What do you order at an Indian Restaurant?

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I’m going to an Indian restaurant next week and ALWAYS order a biriyani or tikka masala.

Please give me some different suggestions by telling me what YOU order?

I like a LITTLE bit of spice, but not lots!

Karahi paneer 😋

@magimedi

Bombay duck - how I wish...............

@magimedi Aah, how I miss it! I would so love one (…or a dozen…) now.

Chicken gurkha masala, mushroom rice and share a side order of tarka dhal with my family and a corner of a shared naan.

Fish karahi is my curry of choice at the moment
Chicken pasanda or makhani are a creamy step up spice wise from korma.
Love a peshwari naan but usually have a couple of roti’s.
And to start with ALL the starters and 2 foot of poppadoms and pickles.

Chicken or prawn chaat to start, then lamb rogan Josh with a peshwari nan.

If you like the sweetness / mild korma try a 'butter' dish or a 'makhani' dish, neither is hot,

Slow cooked Sri lankan lamb
Sag paneer
Brinjal bhagee (sp)

I’m not a veggie, but I love Gujarati vegetarian food, and usually order a thali with poori as the bread. If I’m not having a thali I love panipuri as a starter followed by a masala dosa. Chilli paneer is also a big favourite of mine.

Aloo chaat, lamb dopiaza or prawn methi, boiled rice, raita. Sag paneer sometimes.

Chicken rezala with saag paneer and Bombay potato. And peshwari nann. Yummy.

Poppadoms
Tandoori lamb chops
Saag paneer
prawn purée
Lamb passander
Sometimes a madras
Mushroom rice

Paneer shashlik tandoori

Pappadoms
Palak or saag paneer
Lamb passanda
Pilau rice
Peshwari naan

If it's a southern indian restaurant I do love a dosa though!

A chicken vindaloo. Which I always regret when I start eating it, and I have to take gigantic gulps of water between tiny mouthfuls. But it seems like a good idea at the time.

Also tandoori chicken, naan and a couple of poppadoms with lime pickle.

Veg bhuna, rice, naan. 😋

I agree with chicken/prawn shashlik if you want to try something different

I haven’t been to an Indian restaurant for about fifteen years :(

When we used to go as students, I’d just ask the waiter to suggest something tasty that was medium-ish with no egg involved. Would never remember the names of things, but had some good food. Wouldn’t bother with rice, always got chapatti and naan to share.

If they do potato bhaji or aloo tikki, which is like a spicy potato cake, I'll have that.

There's a popular local chain that serves aloo tikki with a small portion of chana masala and salad as a starter and I often have that. Or another Indian Street food place that does this as a vada pav, which is the potato cake in a brioche with chutney.

I often get a vegetable thali as it saves me the bother of having to choose which I usually can't from a large menu.

Or something like masala dosa, which usually comes with some thin dhal or prawns and salad or in a pancake.

If you don't like things too spicy they can often make things milder if you ask.

Paneer masala

Something mild! I don't go out for Indian often tbh as I prefer the curries that I make at home. If that's where we're going though I'd go for daal, korma, butter chicken, something like that.

Mutton varaval is amazing though (not sure I spelled it correctly), it's double cooked mutton that's deep fried so it's crispy and omg it's so good. Hmm just looked it up and that doesn't look like the dish I am describing!

Regaza
Makhan
Passanda
Butter chicken.

These are all creamy and mild - regaza a bit more of a kick. I like hotter ones too but usually just have a bit of what husband orders.

Garlic or peshwari naan or paratha if they have it.

Love a prawn puri, bit struggle to eat my main of I do that, so often times, popadoms and pickles and maybe a samosa.

Passanda is a nice mild curry if you like a creamy base

I like chef specials or if bog standard choices I like madras, karahi, masala

Chicken or lamb tikka, side of vegetable curry (niramish), naan bread, Kingfisher beer. This might be a bit too dry for many people, but I don’t like rich sauces as I can’t take too much fat so this is perfect.

Popadoms with dips
Jhinga Khas (spelling may be off but chargrilledtikka king prawns)
Either a chicken Bhuna or a creamy but spiced curry like makhani

What sort of Indian cuisine do they serve, south indian, north indian etc? Or is it Bangladeshi, a lot of Indian restaurants are actually Bangladeshi.

Rajma is quite nice, dilli ki chaat, chole bhature, dahi bhalla all go together quite well.

Wow, thank you for so many yummy suggestions!
I think I’d like the Thali (not sure I’ve spelt that correctly), the small portions of lots of different dishes.

I’ll definitely have the saag aloo, as I make it at home a lot. Or maybe Bombay potatoes instead.

Lots of people recommending the paneer dish. Fried cheese sounds horrendous, but is it the kind of thing that sounds terrible but actually sounds delicious?

I love kind prawns, chicken or beef, but not keen on lamb/mutton.

Thanks for your suggestions!