Indian Takeaway Recipes

The two years we spent in Edinburgh were not a culinary high point for us. There were some bright spots, however - the occasional fish supper (hold the sauce, please) and the wonder that is Indian takeaway food in the UK.

Indian takeaway is a very particular beast. It isn't traditional Indian food, but rather a British offshoot. And it isn't even the same as sit-down British Indian food. What it is, though, is really good. Many is the day I remember walking home from work past a few takeaway joints with the amazing, make-you-instantly-hungry smells of curry wafting out the door.

Here in the US we haven't found anything like it, so we've had to make it ourselves. This was no easy matter, initially, as it is surprisingly difficult to find recipes for this kind of food. Out of desperation, we ended up reverse-engineering a few of our favorites. I guess that makes them our version of the takeaway version of the British version of Indian food...

Here are the recipes:

Curry Base Sauce
Pulao Rice
Saag
Chicken Pathia
Lamb Rogan Josh
Chicken Dhansak