I think I'm the only person on the planet who dislikes Indian food

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am Indian and I love to cook many kinds of cuisines because my family likes the variety. I cook Indian, Thai, Italian, Chinese, Mexican, Japanese and American food. It is not as if I enjoy each and every dish in every cuisine. You try different things and pick your favorites.

There is such a huge variety in Indian cuisine that I feel that the people who hate it have only ever eaten curries. The Indian restaurants are not the best places for either vegetables or variety. Most have the same old menus so really the exposure to the variety of Indian foods for most people is minimal. The best food is still cooked in homes of people and even there it really depends on who is a good cook and how vast is their knowledge of different regional cuisines.

I have eaten at people's home AND been to India. Still cannot stand the food, sorry!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm Indian and I don't particularly like Indian food. Unlike you, I can eat it easily -- because I grew up eating it, while really envying my friends who got dinners consisting of lasagna or chicken and potatoes or tacos or whatever. For me it was beyond the envy of "why do I have to eat subzi and naan and my friends get pasta," I figured out after moving out of my parents home that I prefer food to be relatively bland (I actually like spice but not tons of flavor) and also to not be heavy. In a restaurant, I am always the person who orders the first option of the menu -- usually the simplest entrée they have.

Indian food (even homemade vegetarian) always makes me feel gross and heavy afterwards, whereas American fare rarely does. I feel like I crave Indian maybe 1-2 times/yr max. Yes -- my Indian friends think I'm odd.

This is exactly what I told my dh! He LOVES indian food and would probably eat it any chance he gets, but it makes me feel gross after I eat it.. Every time. I can enjoy it while I'm eating it most of the time, but 5 minutes after I stop eating, 90% of the time, i start to feel sick.

I am not vegetarian, but I only eat meat like a couple times a year, like on holidays like Christmas, Easter, and New Years, so i eat vegetarian when I eat indian and it just feels so heavy and gross after I eat it and the smell lingers until I shower and change clothes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am Indian and I love to cook many kinds of cuisines because my family likes the variety. I cook Indian, Thai, Italian, Chinese, Mexican, Japanese and American food. It is not as if I enjoy each and every dish in every cuisine. You try different things and pick your favorites.

There is such a huge variety in Indian cuisine that I feel that the people who hate it have only ever eaten curries. The Indian restaurants are not the best places for either vegetables or variety. Most have the same old menus so really the exposure to the variety of Indian foods for most people is minimal. The best food is still cooked in homes of people and even there it really depends on who is a good cook and how vast is their knowledge of different regional cuisines.

I have eaten at people's home AND been to India. Still cannot stand the food, sorry!

I have been in Indian people's homes and couldn't stand the smell of whatever had been cooking the night before. My clothes and hair smelled when I left and it bothered me until I got home and showered. I'm extremely sensitive to smells and gag easily. I was also bulimic as a teen and have aversions to many smells and tastes, curry is taste I specifically have negative memories of.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am Indian and I love to cook many kinds of cuisines because my family likes the variety. I cook Indian, Thai, Italian, Chinese, Mexican, Japanese and American food. It is not as if I enjoy each and every dish in every cuisine. You try different things and pick your favorites.

There is such a huge variety in Indian cuisine that I feel that the people who hate it have only ever eaten curries. The Indian restaurants are not the best places for either vegetables or variety. Most have the same old menus so really the exposure to the variety of Indian foods for most people is minimal. The best food is still cooked in homes of people and even there it really depends on who is a good cook and how vast is their knowledge of different regional cuisines.

I have eaten at people's home AND been to India. Still cannot stand the food, sorry!

Which states have you been to in India?

[Anonymous]

I'm the Indian PP who can eat Indian food but doesn't really like it and always feels gross/heavy afterwards no matter what I eat or where -- gotta ask -- why are people trying to convince others to like Indian?

What is so great or special about it that everyone MUST like it and oh -- maybe you'd like North or South Indian better. Who cares? We thankfully don't live in Mumbai and don't have to deal with it, so if you don't like it -- grab a burger and be done with it.

I don't eat sushi -- as in won't touch it, get queasy looking at it etc. And I feel like people "look down" on that as me being an unsophisticated hick coming from someplace where I haven't seen sushi. But I didn't realize Indian food was so "common" that it matters whether you eat it or not? It's not like saying -- I don't eat pizza or Chinese.

[Anonymous]

I love it, but my parents and sister don't. Went with them to Raisika once and there was enough on the menu to entice them but I dont think they'd go back on their own.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
If you dislike food from a different country from the one you're in, you can pretty much avoid it. I feel bad for those of you who are here in the US and dislike typical American foods. It's difficult to avoid the foods of a country when you are actually in that country. Those of you who feel nauseous around typical American fare, do you just go around feeling a little bit queasy all the time?

YES. I do. I am an American who cannot stand the sight of 90% of American cuisine: potato salad, ranch dressing, tuna salad, egg salad, mayo, deli meats make me queasy.

Back to the topic--I love Indian food, but I can certainly understand why people dislike it.