El Palacio de la India
Curry Club Meeting
Vegetarian Q 70
Onion Bhaji
Vegetable Korma + Naan
Kulfi
Non Vegetarian Q 80
Onion Bhaji
Chicken Korma + Rice
Kulfi
Onion Bhaji is a spicy Indian snack consisting of fried onions,
similar to potato fritters, for which there are many different recipes. It is
often used as a topping on various Indian meals but has now become popular to
eat alone as a snack. The basic
recipes consist of onions being chopped and then made into a sort of dough with
gram flour, spices and herbs, then fried until golden.
Onion Bhajis
are often eaten as starters to main Indian cuisine courses along with poppadoms.
They may be served with a slice of lemon and are made to a mild taste.
Korma
has its roots in the Mughlai cuisine of North India.
It is a characteristically creamy and
silky Persian-Indian dish which can be traced back to the 16th century and the
Mughal incursions into India.
The flavor is based on a mixture of spices, including
ground coriander and cumin, combined with yoghurt kept below curdling
temperature and incorporated slowly and carefully.
Nuts can be used but not in great
quantities; usually almonds or cashews. Korma is a mild curry with either
chicken, beef or lamb and only a few vegetables, such as onion and potato.
Kulfi
is a flavored frozen
dessert made with milk. It is a kind of ice cream that comes in various flavors,
however, ours is the traditional, delicious kulfi flavored only with Rose Water.
Unlike western ice creams, kulfi is not whipped; it is a solid, dense
frozen dessert. Therefore, kulfi is a different kind of an ice cream.