Chicken Bhuna
Chicken Jalfrezi
Would be good choices.
Or even a Madras, though it depends what you really see as hot as everyone's tastes are different.
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A Madras will be more coconutty so if that's ok with you then give it a go.
If the dish you order is too hot then it's sensible to stir in a little plain, unsweetened yoghurt to reduce the heat and make it more palatable for you. A dish of yoghurt is pretty much always on the table at lunch and dinner when I've visited family in India.
This is why I like these new Tapas style Indian menus.
Where you can buy lots of little £3 bowls of different dishes.
Encourages you to try new dishes, no big deal if you don't like £3 worth.
Nothing worse than taking a leap of faith, spending £10 on a new dish and realising after the first bite you've made a mistake....data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7
Been there, sat with the gutted face on whilst everyone else tucks in to theirs.
I dont know of any madras that has coconut in - its a tomato based sauce
I've definitely had Madras that is 'coconutty'
In fact, if there were any tomatoes in the one I had, you wouldn't have known it.
If you google, many Madras recipes include coconut milk.
The first two pages had one recipe with a handful of desiccated coconut.It isn't a usual ingredient in a madras sauce.
One of the most popular restaurants in Aberdeen definitely does it.
It's the only time I've tried Madras, and I wa attracted to it because coconut is a favourite ingredient of mine.
According to Wikipedia (not gospel, I know) there is no 'set' recipe for Madras and it can contain any number of things.
Another way to try different dishes is to go to a mid-day all you can eat buffet usually for under £10 per person. The staff are usually only to willing to nhelp with your choice as they want you back again and again, not like some restraunts I know of.
True, but I wonder if its an aberdeen thing, because I've never had a madras with coconut in, and its my go to dish in an indian restaurant
If you check Wikipeia you will find that Madras was originally a vegetable dish and it's us Brit's that want meat in it. Also you can add coconut or yogurt as preference dictates. See my previous post regarding naming of Indian dishes.