What would you say are the best beer styles (or individual beers) to pair with Indian or Thai cuisine? [more inside]
posted by furiousxgeorge on Oct 9, 2009 - 27 answers

Recommendations for good pressure cooker indian recipes? [more inside]
posted by leahwrenn on Sep 17, 2009 - 5 answers

Safe to eat filter: I've had chicken korma in the fridge since Monday. Kept meaning to take it home for dinner and kept forgetting... [more inside]
posted by mingodingo on Jul 16, 2009 - 31 answers

Which Indian restaurant dishes never have wheat or dairy (or corn or eggs)? [more inside]
posted by zeek321 on May 12, 2009 - 14 answers

Looking for Restaurant Style Curried Chicken - Indian Recipe? [more inside]
posted by lwclec072 on May 8, 2009 - 13 answers

I need your tastiest Indian lamb recipes. I have about 3 lb. of lamb cubes & I'm looking to make something Indian with it. I have all of the common Indian spices & I've had success making Biryani but I want to stretch my wings a little further. So what can I make to make my tummy happy?
posted by scalefree on Apr 20, 2009 - 12 answers

I just finished reading "Gandhi the Man, The Story od His Transformation" by Eknath Easwaran. I want to learn more on his philosophy, I want to know more details on how he was able to persuade people against the use of violence. What books can you suggest?
posted by francesca too on Apr 8, 2009 - 4 answers

Will I have trouble with customs bringing homemade Indian food spice mixes (made in Australia) into Japan? [more inside]
posted by teem on Mar 8, 2009 - 7 answers

CD of Indian New Age-y Music? [more inside]
posted by watercarrier on Mar 2, 2009 - 2 answers

I'm from a South Asian culture and made the mistake of allowing my parents to start looking for a girl for me. How do I get out of this? [more inside]
posted by reenum on Feb 24, 2009 - 16 answers

Can anybody tell me the artist/song title presented in this video? I have searched the intertubes until my fingers bled, to no avail.
posted by tehloki on Jan 20, 2009 - 2 answers

In Slumdog Millionaire, we were shown a bunch of Amitabh Bachchan clips from some of his older moveis. What were they? - I'd like to hear your other Bollywood action movie recommendations too! [more inside]
posted by joelf on Jan 12, 2009 - 5 answers

I have a recipe for kidney beans which calls for a pressure cooker. How can I modify it to be made without one? [more inside]
posted by showbiz_liz on Jan 5, 2009 - 18 answers

I'm making Thanksgiving dinner with my American friend for her German host family. We want to share a little of our American "Thanksgiving culture" with them. My family in Maine always gets Indian carryout. What to do? [more inside]
posted by comfortinsound on Nov 23, 2008 - 12 answers

Do I want an Indian mixer? [more inside]
posted by dilettante on Nov 15, 2008 - 5 answers

Hot food suggestions. This question got me thinking. [more inside]
posted by cjorgensen on Oct 27, 2008 - 17 answers

Indian Movies Filter: Hive mind, put your Indian Movie caps on -- What NON-singing/dancing Indian movies would you recommend? [more inside]
posted by jak68 on Aug 19, 2008 - 26 answers

How to make Indian restaurant-style (white) basmati rice? [more inside]
posted by jjsonp on Aug 9, 2008 - 11 answers

I'm wanting to learn more about the Navajo Nation. Any recommendations for good resources? [more inside]
posted by azpenguin on Jul 22, 2008 - 8 answers

Recommendations for restaurant on Devon Avenue in Chicago? [more inside]
posted by kdern on Jun 25, 2008 - 11 answers

Lamb and chicken, pork and beef... which is the meatiest Indian cookbook? [more inside]
posted by vorfeed on May 30, 2008 - 10 answers

To the Indian MeFites - and the non-indian chefs as well - what are your favorite family Indian recipes and what are some tricks in the preparation to give the food that authentic Indian taste. You know, rich, delicious, mouth-watering, and savoury to the point that eating becomes a spiritual experiece in itself. [more inside]
posted by ageispolis on May 25, 2008 - 17 answers

Is the Wendigo purely a Northeast American (and Canadian) myth? If so is there a Northwest equivalent?
posted by Artw on Apr 29, 2008 - 15 answers

What's a pompadon? [more inside]
posted by ZaneJ. on Apr 28, 2008 - 9 answers

I often eat at a couple of few different pakistani restaurant and have noticed they both play pretty much the same songs in the restaurant. Rather than ask the restaurant staff, I'm asking metafilter: Is there a common list of songs popularly played at these establishments? What are the songs that would be in such a list?
posted by mulligan on Apr 26, 2008 - 6 answers

Would anyone in their right mind eat vegetable ghee, or any kind of ghee, straight from the can? [more inside]
posted by spoobnooble on Apr 20, 2008 - 32 answers

Where in Durham or Chapel Hill, North Carolina, can I rent a copy of "Devdas" on DVD? [more inside]
posted by amtho on Apr 13, 2008 - 15 answers

I'd like to try making barfi, but I've never done it before, and the recipe I have calls for khoya, which I can't get around here. Anybody have a tried-and-true barfi recipe, a good substitute for khoya, or any tips? I was planning on making plain or pistachio flavored, but I'm open to other possibilities.
posted by bookish on Apr 2, 2008 - 5 answers

