Indian Food? What should I get?
nancy3girls
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I'm going to an Indian restaurant for dinner. What are my best bets so not to blow my week? I've never been. Thanks!
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Tandoori chicken, avoid the naan. Watch portion size with rice.
Or, do what I do and budget it into the week and have what you like. It's delicious and totally worth working in.3 -
I normally have prawn puri with no pancake but a poppadom and the onion salad.
Main, I have no rice or naan bread, I do however have another poppadum or two and a curry.
I often save half for my next meal, and ensure my option of curry is something I really fancy.0 -
Ooooh, sweet Tandoori. Honestly, it all depends on your goals. But if you're going, ENJOY THE CRAP OUT OF IT (if you must be OCD, bring your food scale and measuring cup). True story: One meal isn't going to blow your week by any means, except maybe psychologically. That said, in the past I've "banked" my macros/calories so I could load up the rice and enjoy the naan. Just plan ahead and make it fit if that's a worry. After all, what's the point of eating out when you're ordering off the menu what you can boringly eat at home.
I like creamy stuff so I tend to go with the yogurt based sauces like Tikka-Masala.
A very westernized go to Indian meal:
1 1/4 c rice
1/2 cup tikka masala sauce
4-6 oz. chicken
1 full piece sweet naan
Yes, I've weighed and measured eating out. No, I'm not ashamed to admit it.5 -
Paneer tika masala, or malai kofta, with butter naan, and a 10K run.6
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I'd get peshwari naan and a salad. Indian food is all about naan bread to me so I wouldn't settle for anything else...lol, that may not be a help. Either way, enjoy your meal
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tandoori chicken with roti (whole wheat version of naan). Yummy!0
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I simply cannot step away from shahi paneer or butter chicken WITH naan and rice.2
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I'd use it for a cheat meal or work it into your macros especially since it's your first experience. You're in for a big treat! I always recommend butter chicken to everyone trying Indian food for the first time, but I also like chicken korma as well. Neither of those are spicy either. Enjoy!!0
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It depends what your current deficit for the week is, but I'd get whatever you want, and increase your deficit for a few days to even it out.1
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Indian food without rice or bread (rotti/naan) is like having pizza on cauliflower crust lol
came here to say this haha.. you will fail to take the naan from my cold dead hands lol! OP I pick one or the other... so if I have naan I omit the rice or vice versa... or I will have half the naan just to feel like I had some. Personally I always have butter chicken with naan... and usually rice. haha2 -
Oh, I always get naan. I have a little rice, not much. I also have whatever curry I'm in the mood for. But when I was trying to actually fit my meal in a more restrictive calorie amount, no naan worked better.
Now I've realized that I'd just rather have Indian less often or on the weekend of a long run or bike ride (I've had it twice as a dinner the night before a half marathon) and eat whatever I want!2 -
Samosas with mint chutney
Chicken Tikka Masala or Butter Chicken
Naan
It may wreck your calories but it it is totally worth it... I would shave a hundred or two hundred calories off the next few days to offset any overage you have.1 -
I don't care how many calories it has - I almost always get matar paneer! I may have to go out for Indian food this weekend...drooling thinking about it!0
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Thanks-all! I ended up getting Reshmi Tikka. I asked for a healthy option. It was amazing! And yes I did splurge for Naan. I'm going to have to go back to try more of y'alls suggestions!2
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Meh...I eat the butter chicken WITH the rice AND naan. Sometimes I even eat a pakora for an appetizer.
BEFORE going, I try to earn at least 50% of those calories through exercise....easy enough to do if you know a few days in advance
AFTER going, I ramp up my exercise a bit....just to account for the extra calorie deliciousness.
But ALWAYS I smile, knowing I enjoyed a fine meal with my partner or friends and one lovely meal need not throw me into a panic.1 -
I usually go vegetarian when in an Indian restaurant. They have many dishes featuring lentils or chickpeas as the main protein and you really don't miss the meat.1
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Mixed grill - anything grilled.
Everything else unfortunately is highly calorific (unless you cook it at home) but having said that, I splurged on Indian food yesterday and had Naan, Biryani, Lamb curry, poppadoms and a mixed grill. I will be burning it off over the next few weeks
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nancy3girls wrote: »Thanks-all! I ended up getting Reshmi Tikka. I asked for a healthy option. It was amazing! And yes I did splurge for Naan. I'm going to have to go back to try more of y'alls suggestions!
Would love to know how they made it "healthy". Also by making something very ethnic healthy, you are not getting the full taste nor the experience. Sometimes it is worth to splurge once every now and then.
Well, the chicken was marinated in yogurt. Haha! It was served on a very hot cast iron skillet with vegetables, lime, cilantro. It reminded me of fajitas only with a different spice flavor! My lips were burning! It was so delicious.0 -
Butter chicken is my absolute favorite!!0
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1 vote for garlic naan (or CHEESEY garlic naan, so not authentic but they have it at my local dig and omg...)
Indian = maintenance week or aggressive deficits for next few days...so, yeah just maintenance week.0 -
nancy3girls wrote: »nancy3girls wrote: »Thanks-all! I ended up getting Reshmi Tikka. I asked for a healthy option. It was amazing! And yes I did splurge for Naan. I'm going to have to go back to try more of y'alls suggestions!
Would love to know how they made it "healthy". Also by making something very ethnic healthy, you are not getting the full taste nor the experience. Sometimes it is worth to splurge once every now and then.
Well, the chicken was marinated in yogurt. Haha! It was served on a very hot cast iron skillet with vegetables, lime, cilantro. It reminded me of fajitas only with a different spice flavor! My lips were burning! It was so delicious.
most of their dishes start out marinading in yogurt!0 -
For those who like spinach, Sag Paneer. Does require a bit of planning around...0
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you don't have to eat everything on the plate....0
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skip the naan if you want to go lower cal. I like chicken tikka masala, myself.0
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Prawn Bhuna
Or, if you're wary of prawns, something like chicken jalfrezi.
Though I love something creamy. I have an awesome chicken korma recipe in an old book with a sauce laden with full fat yogurt and almonds which is practically a meal in itself!0 -
everything! indian food is the best food. my local indian place treats me like a queen because of how frequently i used to go lol. now it's saved for splurges and i make sure to take half home (where i then weigh it). i don't eat chicken or lamb so these are my faves
garlic naan
shrimp malai curry
mushroom mahkani
saag paneer
veg korma
vegetable samosas or vegetable pakora
any kind of dal
actually, this list is pointless, just going to stick with my original list of - everything!1 -
WinoGelato wrote: »
My husband always has leftovers when we eat Indian (his appetite is rather light). I'm always jealous the next day when he's eating them and I have nothing (because I ate it ALL the night before). Still not enough to get me to change my behavior . . .0 -
janejellyroll wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »
My husband always has leftovers when we eat Indian (his appetite is rather light). I'm always jealous the next day when he's eating them and I have nothing (because I ate it ALL the night before). Still not enough to get me to change my behavior . . .
Does. Not. Compute.0
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