irrespective of their religion - both in West Bengal and Bangladesh; as well as non-vegetarian (predominantly 'fish' - not meat, but meat too) options.
@@RonBhattacharya No, North Indians(especially north-western region) have more vegetarian dishes, the typical exam are sarso saag, palak, methi saag and 20 different kinds of leafy dishes. We don't have coastal seafoods, many of us are vegetarians, so we tend to eat more green vegetables and Dals. Even for many non-vegetarians eating meat is a once or twice a month thing as compared to coastal or southern people which is more frequent than us.
@@rahulj.005 Clearly... You know "absolutely nothing" about the "variety" in Bengali Cuisine - therefore spoken like a perfect dolt, TBH. 😅 Next time, keep your mouth unopened, FFS. 🤭
I’m Indian and i personally have never had or even heard of anything except saag paneer, sarson ka saag, mutton saag etc… all those other options seem so foreign to me ahaha..also very impressed by Harry’s knowledge about Indian cuisine and its origins…
Its punjabi dish sarso da saag te makke di rotti. But i think its made by pakistanis that is why the addition of mutton and paneer. They have habit of adding meat to everything.
When I was a young child, Chicken Tikka Masala was my first curried food for a few years. When I started to get older I branched out and I’ve been eating madras, vindaloo, phaal, rogan josh, and jalfrezi ever since. Lamb keema rice is legendary and a really fluffy garlic and coriander naan is to die for.
These are educated beliefs that are probably facts, but here goes... Cult status of the vindaloo was from Red Dwarf, well before the song. The pairing of curry with beer was due to the Danish prince Axel who went for a curry in 1924 in London and then returned with a barrel of Carlsberg. I do not know where the Baltinese region of India is. Where do the bucket people live? The origins of the Balti was in Stoney Lane Birmingham and the Chicken Tikka Masala was a twist on traditional butter chicken, invented in Glasgow by Ali Ahmed Assan. Nice moustache Harry!
Bizarre that a food reviewer would refuse to even taste a dish because she doesn't like a key ingredient. Find another job because this one clearly isn't for you lady
Love your content, but this is sort of a weird one for me... it's not like there is some sort of national standard as to what constitutes "Indian takeout" cuisine. It varies heavily from establishment to establishment in both countries, of course.
As an East Londoner, NYC was shocking bad for Indian food. I ended up heading to a street near JFK to get the spices and making my own... the first time I went, they owners of one supermarket were shocked that I knew what I was buying... until I opened my mouth and they heard I was British.
Girl we eat Fish or prawn over cooked, almost every meat option is little over coocked specially us Bengali the most meat or fish eater . Also we eat sweets more than any other Indian.
1) Instead of bhindi masala or bhindi do pyaza, you should have tried lady's finger stir fry (southern style) and kurkuri bhindi. 2) Coming to shrimp you could have tried white based gravy or a tomato+onion+tamarind base) 3) from the flatbreads you could have tried pulka 4) Pappadams are most enjoyable when paired with liquid-based dishes, particularly sambar and rice. 5) Pickles are best in south, you should definitely try the mango pickle (Avakaya Pachadi) not the mango chutney 6) Additionally, we have plenty of chutneys that are vegetable based. 7) Finally, as you mentioned, India is a country with a variety of culinary styles. I encourage everyone to experience the home-style dishes from various regions of India.
Even I won't imagine making a Salmon Vindaloo. Fishes like Salmon, Bhetki, and Ilish have their own unique flavours which will be ruined in heavy curries.
@@RonBhattacharya I just can’t do it. The texture and look is off-putting and let’s not talk about how they are grown🤢. There are so many wonderful vegetables around and fungus would be last on my list along with okra.🤮. I would rather eat my hand‼️
@@catificationcorner 😅 Just so you know, Mushrooms are grown in a very controlled environment and are probably one of the most hygienic as they don't need chemicals.
Not everything is supposed to be tasted with a spoon. I would never taste Bhindi Masala with a spoon, even though I'm Indian. That dish only goes with flat bread, nothing else. It goes even better with a paratha(fried flat bread).
I have lost 23 kilos over a 6 month diet, but the gods are clearly angry with me since they chose to introduce me to this channel. I think I'm finally gonna break.
As a Brit I obviously grew up eating Indian food, depending on where I'm getting it from, my go to is often a Jalfrezi or Madras with a garlic and coriander naan without any rice. It's great if I'm with plenty of people where we can buy multiple dishes and just share so we can enjoy a bit of everything. While Korma is way too sweet for me, I do feel like it's a great option for children when parents are having Indian takeaway. You often see Korma on school menus here too and even as baby food jars or packets for weaning infants.
24:56 Ooh! I know this one! When Indian Immigrants started opening restaurants in Britain, they modelled them on restaurants that were already here. Most of those were pubs. So, beer was added because that was what they found in "English restaurants" It also explains the classic decor of most British Indian restaurants. They're modelled on pubs!
Great explanations, very informative, and awesome commentary as usual! It’s always interesting to see how cuisine has blended with each country. All of that food looked freaking yummy! 🍛 👏 😋
So British Indian food (yes it's kinda it's own cuisine) is basically (a modified version of) north Indian food from Punjab and Bengal. Most Indian food in the US also tends to be North Indian. Here in the US we can get south Indian restaurants like A2B (yes, that actual chain), but these are rarer even when the restaurant itself is run by south Indians. In the US Indian restaurants quality and authenticity varies wildly, you can actually get really good Indian food here but you gotta look.
@@ganztechnologic Not just any recipe, they'll be wanting the recipe from Latifs Inspired here on youtube ;) Infact all his recipes for BIR style are spot on.
