Topic: Top 3 BIR starters?

[Willyeckerslike]

Chicken Chaat

Tandoori lamb chops

Onion Bhaji

[Unclefrank]

Nargis Kebab

Tandoori Fish (Salmon)

Mixed Starter

[PaulP]

Another vote for tandoori lamb chops. They are usually delicious!

[Peripatetic Phil]

I wish I could add "Chicken chat" or "Aloo chat".  Sadly I haven't had one of these to write home about for about the last 20 years.  In the case of Chicken Chat in particular, this seems to have mutated from a cold, sour, wonderful dish made with fresh chicken and tamarind/chat masala into yet another warm or hot offering in which chicken tikka can be recycled

** Phil.

[Malc.]

I'd like to say Lamb Chops but I have never been in a restaurant that does them! So based on what I have eaten and in no particular order my top 3 at the moment would be:

1. Muroog Pepper (Stuffed)
2. King Prawn Puree
3. Shami Kebab

[chewytikka]

Very hard to choose a favourite, but these three do it for me at the moment.

Malai Tikka Haryali

Shahi Murgh Paneer

Rajasthani Lamb Chop

But I could add at least another 30

[Cory Ander]

but these three do it for me at the moment.

Malai Tikka Haryali

Shahi Murgh Paneer

Rajasthani Lamb Chop

And NOT ONE of them rings any sort of bell with me, regarding "typical BIR starters of old"! (no doubt, of course, due to me being alienated in the Antipodes, not having a good understanding of Bengali, and not having experienced BIR curries for such a long while  :)

But I could add at least another 30

Of course you could...and maybe some that others' might know and relate to  :

Here's mine ("of old"):

• poppadoms and side dips
• chicken tikka and mint raitha
• onion bhajis plus mint raitha
• tandoori mixed grill (ooops, sorry, that's 4!)

[chewytikka]

(moderated) Bless

[Cory Ander]

(moderated)

Sounds about as pretentious as your preferred starters CW 

[DalPuri]

The ONLY starter for me is Prawn Puri as i never bother with starters because i believe the Smaller TA's do a better job of the rest.

When i have ordered a starter in the past as part of a takeaway set meal i go for value for money, so it would have to be Tandoori mixed grill and a Chicken Chat.(full size tin  )

Cheers, Frank. 


p.s. slightly off topic but along the same lines of value for money, Theres a chinese TA in town that do sweet n sour chicken balls. Balls? NO!
You dont get dried up cubes of meat rattling around in a case of batter, you get 2 good sized chicken breasts of meat battered!!! Amazing value  ;D