NPR-story-with-little-to-go-on-filter: Several years ago, I heard a radio story involving a tribal election in which one candidate was represented as being for re-investing funds in the tribe, while another was for direct payments to tribe members. An tribe member, interviewed, said he'd vote for the latter, although even he didn't think it was best for the tribe or for him in the long term -- because he wanted the cash. [more inside]
posted by amtho on Mar 18, 2008 - 9 answers

I really love these easy-to-prepare, not-too-expensive A Taste of Thai/India/China meals for lunch. What else would I like? [more inside]
posted by nitsuj on Feb 23, 2008 - 12 answers

I'm invited to an Indian friend's 5 year wedding anniversary party (both he and his wife are Indian). What would be a suitable, perhaps traditional, yet inexpensive present to bring? [more inside]
posted by zaphod on Feb 20, 2008 - 9 answers

i'm trying to find some balti in houston, texas. i went to a balti house in birmingham, england a few years ago and loved the stuff. google, citysearch, and yelp are all failing me. thanks for any suggestions.
posted by ncc1701d on Feb 15, 2008 - 6 answers

Please help me translate this wonderful american indian song into english... [more inside]
posted by revbrian on Jan 5, 2008 - 2 answers

I found a 1910 Indian head ten dollar gold coin in my childhood piggy bank. It looks like this. I have seen it listed online for different values between $400 and $1700. I am broke and (regretfully) feel like I need to convert it into cash. How do I do this quickly, fairly, and for maximum profit?
posted by mr. remy on Dec 23, 2007 - 5 answers

Indian Music Video: "It's like this woman and her daughter running across a beach wearing some flowing red thing [sari?] and then theres a part of it where she's chasing her daughter through like a really big empty desert-place." [more inside]
posted by theiconoclast31 on Nov 16, 2007 - 5 answers

Looking for vector graphics of 40's or 50's Indian bikes [more inside]
posted by AnyGuelmann on Oct 23, 2007 - 2 answers

I am looking for a couple of obscure songs from an old mixed tape I recorded off of KOOP radio in Austin texas about 12 years ago.... [more inside]
posted by madmamasmith on Oct 6, 2007 - 6 answers

What can I do to stop my home-made chapati from falling apart when I try to flatten it for cooking? [more inside]
posted by janetplanet on Oct 4, 2007 - 7 answers

Who's the singer in "Omiya" on the Kama Sutra soundtrack? And if I like (love!) that song, what other similar music might you recommend? [more inside]
posted by Liosliath on Sep 6, 2007 - 6 answers

I heard once that the Indian accent for spoken English is a legacy of Welsh missionaries/teachers in the subcontinent. Granted, the cadences are similar, but on the whole the story sounds a little far fetched to me. Can anyone out there confirm or deny the truth of it, preferably with footnotes? Many thanks.
posted by IndigoJones on Aug 9, 2007 - 11 answers

Best place in New York City to buy Indian staples like ghee and garam masala? [more inside]
posted by gwint on Aug 5, 2007 - 7 answers

What are MeFi's favorite resources about American Indian law? I'm a fairly well-read person on the letters of the law- I read the appropriate journals and legal briefs- but I'd like a more comprehensive set of rhetoric about the native peoples of the Americas. [more inside]
posted by thethirdman on Jun 26, 2007 - 8 answers

I'm 50% Native American, and 50% Sicilian. Why am I sun burned so badly? [more inside]
posted by Jimmie on May 24, 2007 - 26 answers

What are some good American Indian (or "Native American") blogs or community politics/culture/what-have-you discussion sites?
posted by _sirmissalot_ on May 7, 2007 - 5 answers

AllAroundNYCFilter: Looking for 2 things in NYC. Indian Cookware (Baltis, Tavas, etc.) and a decent club for electro, house and german style techno. [more inside]
posted by Smegoid on May 5, 2007 - 9 answers

Help me discover this stuffed green chillies recipe. While in India I read about a dish of stuffed green chillies, but never, ever managed to trace it or even to find out it's name. This is what I know about this dish: *It is Iranian, and can be bought from Iranian coffee shops in Hyderabad. *The green chilies are cleaned of their seeds and stuffed with a paste that includes cardamom and other spices. *The stuffed chilies are deep fried in oil. *The result is sublime. I would like to know the name of this dish, and if possible a recipe. Thank you chili lovers wherever you are.
posted by slimeline on Apr 22, 2007 - 6 answers

Broke up with her over a year ago; we're still good friends; I never got over her; now I think she might be "the one." What the hell do I do? [more inside]
posted by CommonSense on Apr 20, 2007 - 34 answers

Dey bareh (sp?). My Kashmiri wife is looking for a restaurant in London that serves this dish - basically cornflour/chickpea-flour dumplings in yoghurt. Any ideas? We live in Bloomsbury, so anywhere near there would be good.
posted by Mossy on Apr 20, 2007 - 9 answers

I'm hankering for some curry fries after having had some on my trip to Ireland recently...do any of you UK/Ireland types have a recipe you like for a curry sauce suitable to serve with french fries (you know, chips)? I can find plenty of curry sauce recipes easily enough online, but I'm interested in some personal favorites.
posted by briank on Apr 17, 2007 - 22 answers

Where to purchase indian cookware and serving dishes in the USA? I want the lot: thalis, tawas, kadais, baltis. All of it! [more inside]
posted by Smegoid on Apr 15, 2007 - 6 answers