Oh, Indy's a nice town!  My husband was there on business just last week.  He usually has to go there twice a year, so if you have any recommendations, he'd appreciate it.  We once ate at an Indian rest. in the Broadripple area, but that was years ago, and all I remember is getting lost trying to find it. : 

-Mary

I love the "no smoking" sign!

Thanks, CC.

Quote from: pete on April 23, 2006, 09:31 AM
I had a brilliant Bombay Potato side dish The best ever I went back four days later and bought another, and it wasn't a patch on the first one.? If the professionals can't get it right, what chance have we?

Maybe it was the chef's night off, and the second-in-command was cooking.? You could disguise your voice and phone to ask what night(s) the chef has off.

Hi, UK/Canadian!? Whereabouts in the Midwest are you?? I'm from the Chicago area, and learned to love Indian food on Devon Avenue many years ago.? So many of my favorite restaurants are gone now, sigh.? I'm gone, too, now in New Jersey.? But we have some good Indian food here, so can't complain.?

-Mary? ? ?

Quote from: CurryCanuck on April 22, 2006, 05:39 AM
I continually use both Darth's? &? Pete's base as a standard and incorporate more traditional recipe spice blends to them in

Have you found that Darth's base is better for certain curries, and Pete's is better for certain other curries?? Is that why you use both?? It would be great to have batches of 2, 3,?or even more different base sauces in the freezer, but there just isn't room.?

-Mary

Quote from: DARTHPHALL on April 19, 2006, 10:22 PM
Not sure about modifying the whole topic (I'm stoooopid lol).

We love you anyway, Darth!?

This sounds so good!? Can't wait to try it.? As to the name, I"ll bet it's a mis-spelling of Darbari.? ?My research shows that darbari rice, was one of 5 kinds of? rice grown in Iran.? It was "hard, long-grained...grown solely on the Shah's extensive rice plantations in Gilan."? Other references called it "imperial court" rice, and "amber-scented."?

There's a Sikh temple called Darbar Saheb (http://www.darbarsaheb.com/), and that name means "a court or an audience chamber," so my guess is that Dabari (Darbari) rice now just means special rice, such as would be served in an imperial court.?

Hello, All.? I've been away from this forum for several months while my husband was on medication that kept him from eating spicy food.? Nothing life-threatening, thank goodness.? ?But Quality-of-Life threatening, definitely. ? ?I've just spent the last few days catching up on your recent curry chats, and it's as though I was never away.? There are still discussions on whether to re-use oil from curries.? There is still no consensus on what's the best base sauce.? There is still great optimism for every cookbook that promises true restaurant recipes.? There is still debate whether restaurant chefs are holding back, or even deliberately trying to mislead you.? Some things never change...

Which leads me to a story.? My son was eating in a London BIR and asked the waiter what region the food was from, since he liked it so much.? The waiter said it's from the south of India.? Son was surprised, since he usually doesn't like South Indian food.? What part of the south, he asked.? It's Punjabi, the waiter replied!!

-Mary? ?

Thanks, Blondie.? I never would have thought of that!