Indian Meat Dishes

Curry! This is a beautiful and exotic dish and is perhaps the most famous preparation of the mysterious East. The curry known abroad is however but a mere shadow of the genuine stuff; it is usually made from curry powders and, as has already been stated, this is not a very successful practice. Curry in India is not a dish; it is a class of dishes. There are many curries and each one is better than the other.

Indian meat cookery is however not merely composed of curries, and the tandoori class of dishes is a keen competitor. In fact the tandoori murgha can without doubt claim the top honours. Why this beautiful preparation is not as famous abroad as the curries is a matter of great surprise. But then, it is not everyone who can make it. The preparation of the tandoori murgha has been a closely guarded secret and it has been with the utmost difficulty that the author has been able to wheedle it out. In India of course the tandoori murgha is on a pedestal by itself and every tourist considers it his sacred duty to sample it.