South Indian food is available in the UK, it's not as widespread though due to most of the 'Indian' restaurants being operated by immigrants from Pakistan or Bangladesh. Just like other cuisines from Asia have been adapted, they do a base sauce plus protein plus extras approach which allows them to make a lot of different dishes quickly but not authentically. I like both regional Indian food and the British Indian restaurant style but I see them as separate options. Actually there is a cafe in the small city where I live that does cheap lunches and they cook big pots of only a few dishes, this is perhaps more authentic to home cooking as it's aimed at South Asian customers, especially people working in the city wanting Halal lunches. I'm vegetarian but they do very nice veg dishes as well. I think this is the closest to authentic North Indian food I could get locally.
@@orientalmoons Atleast there are South Indian foods available outside the country, the same cannot be said about East Indian ( Bengali+ Odisshi ) food, while North East Indian foods aren't even available outside their respective states. I can name several South Indian,and many more North Indian cuisine,but can you name atleast 5 Bengali cuisine ( not including Roshogolla or Doi), or one dish from Tripura ?
I guess they’re running out of food chains to compare??? This was just kinda awkward since Indian food is going to vary between individual restaurants.
Indian food fact for you. Chicken Tikka Masala and Balti’s were invented in the UK. Yes they are made using very authentic Indian/Bangladeshi/Pakistani spices and methods, and in fairness they were created by the Asian restaurant owners who needed to make dishes that were better suited to the British palate, But I think that’s another thing we can fly the flag upon 🇬🇧🇬🇧
There really and truely should be a US Vs Canada Food Wars after all the other Food Wars including the US Vs UK ones, the US Vs Australia ones and the US Vs Mexico ones! 🍔 🍗 🍕 🌭 🍦 🍟 🥤 🇺🇸 🇨🇦
Vindaloo is a Portuguese dish, famous in Goa, it's famous for Pork Vindaloo..... All other variations aren't authentic. PORK VINDALOO is PERFECTION....!!!! ❤❤❤
I really struggle with Indian food as I absolutely despise the taste of curry powder, I have had it in so many things, it stands out to me every time and I can't stand it. However one day someone got me to try a Dhansak curry, and said it doesn't use/taste like curry powder, and I loved it! First curry I have ever enjoyed! So I found out I can enjoy Indian food and curries, but just as long as it doesn't use curry powder, which especially in England at least, that's hard to find haha
You've done a disservice to saag dishes in the UK! They have pretty much the same options as US as well as those sides, I've yet to go to a restaurant that doesn't offer them and I can say that with certainty because it's always the first dish I try at any restaurant I go to.
12:00 😮 the uk knows their curry. Do pyaza is such a great dish even for indian standrads it's so rich and tasty. While the us just naming everything curry and masala
The restaurant that they went to might not have had it or were out. The thing is that the US is a VERY, VERY big place and every Indian restaurant seems to be different. Even in the city where I live, the foods on offer and how they are prepared varies wildly. You can't go off of this video and think that all of the US Indian restaurants are like this. Not even close.
@@leonbanks5728 I am not saying that no Indian restaurant has saag aloo on the menu in the US. But this particular one that she reviewed might not have had it or they were out, or it was forgotten. My point was that you can not possibly think that every Indian restaurant in the whole Country is exactly like the one that they used for this video. Come on people, lets use a bit of brain power here.
Sadly I'd say it's only about half or a third, these are just the basics, as most restaurants do chef's specials on top of these, and for instance, I love a chicken ceylon which wasn't mentioned.
@@usedfuzzbox I think most people have a limited experience with the available options at different Indian restaurants and takeaways because they generally try a few at most, then regular the best out of them. I can admit to doing that. My regular Indian takeaway was the second one I tried, while waiting for my food one time I noticed a framed picture on the wall, it was the head chef winning a big curry making competition. After that and trying the food they had me won over and now its the only Indian takeaway i go to.
The American naan is a lot closer to what you’d get in the North of England, very hard to compare Indian takeout as depending on where you are in the U.K. it is going to be very different in size
Over quite good but something which really irked me is was “The protein doesn’t really affect the dish so much “ Bruh what you saying? Chicken tikka can be closely translated to charcoal grilled chicken and masala is the sauce… The essence of the dish is the charcoal flavour it imparts into the masala. But I do understand why this may not be the case in most takeouts as they cook the sauce separately can then add the protein.. But I implore you to try higher end Indian restaurants where they do t give you the option of the protein you can choose. The dishes are usually created with a specific protein in mind and changing it would be like something similar to kfc selling fried beef with the same coating.
I'm sorry Harry but what is with that Baby Naan? Every time I've ordered a Naan it's been a lot bigger, in some cases too big. I'm not much of a Indian Takeaway guy, I much prefer the starters, like Shish Kebab, Seekh Kabab, Tandoori Chicken, Lamb Chops etc. I don't have an issue with Indian food (I am Indian Afterall) but I've never enjoyed the wetter Indian foods, always preferred dryer dishes (much to the annoyance of my mother growing up).
One difference I noticed between real Indian restaurants (in India) and British Indian restaurants is the excess of sauce in the British Indian cuisine. Lots more salads and the dishes tend to have more herbs in them (eg more coriander and more actual curry leaves). Also noticed it's either bread or rice, not often both with the same meal. I also prefer a variety of starters than a main.
To everyone who is saying that Indian has a lot of diverse food, they all need to understand that it is video of TAKEOUT MEAL in US and UK. Take out meal usually contains generally popular items amongst Brits and Americans. Because I'm from US, other food are available here too but to introduce Americans and Brit, these are the most famous food.
