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I've eaten it earlier, multiple times. Whoever invented it, it tastes too sweet to me. Probably due to the amount of onion (1) in it, an issue I come across i

I've eaten it earlier, multiple times. Whoever invented it, it tastes too sweet to me. Probably due to the amount of onion (1) in it, an issue I come across in Indian veg gravy dishes too. (1) The article says it is made in a tomato gravy, but my guess is that it is an onion and tomato gravy, not just a tomato one.

Kluggy 3y ago
You ate it earlier than 1947? Or what do you mean by earlier?
- welcomebear 3y ago
  Maybe even the 1920’s! “They say the recipe […] was invented by Gujral in the 1930s”. Jk. Let’s do the math: Assume 5 years old to remember anything. 1946 is before 1947. To be 5 in 1946, they’re born in 1941. 1941 was 82 years ago. 82+ years old and commenting on HackerNews? Statistically unlikely but definitely plausible. Us nerds are getting up there in years so there’s certainly some octogenarians hanging around.
- fuzztester 3y ago
  I meant earlier than the present, of course. Of course, if reincarnation theory is true, I might have eaten it in some past life between 1947 and my birth year in this one. ChatGPT, do you remember your past lives?
screye 3y ago
To be fair, Indian restaurants in the west sell a fully bastardized version of Indian food from India. (Canada is an exception, UK does its own thing) Despite being the predominant regional cuisine, the Punjabi/Mughlai food in the west also the most disappointmenting. Consistently too sweet, too creamy, too tomatoey and lacking the depth of fresh spices.
- fuzztester 3y ago
  >To be fair, Indian restaurants in the west sell a fully bastardized version of Indian food from India. The situation is similar for Chinese restaurants in India. I first got to know about this from my aunt, an Indian but a naturalised US citizen, when she came on one of her periodic visits to India, to see us. When we were eating at a Chinese restaurant in India, she remarked that the food was very different from authentic Chinese food. (It has been heavily modified to use Indian spices and to appeal to Indian tastes.) Later, when I went to Chinese restaurants in Malaysia and the US, I could see this for myself.

Kluggy 3y ago

You ate it earlier than 1947? Or what do you mean by earlier?

welcomebear 3y ago
Maybe even the 1920’s! “They say the recipe […] was invented by Gujral in the 1930s”. Jk. Let’s do the math: Assume 5 years old to remember anything. 1946 is before 1947. To be 5 in 1946, they’re born in 1941. 1941 was 82 years ago. 82+ years old and commenting on HackerNews? Statistically unlikely but definitely plausible. Us nerds are getting up there in years so there’s certainly some octogenarians hanging around.
fuzztester 3y ago
I meant earlier than the present, of course. Of course, if reincarnation theory is true, I might have eaten it in some past life between 1947 and my birth year in this one. ChatGPT, do you remember your past lives?

screye 3y ago

To be fair, Indian restaurants in the west sell a fully bastardized version of Indian food from India. (Canada is an exception, UK does its own thing) Despite being the predominant regional cuisine, the Punjabi/Mughlai food in the west also the most disappointmenting. Consistently too sweet, too creamy, too tomatoey and lacking the depth of fresh spices.

fuzztester 3y ago
>To be fair, Indian restaurants in the west sell a fully bastardized version of Indian food from India. The situation is similar for Chinese restaurants in India. I first got to know about this from my aunt, an Indian but a naturalised US citizen, when she came on one of her periodic visits to India, to see us. When we were eating at a Chinese restaurant in India, she remarked that the food was very different from authentic Chinese food. (It has been heavily modified to use Indian spices and to appeal to Indian tastes.) Later, when I went to Chinese restaurants in Malaysia and the US, I could see this for myself.