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Delicious foods to eat on an Indian holiday

May 11th, 2011 Tushar Mathur

Due to the extensive use of various spices, herbs, different types of exotic fruits and vegetables are grown in India, Indian cuisine is often characterised as vegetarian. What you will learn on your India holidays, even if you are not the biggest fan of “rabbit food”, is that a wide range of dishes and cooking techniques that each family of the Indian cuisine consists of can make the “rabbit food” deliciously tasteful, and you will find it is not really ‘rabbit food’ at all!

Hindu beliefs and cultures have played a major role in the evolution of the Indian cuisine that your palate will enjoy once you decide to go on holidays to India. Large-scale cultural interactions with Britain and Mongols, that turned it into a blend of unique and various cuisines, have contributed to making your Indian holidays the most tasteful holidays for you and your tastebuds!

Indian food consists of a number of different regional cuisines, which all have the basic similarities and one of those is – they will definitely spice up your India holidays.

Before you go on your exciting holiday to India, you more than likely want to know that most Indian dishes consist of rice, whole wheat flour also known as atta, and a variety of vegetables and pulses. Coconut and fish are also widely used in eastern and southern Indian dishes.

Some of the most popular dishes you simply must try on your India holidays are Prawn Masala, Mutton Curry, Aloo Dum, Chicken Vindaloo, Milk Appam, Karanji, Garam Masala, Stuffed Egg, Tamarind Rice and Gulab Jamun. There are also side dishes, like chutney – preserves and achars – pickle, to complete the India holidays of your taste buds. When you book holidays to India make sure to remember to treat yourself with one of the delicious milk based sweets once you get there.

Besides the main dishes there ares a large number of snacks that will keep you refreshed and are healthy while sightseeing, so it is important to come familiar with them before departing on your holidays to India. Some of the most popular ones are samosas, pakodas, vadas and chillas.

When it comes to drinks, do not bother to pack tea and coffee before leaving for your holiday to India, since they are both very popular over there. You may also enjoy nimbu pani – lemonade, lassi and coconut milk.

Meals are traditionally eaten while sitting on the floor, but with the modernisation of India, this common practice has diminished to a great extent.

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Good Indian Food in Atlanta: Sri Krishna Vilas

July 16th, 2008 Tushar Mathur

Best Indian food in the Atlanta area

Since we moved to Atlanta in 2006, we have been to all the Indian restaurants in the Alpharetta/Roswell area and have yet to find a better restaurant tan Sri Krishna Vilas. They have a good lunch buffet but what we like better is their ala carte menu in the evenings. Since they moved to their new location on Windward Parkway, we have been at least 3 times and ordered different dishes and each and every time we were extremely satisfied.

Their Chicken Tikka comes on a sizzling skillet that tastes very good. The butter chicken is very authentic. Next time we will try their South Indian style Chola-Batura and the grilled Malai Jhinga (grilled shrimp).

This new location is beautiful. Nice hardwood floors, big screen TVs showing Bollywood movies, a large buffet with a good selection. They serve fresh breads including naan that are wonderful.

The food is surprisingly made to taste,  extra hot, hot, medium, and mild.  There is quite a noticeable difference between these levels.  So, for once, the level of heat means something to the chef.  It would be interesting to see for how long they keep this up.  If they do that long enough, they will be one of the best Indian restaurants in Atlanta.

The variety is pretty decent so that this can be a one-stop-shop for all popular Indian cuisines. They also serve local Indian beers like Kingfisher.

Update 7/14/2008:

We started with 2 appetizers Papdi Chaat and Malai Jhinga. The Jhinga (shrimp) were awesome , marinated and grilled to perfection. We then ordered Kadhai Bhindi Masala (curried okra) and Methi Malai Chicken for the main course. The chicken was fantastic, not very hot but very flavorful. Both the dishes come with Naan. Okra was also very good, went very well with the buttered naan bread. I would highly recommend trying the Methi Malai Chicken.

Below are some pictures of the food we ordered.

Overall, we love the food at Sri Krishna Vilas. If you are in the Alpharetta area, you must definitely try the food here.

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