Butter chicken is not a base made from butter and tomato. Its a base made from cream and tomato. Its called butter chicken becuase the cream gives it a texture as smooth as butter.
I guess the difficulty with this is the fast food places are very uniform around the country but the quality, portions vary so much from Indian to Indian
Hmmm, i have a lot of Indians by me (Naperville, IL) so luckily most of my restaurant choices are a little more authentic. Still get the whities dishes but also regional dishes i never got to grow up with. My last order was Pav Bhajji and paneer piripiri. Im really into street food dishes and dosas.
It would be funny if Nikhil (from the US and UK vs India episodes) was here to comment on how accurate all these dish are to true Indian food.
Actually such a missed opportunity!!!
100% this
Yeah agreed
They could have at least used his image, when Harry said Indians would probably not think of these dishes as authentic.
they fired him, because they didn't need diversity hires any more
Love this, but oh my gosh the quality of an indian restaurant takeaway varies so wildly......
Yeah it's kind of a weird episode. The measuring and seeing different portion sizes was pretty pointless as every single restaurant is different. It's not like fast food where every one is supposed to be identical.
Same as any other kind of cuisine.
I agree. You could do a version of this between my two favourite "Indian" restaurants here. One Bangladeshi and the other Nepali. Lots of overlap but their special dishes are very different.
Because most Pakistani and Bangladeshi immigrants fake that they are Indian restaurants
I miss not having Nepali food everyday.... Love me some momos, and ever since I've moved here from Nepal, momos have gone from once a day thing to once a couple months thing :(
really wish they had more nepali restaurants in the US
Being an Indian, I've tried butter chicken and Naan probably once or twice. I am from North-Eastern state of Assam, and here we eat dishes like Seasme seed chicken curry, Tangy Fish curry, Khaar(Alkaline dish), Pork with bamboo shoot and bhut jolokia(ghost pepper), Alu pitika(mashed potato) with chilli, mustard oil and onion, Duck curry with white gourd, banana flower fry etc.
assamese pork and duck dishes are a hidden gem in Indian cuisine , I'm surprised more people don't eat it , it's actually pretty good
Jaluk di bonua Local Chicken is a classic 🙌😔
@@takoyaki126 Yes😋
@@daddykimjongun7777 It's mostly due to (for pork), non availability in the North Western Parts of India. You don't find pork and Bovine Meat (Buffalo Meat, not cow meat) here. You can find them commonly in South and Eastern parts starting from UP. Sunday's in Lucknow are really popular.
Pork is also seen as dirty in India and it doesn't help that numerous disease outbreaks have occurred on pork farms.
Not me sitting in India eating Fish and Chips while watching people in the UK eating Indian food! 😆
Fish chips 💀 nobody eats that on daily basis in India u must be out in fancy restaurant
Exactly @@Potato-me4wu
How the hell are u eating fish n chips being Indian tho!? 🤣🥲
@rohanprashad7514 bihari ke bacche tu fish and chips katha hai?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@dkjakdljfkdjkajjr exactly 💯
Let me tell you every state in India has its own cuisine (as well as their own language, culture, traditions and lifestyle) there are similarities but not a lot. Most of the dishes and other food items shown in this video are part of the North Indian cuisine and they are delicious I can say that because I'm from North India as well. But if somebody wants to try other popular Indian dishes you should definitely try some Maharashtrian cuisine and I can tell you it is absolutely delectable
Absolutely right!!!
South Indian dishes are great!
@@Pratham_-xp9qtyup, like in North India south Indian food is overly popular but very few. I like masala dosha, dhokla(Gujarati) too much.
@@Sumit-rp5mx Gujarat is not south India dude
@@lostinreverie2183 that's why I mentioned Gujarati, I know geography of my country
For Nico - if you are eating Nan you pair it with a vegetable or a protein based dish but we Indians never mix Nan/Roti with rice. That’s a Mexican concept and unheard of in India. We first eat the bread and then go for rice usually!
You are correct; it's unusual for any Indian restaurant in America to give you naan by default. They give you rice expecting you to eat that with the curry, and naan is extra.
Calling everything Indian with gravy as curry is like calling every American food with meat a burger or every English food with potatoes as chips
It is curry to us they’re all just different kinds of curry’s, burgers are also German not American
We know, but it's the curry shops that did it, I'd quite like to have a choice of more authentic dishes.
But the majority of Indian restaurants in the UK are actually Bangladeshi owned.
I have one local curry house that is closer to authentic.
I've had Indian food in India, the US and the UK, and I have to say my favourite was the UK version. It kept the best things from the Indian version, whilst being much more accessible and indulgent. The US version I had sadly seemed to have adjusted the salt and sugar to American levels, and I did not really enjoy it at all.
Sorry for my prejudice but I think ..you would have had indian food in india most probably in some standard restaurant near an airport or a restaurant near some tourist locality ...
And most hotels near airports and touristic areas are crap and locals won't eat there.. the food will usually be bland...
@@shadowfiend-s6u I was visiting with locals and went where they ate :)
I agree! Not on the "UK above all" because India does Indian food best, just like any other place does its cuisine best, but between UK and US, UK does Indian food better than the US. The one thing that the US does that pisses me off is using the same curry base across multiple dishes which ruins the whole experience...
Im sorry, but you had Indian food in India and preferred UK indian food? You are clearly white. The only good indian food Ive had is in India, cooked by my grandmother. Nothing in the US, UK will ever come close to homemade authentic indian food. You must not have gone to the good places in India.
@@shadowfiend-s6u Real Indian food may also just not be to his taste... I'm assuming he's not Indian. That being said, you're probably correct that he didn't try the truly authentic Indian food, which you won't find in restaurants. The best food is actually from the villages.
