New Indian restaurant at Lakeside?

I got a response from Indian Accent. Definitely in Riberas. Dinner "events" at her house. Up to 8 people. Next is November 10. $350. BYOB. No address provided.

I sure hope you will be our test subject on this one Mike! I have a whole cupboard full of Indian spices, pulses and grains. I am alright on this front on Indian food. If you need a pinch of devil's dung or black cardomen - I.got it. In Canada, the Punjabi takeaway restaurants would sell what where essentially sauces. Butter chicken was low in actual chicken, but there was lots of room for more chicken, potatoes, squash, whatever you fancy. This style became known as British Indian takeaway style. The kitchen would cook up 3 or 4 curry gravies for the base all week. This the style of the Indian takeaway at Centro Laguna. All the offerings have a sameness in flavor, the only difference is the often bland pressure cooked meats or vegetables added.

Hmmm, interesting. I am actually not a fan of that kind of dining (someone's house, not Indian in general).
I have collected just a very few Indian spices, after experimenting with different brands and types: garam masala, a mild yellow curry powder, and a sweet paprika (soon to be followed by a smoky version).

I was notified just now that the next dining experience will be Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 3:30 PM.
Muslim and Sikh food.
Facebook for those who can. I do not know where the place is. Contact them.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1435574046566954/

My wife and I are considering buying property in Chapala, and just yesterday I was thinking about how much I will miss Indian food if we move to Chapala.

There is a place at the Laguna mall that specializes in Indian food. They have a steam table with 8 kinds of dishes, plus naan and extras. AND they will cook you whatever you want, if given a heads up. No, the steam table is not exciting, and it has been dumbed down for expats with sensitive tongues and tummies, but it is good. And at 79 pesos for a tray of say, butter chicken with rice or curried (fill in blank) and extras, quite a deal.

garam masala is not a spice but a miture of spices you can make athome with the local spices here.

Okay, go that route. But a mix of spices to create a new thing is still a spice, as far as I'm concerned.

yes but you canot always find garam masala and always can make it..

Cumin, coriander, cardomum, cinammon, cloves, nutmeg. My suspicion is that many people don't have a bunch of these lying around, therefore the premade.

Try to get the premade in some areas of Mexico... I have to make my own when in Chiapas and it is no big deal .

Definitely can be a problem. But with SuperLake here, they always seem to have it. I've also started ordering more stuff like it on Amazon. For instance, the curry powder my Mom used to use... I discovered when making her recipe, it was awful. So I researched and got some very nice curry online, as well as things like Hy's seasoning (which is another "spice" made of many spice ingredients, and of course there are recipes online for it).

But you can get coriander and cumin and cardomum where you are? Interesting.

We usually get our India spices by mail, to iShop Laredo drop. They have a huge store in Houston and excellent quality.
http://www.ranisworldfoods.com/content/Ranis_World_Foods_Houston/Home.html

Interesting. I checked your link and found the same Rami curry powder for $7.99, that I paid $14.99 on Amazon US. But it was another $8.98 for slow delivery (to an address in Texas.$23.75 to ship to iShop). So the jury is out. Maybe the shipping price gets better if you order a bunch of stuff, but I rarely do. A very good link to have, though, and thank you.

As I cancelled my order for ranisworldfoods.com (I had placed an item to see the shipping), the page redirected me to an ad: "Free shipping on orders over $55; $7.99 flat rate on orders over $25". That would work.

Why don't you guys ask Raj at Indian Curry to mix up some spices for you.

Thanks, but don't need to. Have everything I need already. I cancelled my order from that Website because I didn't really want to buy anything... I just couldn't get a delivery price without putting something in my cart.
Poor Raj; business is terrible.

He's been saying that for years yet they're still there. The food . . .

I have garam masala, premix, but I'm going to ask him to mix up a few spices for me. Curry.

I notice a lot of my India spices are on the dark dank side. Astiafeta (devils dung), black cardamon (more resiny than green), black salt (smells like boiled eggs, but delicious), black lentils/dhal, black lime, (fermented and dried in the sun), Malabar black pepper, Ajwain, rolled puff rice, fenugreek leaves.
There is another premade curry that I sometimes like from Superlake, Pancho, etc. S&B brand, Golden Curry, made in Japan. This is type of curry added to Asian dishes. It is mild with a strong fenugreek zing

I have no problem getting coriander seeeds cardomum or cumin down south so I make the garam masala which is not available.. We do not have Supelake but I can order via internet if I really need something I cannot make so no problem and if it is a problem I just do not make it.. .. The poblem with these spices is that they go stale if you do not use them often so it is just as easy to rast a few spices and make them fresh as you need them or make small quantities.

CHILLIN wrote:I notice a lot of my India spices are on the dark dank side. Astiafeta (devils dung), black cardamon (more resiny than green), black salt (smells like boiled eggs, but delicious), black lentils/dhal, black lime, (fermented and dried in the sun), Malabar black pepper, Ajwain, rolled puff rice, fenugreek leaves.
There is another premade curry that I sometimes like from Superlake, Pancho, etc. S&B brand, Golden Curry, made in Japan. This is type of curry added to Asian dishes. It is mild with a strong fenugreek zing

That's ironic. S&B is the one my Mom used all those years, which completely turned me off curry. I made my first curry with her recipe after she died; it was the one she used my whole life. I bought another brand, and realized what had happened.

And brigitte, you are right, everything goes stale quickly, so making a batch for me seems not worth the effort when I can buy it premade fairly inexpensively. I can count on one hand the number of times a year I actually use it.

Maybe you don't like fenugreek. That is the main source of the " curry" smell. I love the fresh bundles they sell in Vancouver, India, etc. It is called mehti. Fry to light golden some small potatoes in butter or ghee, then toss in the fresh herbs until they wilt. I should try to see if it can been grown from the seeds I have.

Well, research tells me that fenugreek is in most curry, so good guess but I don't think that is it. I've used the same recipe with several different brands and types of curry powder since, and they are all perfectly enticing. But my tongue may just be reacting to some ingredient that tastes wrong to me. And it's been a while now, but I seem to recall that the sauce had a grittiness to it, as well.

Have any of you seen curry leaves around here?

No, I have been trying to import seeds for years. They have to be fresh.
There was a grower who had a bush in Puerto Vallarta, but he seems to have fallen off the grid, and you need a serious 4x4 to get to his farm.