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saluki2007

caliking said:

Y'all clean up well @saluki2007  

@SamIAm2 - There may be a reason the groom is shoeless. Usually a North Indian tradition, the women on the bride's side steal the groom's shoes during the marriage  ceremony (the bride and groom remove their footwear for the ceremony). The groom then has to pay them to get his shoes back. It's a fun wedding prank, and the groom and his comrades will either figure out where the shoes are hidden, have a spare  pair of shoes ready, etc. 

Or, he may have just said "fvck it. I don't need no **** shoes!"

Correct. He is shoeless because of the prank. There are a lot of differences during an Indian ceremony vs a traditional Christian/Catholic wedding. One major fun one is several pranks during the ceremony. Another “prank” is the bride and groom have a race and the first one to sit down is the “ruler” of the house. During the race people grab the grooms toes to slow him down. He can pay them to let go and grab the brides toes instead. 

ksmyrl

@caliking we made it up to the Sylet region of Bangladesh for 2 days. We spent time at a tea plantation up there. You are 100% correct, the countryside was unexpected, it was beautiful. We stayed in a tucked away resort in a very rural area, we were in the "McCartney" cabin. Apparently Paul McCartney used to be a regular there. 

It was an epic trip to say the least.  I don't travel that way normally and i didnt fund this trip. We were literally treated like royalty. 

caliking

ksmyrl said:

@caliking we made it up to the Sylet region of Bangladesh for 2 days. We spent time at a tea plantation up there. You are 100% correct, the countryside was unexpected, it was beautiful. We stayed in a tucked away resort in a very rural area, we were in the "McCartney" cabin. Apparently Paul McCartney used to be a regular there. 

It was an epic trip to say the least.  I don't travel that way normally and i didnt fund this trip. We were literally treated like royalty. 

Sounds like an even more wonderful trip the more I hear of it. Hope you have another great one next year. 

caliking

saluki2007 said:

caliking said:

Y'all clean up well @saluki2007  

@SamIAm2 - There may be a reason the groom is shoeless. Usually a North Indian tradition, the women on the bride's side steal the groom's shoes during the marriage  ceremony (the bride and groom remove their footwear for the ceremony). The groom then has to pay them to get his shoes back. It's a fun wedding prank, and the groom and his comrades will either figure out where the shoes are hidden, have a spare  pair of shoes ready, etc. 

Or, he may have just said "fvck it. I don't need no **** shoes!"

Correct. He is shoeless because of the prank. There are a lot of differences during an Indian ceremony vs a traditional Christian/Catholic wedding. One major fun one is several pranks during the ceremony. Another “prank” is the bride and groom have a race and the first one to sit down is the “ruler” of the house. During the race people grab the grooms toes to slow him down. He can pay them to let go and grab the brides toes instead. 

These are mostly done to make the groom fool better. There is never any question about who the ruler of the house is. 

She is

caliking

saluki2007 said:

Dinner plate from the wedding. I don’t remember exactly the name of the dishes, but the orange sauce (was actually debating with a few at the table wether it was a sauce or gravy) was paneer, below that was eggplant, to the right was lamb, then a chicken rice dish, and then a lentil dish which was my least favorite. It was rather bland. The lamb was my favorite by far. Also had to include a photo of the wife and I with the bride and groom. 

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The chicken and rice was likely biryani. Has become more popular among food mags/blogs/recipe sites in the past couple of years, so there are tons of recipes online. Easy to make in an Instant Pot, if you have one. I know Serious Eats has a few recipes. 

Florida Grillin Girl

Awesome! Good thing you have those secret weapons, too. Glad you had fun!

GrateEggspectations

caliking said:

saluki2007 said:

Dinner plate from the wedding. I don’t remember exactly the name of the dishes, but the orange sauce (was actually debating with a few at the table wether it was a sauce or gravy) was paneer, below that was eggplant, to the right was lamb, then a chicken rice dish, and then a lentil dish which was my least favorite. It was rather bland. The lamb was my favorite by far. Also had to include a photo of the wife and I with the bride and groom. 

...

The chicken and rice was likely biryani. Has become more popular among food mags/blogs/recipe sites in the past couple of years, so there are tons of recipes online. Easy to make in an Instant Pot, if you have one. I know Serious Eats has a few recipes. 

Years ago, someone here recommended Urvashi Pitre’s Indian cookbook for Instant Pot and it is hands down the best dang collection of Indian recipes we’ve had - and we tried a lot before getting to this one. Highly recommend. 

The Cen-Tex Smoker

GrateEggspectations said:

caliking said:

saluki2007 said:

Dinner plate from the wedding. I don’t remember exactly the name of the dishes, but the orange sauce (was actually debating with a few at the table wether it was a sauce or gravy) was paneer, below that was eggplant, to the right was lamb, then a chicken rice dish, and then a lentil dish which was my least favorite. It was rather bland. The lamb was my favorite by far. Also had to include a photo of the wife and I with the bride and groom. 