Food insider is trying everything possible to capture the Indian audience
And this is not the way to do it... Indian-Americans such as myself that were born and raised here had to put up with non-Indian-Americans asking if I eat this food daily. My family is TAMIL; almost NOTHING featured here is what I grew up eating.
As an Indian, the fact that she doesnt like Bhindi saddens me. Best vegetable IMO.
I only started few years ago, i also don't like Bhindi that much .
I thought a bhindi was the thing on a woman's head before I watched this 😂
@@GM-tw4elThat’s a “Bindi”! It’s the dot we wear on our forehead! The veggie is “Bhindi”. Similar spellings but totally different things!!
@@anushkapalle thank you for the info!
@@GM-tw4elThat's Bindi (Bin-di). She is talking about Bhindi (Bhin-dee) which is Ladies Finger or Okra.
Whenever I order from a UK Indian takeaway I always just go for a main dish and rice. That is always more than enough to leave me feeling full/satisfied. In Northfield in Birmingham there is an Indian Takeaway called Simla. The takeaway was actually rated 6th best takeaway in the whole of the UK! (as rated by Hungry House at the time). I can honestly say it’s some of the best tasting curries I’ve had. They do a Tandoori Makhani Masala (chicken), which I would highly recommend trying if you can order it from your local.
Generally, as an everyday meal, you generally wouldn't have both a bread and a rice with your curry but it is super common in the UK as it tends to be a treat rather than everyday food for most.
I'm going to be in Birmingham soon (not far from Northfield, actually). I'm super tempted to try it! Haha
@@FahadAyaz interesting. But I always just have the curry itself and rice (no bread). Simla can be ordered from Deliveroo and on Just Eat. So as long as you’re within the delivery radius then it’s all good!
As an calling instead of calling them dal or sabgi calling them curry makes my heart angry, why?! Why?!.....
WHO PUT HARRY IN A MUSTACHE?!?!
A barber
not a fan, resemblance to groucho marx
@@ben8133 IMPOSSIBLE
You make it sound like he was poured into it
Looks like a 70s porn star
Literally waiting for my Indian take away as I'm watching this. Can't wait to dig in to mine.
Take my suggestion and don't. After watching this video, as an Indian I can safely advise you to save your money. 🤭
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Have Indian food in India if you happen to travel here, or have it in an Indian person's home in your country.
I'm jealous. I have beans on toast right now lol
@@isolatedpoptart I gather that you'd need therapy. 🤭
go for it girl!
@@RonBhattacharya Look, it's a butthurt culinary purist. Talk about needing therapy
When Brits talk about spicy food we generally refer to a wider range of spices and not just chilli.
Yes. As an Indian, it irks me when I watch some American reviews etc because they think Indian food is just heat, full of chillies because it's spicy. Spices and heat are totally different, imo even many Indians can't handle pure chilly heat.
@@Harshiahaha I severely dislike just chilli
The beauty of English is that it doesn't have a word for Theeka/Kaaram. 😂
@supernerd8527 the English never bothered creating our own words for things, we generally adopt the local one and take it for our own.
Americans do too, but we sometimes need to be asked to clarify what they mean when they say spicy, because many use it interchangeably with hot/flavorful due to a blend of spices/herbs. The use of spicy and piquant/hot being used exclusively as it was intended would make it more clear from the initial statement, but it is what it is, LoL.
I am a fan of Harry's new look. We all should get to experiment with our style, men included!
This is a huge mischaracterisation of the brilliant authentic Indian food you can get in any decent sized city in the UK. In Southampton we can choose between pubjabi, bengali, keralese, food from Mumbai, Northern Indian, and many more regions not to mention neighbouring countries. Each has their own cuisine, it isn't all just chicken tikka masala etc
You can get authentic food in basically any modern city, but this is more of a comparison of generic "Indian takeaway food" rather than a specific cuisine.
The funniest thing is that Chicken Tikka Masala, the dish Brits and Americans love so much, is not technically an Indian dish. It was made in the UK.
That's why if you ever go to India, you will never see it on any menu.
why is that funny, when everyone in Britain and india admits it's a british dish?
A few look okay... but most were misses. The UK Paalak Paneer went the closest, IMO. And now I understand why Indians find Indian Restaurants abroad to be horrible. 🤭
Aussie here and I gotta say both of your main dishes are larger than our standard 500g … I was totally surprised that I liked the look of most of the American dishes (those samosas looked delish) Most of our saag dishes have a very smooth sauce which I love and at some restaurants you can choose heat levels even with butter chicken , kormas and saag
Unless specified you need to order your rice separately.
Saag dishes depend on who is making it. You can either blanche the leafy greens and grind them to make a paste/sauce or you can simply saute them. And we too get a choice here in India to choose if you want rice. Mostly bc we have a lot of variety of rice produced and different regions eat different kind of rice. Also, since rice eaters prefer the rice cooked at home compared to rice cooked at restaurants. 😂
Going by most google searches for restaurants in the US, Chinese food ranks #1 with a popularity score of 60. Next up is Mexican with 59. Then Italian at 38. Thai at 24. Indian in 5th place at 11. Remaining are Japanese (10.5), Korean (10), Greek (7), Vietnamese(4) and Cuban (3). #1 city for most searched for Indian food is San Francisco.
No harry, the balti WAS invented in the 70's in Birmingham. The guy who came up with the dish also created the balti bowl, my dad also knew him and was one of the first people to try the traditional balti.
Correct. In Stoney Lane I believe?
@@XxLew correct
@pjsniper436 thought so, my dad use to take me and my brother to Stoney Lane for curries when we were younger. Great staff, very friendly and food was out of this world
NO JALFREZI? No jalfrezi? Amateur hour guys
Jalfrezi is a Pakistani thing I think. I could be wrong.
