Thread: What to eat tonight? - Indian Meal Suggestions pls

Morning all..

I'm off for a sneaky Indian meal tonight with friends i haven't seen in a while.

What can i eat that wont do too much damage...

I know it's not going to be good as there will be copious amount of red wine drunk.

I think I'll go down the EE route and then i can eat rice with my curry but i will swerve the popadoms and onion bhajis!!!

The question is....which curry will give me less syns?

The chicken dhansak is only 6.5 syns and if on an EE day, that and plain boiled rice would be free...delicious!
Poppadoms are 4.5 syns each and the sauces all carry syns.

Enjoy! I regularly have a takeaway now that I know I dont have to splurdge all my hard work!

Hi,
I tend to have Dhansak as well, but my local Indian is 450g rather than 350g so it's 8.5 syns for me rather than the 6.5 from the book on EE; but still pretty good considering.
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Jacqui

What does a dhansk taste like! I'm a creature of habit and usually always have chicken tikka masala! When I went for an indian last, and was on slimming world, I had a chiken tikka, minus the masala but found it really dry but knew that having the sauce would be disasterous!

Although its chicken and chickpeas in a curry sauce, its really very nice. Im a creature of comfort also, but I can certainly recommend a dhansak.

Hi Angela,
It isn't too hot, but has got a little kick to it and can be a little sweet too sometimes; very scrummy.
Jacqui

Dhansak is a hot sweet sour curry made with lentils, varies from resturant some being really hot others mild best to say how you like it. The best choice is tandori chicken or tikka chicken or meat because it comes dry with no sauce and thats where all the syns are. If you want to use all your syns on drink then thats the way to go.

Thanks for your suggestions.

I have never heard of Dhansak, but to be fair i just normally order the same thing....Tikka Mosala.
Am i right in thinking Jalfrezi in 8.5 and if so does anyone know how hot it is? I do like a little kick to my curry lol

chicken rogan josh is lovley!!!! 6.5 syns, the only other curry id eat bar a korma and a masala.. but for teh sake of syns, its a rogan josh, with boiled rice for me! x

how many syns is a chicken tikka masala? x

360g serving tikka massala 14.5 syns EE!!!

Ill do you a little syns list hold on...

Beef Madras 400g - 11syns
Bombay Potatoes 340g - 7syns
Chapati average each - 7.5 syns
Chicken Bhuna 330g - 11 syns
Chicken Biryani 380g - 12.5 syns
Chicken Curry 390g - 11.5
Chicken Dhansak 350g - 6.5
Chicken Jalfrezi 350g - 8.5
Chicken Kashmiri 350g - 9.5
Chicken Korma 360g - 16.5
Chicken Makhani 380g - 16.5
Chicken Pasanda 370g - 20
Chicken Saag 360g - 11
Chicken Tandoori 340g - 9
Chicken Tikka Balti 375g - 11.5
Chicken Tikka Masala 360g - 14.5
Chicken Vindaloo 360g - 8
Chickpea Dahl 350g - 5
Cucumber Raita 1 tbspn - 1
Gobi Aloo Saag 320g - 11
Lamb Bhuna 350g - 12
Lamb Biryani 450g - 20.5
Lamb Pasanda 350g - 21.5
Lamb Rogan Josh 360g - 6.5
Lime Pickle 1 tbsp - 1.5
Mango Chutney 1tbsp - 2
Naan Plain - average each - 20
Naan Peshwari - average each - 25
Onion Bhaji - average each - 8.5
Onion Sambal 1 tbsp - 0.5
Paratha - average each - 12
Poppadoms - average each - 4
Prawn Bhuna 380g - 10
Prawn Biryani 425g - 15
Rice Pilau 180g - 2.5
Rice Plain 300g - FREE
Samosas meat 2 small - 12.5
Samosas vegetable 2 small - 7.5
Vegetable Biryani 420g - 11.5
Vegetable Jalfrezi 375g - 7.5
Vegetable Curry 380g - 9
Vegetable Korma 380g - 15

These are all EE and is every syn in the SW book

Just out of interest what about yoghurt mint sauce......

or is already listed but called something else??

Cucumber Raita 1 tbspn - 1
i think that is mint sauce

Jalphrazi (is that how i spell it) i think is one of the lower syns. Watch out for mango chutney and popadoms! 4 syns a pop!and if ur nething like me i can eat 5 in a row!