...

The chicken and rice was likely biryani. Has become more popular among food mags/blogs/recipe sites in the past couple of years, so there are tons of recipes online. Easy to make in an Instant Pot, if you have one. I know Serious Eats has a few recipes. 

Years ago, someone here recommended Urvashi Pitre’s Indian cookbook for Instant Pot and it is hands down the best dang collection of Indian recipes we’ve had - and we tried a lot before getting to this one. Highly recommend. 

There are not a lot of guys that Would cause me to buy a cookbook sight unseen without digging in first just on their recommendation. You are one of those guys. Bought it 10 seconds  after I read this ha ha. We Can’t wait to get it!

caliking

GrateEggspectations said:

caliking said:

saluki2007 said:

Dinner plate from the wedding. I don’t remember exactly the name of the dishes, but the orange sauce (was actually debating with a few at the table wether it was a sauce or gravy) was paneer, below that was eggplant, to the right was lamb, then a chicken rice dish, and then a lentil dish which was my least favorite. It was rather bland. The lamb was my favorite by far. Also had to include a photo of the wife and I with the bride and groom. 

...

The chicken and rice was likely biryani. Has become more popular among food mags/blogs/recipe sites in the past couple of years, so there are tons of recipes online. Easy to make in an Instant Pot, if you have one. I know Serious Eats has a few recipes. 

Years ago, someone here recommended Urvashi Pitre’s Indian cookbook for Instant Pot and it is hands down the best dang collection of Indian recipes we’ve had - and we tried a lot before getting to this one. Highly recommend. 

Absolutely! She was the one who was dubbed "The Butter Chicken Lady" after her recipe was published in the New York Times some years ago.

Her website also has some very good recipes. From all over. I tried a couple of Ethiopian recipes, and they turned out great.

 https://twosleevers.com/recipe-index/

The Cen-Tex Smoker

caliking said:

GrateEggspectations said:

caliking said:

saluki2007 said:

Dinner plate from the wedding. I don’t remember exactly the name of the dishes, but the orange sauce (was actually debating with a few at the table wether it was a sauce or gravy) was paneer, below that was eggplant, to the right was lamb, then a chicken rice dish, and then a lentil dish which was my least favorite. It was rather bland. The lamb was my favorite by far. Also had to include a photo of the wife and I with the bride and groom. 

...

The chicken and rice was likely biryani. Has become more popular among food mags/blogs/recipe sites in the past couple of years, so there are tons of recipes online. Easy to make in an Instant Pot, if you have one. I know Serious Eats has a few recipes. 

Years ago, someone here recommended Urvashi Pitre’s Indian cookbook for Instant Pot and it is hands down the best dang collection of Indian recipes we’ve had - and we tried a lot before getting to this one. Highly recommend. 

Absolutely! She was the one who was dubbed "The Butter Chicken Lady" after her recipe was published in the New York Times some years ago.

Her website also has some very good recipes. From all over. I tried a couple of Ethiopian recipes, and they turned out great.

 https://twosleevers.com/recipe-index/

Ah- we know her. And we make that butter chicken a lot. It’s fantastic. Can’t wait to try the rest of it. Her story is great too. Good for her. 

Ozzie_Isaac

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

GrateEggspectations said:

caliking said:

saluki2007 said:

Dinner plate from the wedding. I don’t remember exactly the name of the dishes, but the orange sauce (was actually debating with a few at the table wether it was a sauce or gravy) was paneer, below that was eggplant, to the right was lamb, then a chicken rice dish, and then a lentil dish which was my least favorite. It was rather bland. The lamb was my favorite by far. Also had to include a photo of the wife and I with the bride and groom. 

...

The chicken and rice was likely biryani. Has become more popular among food mags/blogs/recipe sites in the past couple of years, so there are tons of recipes online. Easy to make in an Instant Pot, if you have one. I know Serious Eats has a few recipes. 

Years ago, someone here recommended Urvashi Pitre’s Indian cookbook for Instant Pot and it is hands down the best dang collection of Indian recipes we’ve had - and we tried a lot before getting to this one. Highly recommend. 

There are not a lot of guys that Would cause me to buy a cookbook sight unseen without digging in first just on their recommendation. You are one of those guys. Bought it 10 seconds  after I read this ha ha. We Can’t wait to get it!

Lol, slow poke.  I didn't even finish his post.

caliking

On the subject of cookbooks, I also recommend this one to folks

The recipes are indeed simple for the most part, but flavorful. And not so focused on North Indian fare, as many Indian cookbooks tend to be. Many of the recipes come together quickly enough to be done on weeknights. 

Ozzie_Isaac

caliking said:

On the subject of cookbooks, I also recommend this one to folks

The recipes are indeed simple for the most part, but flavorful. And not so focused on North Indian fare, as many Indian cookbooks tend to be. Many of the recipes come together quickly enough to be done on weeknights. 

Sigh.  Second book ordered.  I did finish reading your post first though.