@@SaadDurraniWhen we say an Indian restaurant it generally includes some Pakistani stuff as well. In fact, most "Indian" restaurants are run by people from Bangladesh here 😂 Actually, I don't know how true that is but it is pervasive!
Pakistani and indian cusine is very similar because we were one country.
Jalfrezi is my go to dish generally too.
With that mustache, Harry looks like one of those 70s special film actor men.
I came for this comment. 😂
Naw, he’s just auditioning to be in a Queen tribute band.
As an Indian even I have not even gotten to "try" most of my own country dishes
And I'm telling you guys that the dishes shown here are literally not even 10% of the most dishes we have 🗣️🗣️🤣
Neither are the dishes gonna taste like we get here in India, would be too bland and sweet..
@@Ashk_- That's not always true. I lived in India for 3 years and ate all over the country. I've also eaten a lot of Indian food in the US. It's often a little different, but also often the exact same taste.
90% of Indian dishes is sewage.
Eating food IN India is gross, especially the street food. Unhygienic
Somosas are so unreal in those, UK one is so small and US one is too much deep fried and idk which flour they used and in how much proportions.
Harry looks like an Irish policeman from the 80s hahahahaha
Who adds salmon in butter based curry?🤢🤮
Americans.
If it tastes good does it matter?
@@moaen1thats similar to adding pineapple on pizza, i guess. It may taste good for you, and be insulting to Indians. Both can be true at same time.
@kailash4799 All dishes started unauthentic. It's not like pizza pop out of nowhere. Probably someone tried to experiment and founded pizza which was an unauthentic dish, and now it's a staple
It is not insulting at all. We ain't Italians bro chill. It is just a fish curry ..(the word itself isn't accurate to Indian cuisine anyways ) it is just what it happens.. it isn't like dishes we have here are completely accurate to the original dish. Let them cook @@kailash4799
Harry. Please say "takeaway". You know we don't say takeout in the UK. Unless we're under 20 years old or it's maybe an American style restaurant.
Harry looking like Ned Flanders
Indians flabbergasted seeing Harry perfectly recreate a wedding plate. 😂
Why did Harry forget to mention Dave Lister and Red Dwarf and Vindaloos?
I wonder if he's managed at last to try a prawn vindaloo? Maybe he has stayed clear of vindaloos since his encounter with the mutton vindaloo beast.
Pitty he didnt mention lager, the only way to kill a vindaloo
@@paulanderson1102 lol true.
@@paulanderson1102 I would like to have seen how they coped with poppadom the size of lake Michigan.
I live in US and I can definitely say UK has better Indian food.
I imagine we have better BIR food than the US. But I'm guessing we also have better, more traditional Indian food, if you know where to find it, especially up in the Midlands, and a few areas in London.
Id think it'd be hard to beat the US due to New york alone. We have so many indian restaurants you cant imagine so the odds of finding extremely tasty indian food 9x out of 10 will out beat the UK. Queens Alone prob has more indian restaurants than the entire uk 😂 plus more authentic ones since most of them are frequented by actual indian ppl so it's not watered down indian food unless you get indian food in white neighborhoods or in Manhattan etc
@@mfield040491 🤡
@@mfield040491You sound like you don't know much about the UK's demographics
Without a shadow of a doubt the Indian food in UK is a million times better, it Is so hard to find really good Indian in the US especially in the south, you get good but not great. Scotland also has some great Indian food especially Glasgow. And lets not forget a CTM Curry was/is the national dish of UK!
The vast majority of Curry Houses in the UK are B.I.R. (British Indian Restaurant) style and run by Bangladeshi's
Yeah... but they heavily dumb down all the dishes, and that becomes frustrating for any Indian (especially Bengalis) traveller wanting to try them out.
@@RonBhattacharya They often have "home style" options on the menu these days (on the bone, less liquidy, spicier, whole spices etc.). It's still completely random consistency though, it'll either be incredible or bland tomato soup. The problem is the consistency, even the BIR style is not meant to be bland at all they are just bad at business or don't care because it doesn't change customer numbers or at least they don't notice the difference in the kitchen.
@@Bozebo I suspect they don't care because their 'target' base isn't Indians.
I can vouch for the fact that Indians (and especially Bangladeshis) don't cook that way in their homes. They (and us in the West Bengal as well) are very particular about their food.
Also, contrary to popular belief, the vast majority of Indian dishes are not really that spicy; especially hot-spicy. But they are always well-seasoned and flavourful.
Also, there's an order to eat various Indian dishes during a meal. Most people end up disliking or burning up with spices because 90% of the time they're eating them wrong. The other 10% are truly intolerant to spice levels.
E.g. we 'never' eat Samosas and Pakoras (the various fritters) as part of a meal as starters. That's such a noob thing to do! 🤣Also, having both rice and naan along with gravy in the same bite! Choose one - either rice or naan/parantha/roti - one carb. No one eats carb on carb. lolz
@@RonBhattacharya But naan and rice and curry together tastes good
@@cpmc5400 Do you ever load your "bread" with "pasta"?! That's the equivalent of loading your Naan with Rice. Got it?
That samosa in brown oily paper bag is soooo indian 😂😂😂
That was sooooo overly deep fried. I don't know if they can even crunch in with their mouths
A couple of months ago I linked up with someone from New Jersey. The server came out with samosas and the person genuinely didn't know what they were. I was flabbergasted
It's interesting to note that South Asian cuisine in the UK and the USA often reflects the regional origins of the restaurant owners. In the UK, many Indian restaurants are run by Bangladeshis, whose cuisine tends to feature more meat dishes due to their predominantly Muslim background. In the USA, Indian restaurants are more likely to be owned by North Indians, whose cuisine traditionally incorporates a wider variety of vegetarian options.
