Comments on: Rajma Chawal or Kidney Beans with Rice.

By: odzer

odzer — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:43:44 +0000

@ Thanigai : I cooked it! Invite yourself over for dinner sometime :p

By: thanigai

thanigai — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:21:24 +0000

where it is available…

By: odzer

odzer — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:00:01 +0000

@ Amit : Well by no accounts is a “salad” just cut up vegetables with lime juice. There is nothing subjective about that. Like I said there are many fine things about Indian food but Salad is not included in one of them. I also think it is sort of understood that taste is a very subjective thing. Only mass produced factory made food can have an “objective” appeals to all sort of character.

By: Amit

Amit — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:08:19 +0000

Refined or exquisite taste is subjective.

By: varunavi

varunavi — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:10:29 +0000

U r a good cook man,u cook so well for yourself,i just hate to cook for myself.When a need arises i just make a maggie for myself.:)
Arab food is very bland,we indians can’t eat that.Their sweets doesn’t have sweetnees:(

By: odzer

odzer — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:25:14 +0000

@ प्रियांक : I think I would disagree. The Arabs have some noodles In any case that is what I said Indians are no good at salad.

@ Amit : Perhaps it is “as good” but it does not really taste very refined or exquisite. Food should be about pleasing the senses. In Indian food salad is just an “after thought”. A lot of people think that is because they eat many vegetables but the truth is most vegetables in India are so overly cooked and brutalised that it is better to just not eat them at all.

By: Amit

Amit — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:06:27 +0000

Good point, Priyank. I was about to mention the same thing. Chopped up tomatoes, cucumber, radishes, carrots, onions, with some salt+pepper and freshly squeezed lemon juice is the best, and as good – and healthy – as any salad.

By: प्रियांक

प्रियांक — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:20:54 +0000

Very nice very nice. I like to make Rajma too, and I make it better than my mother.. lol

Dude, Salad is not an Indian thing, we need not be good at it. Its like saying that the Arabs are not good at making rice noodles, or the Chinese make bad falafel.