Submitted 11 hours ago by HoneyMustardGas@lemmy.world to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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I was hoping for a savory flavor, I got a weird spicy flavor. I never had Indian food but I want to try it. Nevertheless, it is a good taste. For a split second I was mildly infuriated tho.
Masala just means mix, there are hundreds of Indian spice mixes, so this name tells you nothing. For spicy you generally want garam masala, i.e. hot mix.
tbh, Indian is like Mexican and Thai food, assume there’s going to be a bit of spiciness in it.
Also assume that just because you are tolerant to one (Eh Mexican, Thai, Korean, Indian, etc) does NOT mean you are tolerant to the others.
Most people think they can, then cry like babies when they’re tested; myself included. I can nearly drink Tapatio and Sriracha Cock Sauce, but Indian Guntur curries for example send me crying.
Really off topic to the post. Masal Pringles sounds utterly disgusting, then again anything pringles is utterly disgusting.
Of all the potato chips out Pringles are the worst.
Can’t legally call them chips. Since they are formed potato product they have to be called ‘crisps’.
Ugg yeah and they taste like it too. They have the worst after taste.
This story is secondhand.
My brother’s first wife was Indian. As a result, he experienced many cuisines he wouldn’t have locally in the US. Apparently, she once took him to an Indian restaurant which offered a variety of spiciness levels; he, having been exposed to Indian cooking in the past, thought he could handle it. As such, he ordered the spiciest level of whatever he was eating.
The owner of the restaurant apparently came out and tried to talk him out of it, but he insisted. They prepared the food as requested and he ate it. At the end of the meal, his eyes and nose were running. Per his telling, the owner came out after he had finished it to ask how he had liked the meal. He said that he liked it but that it had topped out his spice tolerance.
According to him, the owner then responded “I thought so. That’s why I only gave you medium spice.”
The spiciness level in some places is really insane. My wife is Indian as well, but she doesn’t tolerate very spicy food. I handle it a bit better, but some of the stuff her brother eats would just leave me crying in pain, and again a day later.
In restaurants when they ask which spiciness level we want my wife usually asks if they mean Indian spicy or if it has been adjusted to the country we’re in before making a decision.
I usually just take the minimum offered. I don’t mind a bit of spice but it’s never been the reason I enjoyed a dish.
Ew. Plain salt, or Hot & Spicy. Pringles is weird with taste.
This is like saying ew to a spiced turd
You’re not British, I take it.
No. And not fond of artifical flavors on a dried potato mush.
Never had Indian food 🤯
Hey, it just straight up doesn’t exist in the Midwest outside of major cities, and then you’ve got so many options that are similar to what youve had, but not wildly different that it’s hard to choose. I was probably close to 30 before I tried Indian food.
What do you mean? Midwest of where? Are you in America maybe?
Just buy ingredients and make some Indian food to try?
I read that title in the voice of Cristopher Walken.
Its punctuation checks out.
This is about related to Indian food as chocolate is to an old shoe.
So...closely related, but only if you're in the US
Only if someone puked in the shoe.
Garam Masala literally means “hot spice.”
Masala is fundamentally a blend of spices–though it doesn’t necessarily have to be “spicy” as in hot.
I found out the same thing about butter chicken. Sounds great, don’t it? Chicken cooked in butter! Yummy!
I honestly had no idea it was so spicy!
Butter Chicken typically isn’t spicey at all.
But like all dish names what butter chicken is really depends on where you are getting it.
From the few times I’ve had properly made Indian food, I’d generally not call things spicy, but certainly lively. The flavors don’t tend to be subtle at all. Lady I worked with made her own curries and just a tiny bit was enough to flavor a whole bowl of rice.
They’re so much variety to Indian food. Some of it is very much hot spicy. I used to work with a guy who would bring in his wife’s samosas for me and boy those things burnt like hell. Loved ever second. I should see if he’s down for a drink sometime soon
True, there where often these little green chilies in her stuff she was sure to warn about. Not sure what type exactly but the did bite back.
dontbelievethis@sh.itjust.works 1 hour ago
Masala Mashallah