Bengalis have a far more 'variety' of vegetarian food options irrespective of their religion - both in West Bengal and Bangladesh; as well as non-vegetarian (predominantly 'fish' - not meat, but meat too) options.
@@RonBhattacharya No, North Indians(especially north-western region) have more vegetarian dishes, the typical exam are sarso saag, palak, methi saag and 20 different kinds of leafy dishes. We don't have coastal seafoods, many of us are vegetarians, so we tend to eat more green vegetables and Dals. Even for many non-vegetarians eating meat is a once or twice a month thing as compared to coastal or southern people which is more frequent than us.
@@rahulj.005 Clearly... You know "absolutely nothing" about the "variety" in Bengali Cuisine - therefore spoken like a perfect dolt, TBH. 😅
Next time, keep your mouth unopened, FFS. 🤭
I’m Indian and i personally have never had or even heard of anything except saag paneer, sarson ka saag, mutton saag etc… all those other options seem so foreign to me ahaha..also very impressed by Harry’s knowledge about Indian cuisine and its origins…
Its punjabi dish sarso da saag te makke di rotti. But i think its made by pakistanis that is why the addition of mutton and paneer. They have habit of adding meat to everything.
It's a me-a, Harry-o!
Where is Harry getting his Indian takeaways from???? Naan and Samosas were tiny.
Yeah, I thought that too. The Naans I get from Aldi and Tesco are twice the size of that. The samosas in most places I've been are twice that size.
When I was a young child, Chicken Tikka Masala was my first curried food for a few years. When I started to get older I branched out and I’ve been eating madras, vindaloo, phaal, rogan josh, and jalfrezi ever since. Lamb keema rice is legendary and a really fluffy garlic and coriander naan is to die for.
Harry: 70's porn films called: can you guess what they want back?
His memory
His 9 inch naan?
These are educated beliefs that are probably facts, but here goes... Cult status of the vindaloo was from Red Dwarf, well before the song. The pairing of curry with beer was due to the Danish prince Axel who went for a curry in 1924 in London and then returned with a barrel of Carlsberg. I do not know where the Baltinese region of India is. Where do the bucket people live? The origins of the Balti was in Stoney Lane Birmingham and the Chicken Tikka Masala was a twist on traditional butter chicken, invented in Glasgow by Ali Ahmed Assan. Nice moustache Harry!
Best thing about the UK is the huge variety of Indian takeouts and restaurants.
Bizarre that a food reviewer would refuse to even taste a dish because she doesn't like a key ingredient.
Find another job because this one clearly isn't for you lady
Love your content, but this is sort of a weird one for me... it's not like there is some sort of national standard as to what constitutes "Indian takeout" cuisine. It varies heavily from establishment to establishment in both countries, of course.
Finally I found western people who don't call naan as naan bread. 🎉🎉
indian food is top tier
22:58 as an indian, I approve with chips with your curry (and with chinese) it just works, especially for kids!
As an East Londoner, NYC was shocking bad for Indian food. I ended up heading to a street near JFK to get the spices and making my own... the first time I went, they
owners of one supermarket were shocked that I knew what I was buying... until I opened my mouth and they heard I was British.
We (indians) overcook every protein in this world to eat it safe.
Thats not overcooking. Thats cooking it "well done".
You either absolutely love or absolutely hate okra. Nothing in between.
Girl we eat Fish or prawn over cooked, almost every meat option is little over coocked specially us Bengali the most meat or fish eater . Also we eat sweets more than any other Indian.
1) Instead of bhindi masala or bhindi do pyaza, you should have tried lady's finger stir fry (southern style) and kurkuri bhindi. 2) Coming to shrimp you could have tried white based gravy or a tomato+onion+tamarind base) 3) from the flatbreads you could have tried pulka
4) Pappadams are most enjoyable when paired with liquid-based dishes, particularly sambar and rice.
5) Pickles are best in south, you should definitely try the mango pickle (Avakaya Pachadi) not the mango chutney
6) Additionally, we have plenty of chutneys that are vegetable based.
7) Finally, as you mentioned, India is a country with a variety of culinary styles. I encourage everyone to experience the home-style dishes from various regions of India.
She doesn't like mushrooms or cooked salmon?? Okra is an acquired taste/texture. Too bad palak paneer didn't make the list.
Mushrooms and okra look and taste gross. Both are slimy suckers 🤢 🤢
Even I won't imagine making a Salmon Vindaloo. Fishes like Salmon, Bhetki, and Ilish have their own unique flavours which will be ruined in heavy curries.
@@catificationcorner Mushrooms are not slimy! They are meaty. Stop washing your mushrooms and sear them well. That's it.
@@RonBhattacharya I just can’t do it. The texture and look is off-putting and let’s not talk about how they are grown🤢. There are so many wonderful vegetables around and fungus would be last on my list along with okra.🤮. I would rather eat my hand‼️
@@catificationcorner 😅
Just so you know, Mushrooms are grown in a very controlled environment and are probably one of the most hygienic as they don't need chemicals.
Not everything is supposed to be tasted with a spoon.
I would never taste Bhindi Masala with a spoon, even though I'm Indian. That dish only goes with flat bread, nothing else.
It goes even better with a paratha(fried flat bread).
How could you miss out Jalfrezi? Really interesting comparison and description of various dishes. 👍
What's Jalfrezi? Is it a dessert?
Here in India we a have dessert called Jalebi.
@@Impedance_Zit’s a type of curry we get in Indian takeaways in the Uk/ Ireland . P yummy.
@@starlight8554 thanks for clarification
@@Impedance_Z mix veg
I have lost 23 kilos over a 6 month diet, but the gods are clearly angry with me since they chose to introduce me to this channel. I think I'm finally gonna break.
As a Brit I obviously grew up eating Indian food, depending on where I'm getting it from, my go to is often a Jalfrezi or Madras with a garlic and coriander naan without any rice. It's great if I'm with plenty of people where we can buy multiple dishes and just share so we can enjoy a bit of everything. While Korma is way too sweet for me, I do feel like it's a great option for children when parents are having Indian takeaway. You often see Korma on school menus here too and even as baby food jars or packets for weaning infants.
24:56 Ooh! I know this one! When Indian Immigrants started opening restaurants in Britain, they modelled them on restaurants that were already here. Most of those were pubs. So, beer was added because that was what they found in "English restaurants" It also explains the classic decor of most British Indian restaurants. They're modelled on pubs!
Why do they have a presenter from the US who every dish says she doesnt like it?? Employ someone that enjoys the food.
She prob only likes fried chicken
Great explanations, very informative, and awesome commentary as usual! It’s always interesting to see how cuisine has blended with each country. All of that food looked freaking yummy! 🍛 👏 😋
Not even one south indian dish😢 fr? I'm disappointed
So British Indian food (yes it's kinda it's own cuisine) is basically (a modified version of) north Indian food from Punjab and Bengal. Most Indian food in the US also tends to be North Indian. Here in the US we can get south Indian restaurants like A2B (yes, that actual chain), but these are rarer even when the restaurant itself is run by south Indians. In the US Indian restaurants quality and authenticity varies wildly, you can actually get really good Indian food here but you gotta look.
Well the least the could add was Poppadom.
Who put that turkish moustache on him? 😂😂😂😂😂
The turks
Comparing one restaurant from country A and restaurant from country B hasn't worked out as being representative. I'm really disappointed.
I moved from the UK to the USA twenty years ago. I miss onion bahjis every time i get an indian takeaway
Easy to make buddy! Just look up the recipe online. Also it is spelt Bajji.
@@ganztechnologic Not just any recipe, they'll be wanting the recipe from Latifs Inspired here on youtube ;) Infact all his recipes for BIR style are spot on.
@@Bozebobig up Latif
Pakora and spicy onions too, although Indian supermarket near has frozen pakora which is passable.
It's easy to make. You can look up the recipe.
chicken bhuna, lamb bhuna and prawn bhuna, mushroom rice, bag of chips, keema naan and nine poppadoms
Love Indian food and I think this video is great! Love Harry and Nico too! ❤
I know this is Insider Food, but I am soooooo happy to see Nico and I miss her videos on Beauty Insider ❤
This video shows only some part of the Northern cuisine. It's a shame that Southern food isn't being explored at all, especially the seafood.
Because south Indian dishes isn't that popuein west except few which are famous in North India
They tried Madras Curry. But TBH, the poor dish looked sad and pathetic - wanting to jump into the nearest trash bin. 🤭
There is also no Bengali Food here, you southern folks should either shut up or go open a restaurent yourself!
South Indian food is available in the UK, it's not as widespread though due to most of the 'Indian' restaurants being operated by immigrants from Pakistan or Bangladesh. Just like other cuisines from Asia have been adapted, they do a base sauce plus protein plus extras approach which allows them to make a lot of different dishes quickly but not authentically.
I like both regional Indian food and the British Indian restaurant style but I see them as separate options. Actually there is a cafe in the small city where I live that does cheap lunches and they cook big pots of only a few dishes, this is perhaps more authentic to home cooking as it's aimed at South Asian customers, especially people working in the city wanting Halal lunches. I'm vegetarian but they do very nice veg dishes as well. I think this is the closest to authentic North Indian food I could get locally.
@@orientalmoons Atleast there are South Indian foods available outside the country, the same cannot be said about East Indian ( Bengali+ Odisshi ) food, while North East Indian foods aren't even available outside their respective states.
I can name several South Indian,and many more North Indian cuisine,but can you name atleast 5 Bengali cuisine ( not including Roshogolla or Doi), or one dish from Tripura ?
I guess they’re running out of food chains to compare??? This was just kinda awkward since Indian food is going to vary between individual restaurants.
Ive never been to India but ive been told that UK curries have been changed to suit local tastes. Therefore they have more gravy and are less spicy.
Indian food fact for you. Chicken Tikka Masala and Balti’s were invented in the UK. Yes they are made using very authentic Indian/Bangladeshi/Pakistani spices and methods, and in fairness they were created by the Asian restaurant owners who needed to make dishes that were better suited to the British palate, But I think that’s another thing we can fly the flag upon 🇬🇧🇬🇧
There really and truely should be a US Vs Canada Food Wars after all the other Food Wars including the US Vs UK ones, the US Vs Australia ones and the US Vs Mexico ones! 🍔 🍗 🍕 🌭 🍦 🍟 🥤 🇺🇸 🇨🇦
Where does all these food goes after the shoot ????
Vindaloo is a Portuguese dish, famous in Goa, it's famous for Pork Vindaloo..... All other variations aren't authentic. PORK VINDALOO is PERFECTION....!!!! ❤❤❤
Indian-Portuguese*
Portuguese are not the only ones who have contributed to it. It was invented right here in India.
I really struggle with Indian food as I absolutely despise the taste of curry powder, I have had it in so many things, it stands out to me every time and I can't stand it. However one day someone got me to try a Dhansak curry, and said it doesn't use/taste like curry powder, and I loved it! First curry I have ever enjoyed! So I found out I can enjoy Indian food and curries, but just as long as it doesn't use curry powder, which especially in England at least, that's hard to find haha
These comparative videos are so fun! Hard to get used to hearing a British person say 'takeout' though!
Have some of the lamb pasanda, it's incredibly rich and creamy...
God now I want indian
Slavery is banned bro
@@mayurk8697 not funny u pos
I’ve very little knowledge on these dishes because I’m South Indian (and raised abroad), so Harry is giving expert 😅
As a indian watching foreigners tasting our food is worth a product moment..
You've done a disservice to saag dishes in the UK! They have pretty much the same options as US as well as those sides, I've yet to go to a restaurant that doesn't offer them and I can say that with certainty because it's always the first dish I try at any restaurant I go to.
12:00 😮 the uk knows their curry. Do pyaza is such a great dish even for indian standrads it's so rich and tasty. While the us just naming everything curry and masala
How can America not have Saag Aloo? It’s one of the things I get when having an Indian.
The restaurant that they went to might not have had it or were out. The thing is that the US is a VERY, VERY big place and every Indian restaurant seems to be different. Even in the city where I live, the foods on offer and how they are prepared varies wildly. You can't go off of this video and think that all of the US Indian restaurants are like this. Not even close.
@@jaklg7905 I’ve had an Indian both in the north and south of England and every time they had a Saag Aloo. It’s an essential part of an Indian here.
Trust me I've seen a lot of these videos, but it's the first time I thought the Palaak Paneer (the UK one) was even close.
@@leonbanks5728 I am not saying that no Indian restaurant has saag aloo on the menu in the US. But this particular one that she reviewed might not have had it or they were out, or it was forgotten. My point was that you can not possibly think that every Indian restaurant in the whole Country is exactly like the one that they used for this video.
Come on people, lets use a bit of brain power here.
@@jaklg7905 It’s a staple of an Indian that not having it even at 1 place is criminal.
I like how they explored all the different curries and dishes!
Sadly I'd say it's only about half or a third, these are just the basics, as most restaurants do chef's specials on top of these, and for instance, I love a chicken ceylon which wasn't mentioned.
@@usedfuzzbox I think most people have a limited experience with the available options at different Indian restaurants and takeaways because they generally try a few at most, then regular the best out of them. I can admit to doing that. My regular Indian takeaway was the second one I tried, while waiting for my food one time I noticed a framed picture on the wall, it was the head chef winning a big curry making competition. After that and trying the food they had me won over and now its the only Indian takeaway i go to.
Disappointed that the iconic knotted plastic bag of sad-looking salad did not make an appearance
Comparing takeaway food sizes from restaurants that all have different sizes is crazy
The American naan is a lot closer to what you’d get in the North of England, very hard to compare Indian takeout as depending on where you are in the U.K. it is going to be very different in size
Over quite good but something which really irked me is was “The protein doesn’t really affect the dish so much “
Bruh what you saying?
Chicken tikka can be closely translated to charcoal grilled chicken and masala is the sauce…
The essence of the dish is the charcoal flavour it imparts into the masala.
But I do understand why this may not be the case in most takeouts as they cook the sauce separately can then add the protein..
But I implore you to try higher end Indian restaurants where they do t give you the option of the protein you can choose.
The dishes are usually created with a specific protein in mind and changing it would be like something similar to kfc selling fried beef with the same coating.
I really like Indian takeout so much, shoutout to Nikhil Kini
19:55 Peshawari does not mean coconut. Peshawar is a place in Pakistan, so the Peshawari naan probably has its origins there.
Apparently similar to kashmiri naan, it's stuffed with dessicated coconut, raisins and almonds. It's lovely.
Food made from Punjabi restaurant always slaps...
In Hyderabad I always choose to eat butter paneer & biryani at punjabi restaurant...
I'm sorry Harry but what is with that Baby Naan? Every time I've ordered a Naan it's been a lot bigger, in some cases too big.
I'm not much of a Indian Takeaway guy, I much prefer the starters, like Shish Kebab, Seekh Kabab, Tandoori Chicken, Lamb Chops etc. I don't have an issue with Indian food (I am Indian Afterall) but I've never enjoyed the wetter Indian foods, always preferred dryer dishes (much to the annoyance of my mother growing up).
One difference I noticed between real Indian restaurants (in India) and British Indian restaurants is the excess of sauce in the British Indian cuisine. Lots more salads and the dishes tend to have more herbs in them (eg more coriander and more actual curry leaves). Also noticed it's either bread or rice, not often both with the same meal. I also prefer a variety of starters than a main.
Great effort! Although I'm a bit disappointed that desserts weren't included in the takeouts. Gulab jamoon deserves to be seen.
Us brits do love our Indian food a lot.
If George Costanza and Borat had a baby?
To everyone who is saying that Indian has a lot of diverse food, they all need to understand that it is video of TAKEOUT MEAL in US and UK. Take out meal usually contains generally popular items amongst Brits and Americans. Because I'm from US, other food are available here too but to introduce Americans and Brit, these are the most famous food.
Honestly the Naans from our locals (UK) are bigger than the US ones 😂
Butter chicken is not a base made from butter and tomato. Its a base made from cream and tomato. Its called butter chicken becuase the cream gives it a texture as smooth as butter.
I guess the difficulty with this is the fast food places are very uniform around the country but the quality, portions vary so much from Indian to Indian
Hmmm, i have a lot of Indians by me (Naperville, IL) so luckily most of my restaurant choices are a little more authentic. Still get the whities dishes but also regional dishes i never got to grow up with. My last order was Pav Bhajji and paneer piripiri. Im really into street food dishes and dosas.