Why is Indian food always expensive?

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Yeah, it's ridiculous. It's so cheap to make but restaurants are so expensive. Just make your own.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, it's ridiculous. It's so cheap to make but restaurants are so expensive. Just make your own.

Yep firing up my tandoor as I type! It's a snap!

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Anonymous wrote:Is there a reason for this? Naan is always a la cart at 5 plus dollars a piece. My vegetarian palak paneer which is basically spinach and cheese is $22. And it’s expensive in every city not just DC.

All food is expensive these days. And where are you buying it? If too expensive try making your own and consider its value.

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Anonymous wrote:Houston and Chicago have better Indian food scene.

Yeh. Fly down there to get your paneer dishes. That will save ya. Not.

[Anonymous]

If anyone wants a nice cheap recipe for summer, I recently started making makai paka, which is a corn curry (I think it might be east african, which has indian roots, but maybe not technically indian).

Delicious with the fresh corn we will be getting soon, pretty easy, not too crazy of spices needed.

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Anonymous wrote:Why shouldn't Indian food be expensive?

Again, vegetarian based ingredients. It’s understandable why a seafood restaurant would be expensive due to the cost and short shelf life of fish. My go to Indian order is usually a samosa (pastry, peas, potato and spices) garlic naan (flour, oil and spices) and a palak paneer (spinach, paneer, oil/butter and spices). It has nothing to do with the food being Indian. I usually end up spending close to what I would spend on sushi at an Indian restaurant and to me based on ingredients it never made sense and portions are usually on the smaller side.

Garbage argument. Many pizza places charge almost $20 per pizza now. And you need one per person. All pizza is is flour, water, yeast, salt, some tomatoes, and cheese. Even a veggie pie will be $20+ these days.

Yet people pay it with a smiley face while simultaneously complaining that $17 for a veggie Indian dish is ‘too expensive!’.

A large 8 slice pizza is being eaten by 1 person? For $20 I get a large cheese pizza and can comfortably serve 2 slices per person and we will be full.

DP, but I'm guessing they are talking about the thin napoli style pizza, which are meant for individual portions (I always share anyways).

Pizza is stupidly cheap, that's why it's the favorite of cheapskate managers who want to buy their staff lunch. Our director brought in ONE large pepperoni pizza that was supposed to feed her staff of 10. Most of the staff either don't eat pork or don't like pizza. Someone suggested she bring in samosas instead and she agreed until she saw what they cost!! We ended up with a potluck.

[Anonymous]

I make my own now. Chana masala, biryani, idlis, pani puri, lemon rice, etc. I learned to make it all and it’s so much healthier, tastier and cheaper.

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Indian good is expensive because it requires certain expertise, equipment and spices, none of which are cheap. It also is expensive because people are willing to pay what the restaurants charge.

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Anonymous wrote:Indian good is expensive because it requires certain expertise, equipment and spices, none of which are cheap. It also is expensive because people are willing to pay what the restaurants charge.

Huh? that’s not true. Indian food does not require expertise equipment or special spices. You can get all that at H Mart. They charge a lot of money because people are willing to pay a lot of money. Indian food is not expensive to make.

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Where is the poster that always suggests Indian food for big event because it’s cheap? Where is the cheap Indian food?

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Anonymous wrote:Is there a reason for this? Naan is always a la cart at 5 plus dollars a piece. My vegetarian palak paneer which is basically spinach and cheese is $22. And it’s expensive in every city not just DC.

Oh you’ve clearly never made Indian food before.

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Anonymous wrote:Is there a reason for this? Naan is always a la cart at 5 plus dollars a piece. My vegetarian palak paneer which is basically spinach and cheese is $22. And it’s expensive in every city not just DC.

Calling something "expensive" is tacky. The problem is with you, not the restaurant, as you make it out to be. You can't afford the food. Pretending to have power to question a price is so silly.

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Anonymous wrote:Is there a reason for this? Naan is always a la cart at 5 plus dollars a piece. My vegetarian palak paneer which is basically spinach and cheese is $22. And it’s expensive in every city not just DC.

Calling something "expensive" is tacky. The problem is with you, not the restaurant, as you make it out to be. You can't afford the food. Pretending to have power to question a price is so silly.

Using the word tacky is tacky boomer.

[Anonymous]

Home cooked Indian food is quick and simple to prepare. Get a few good cooks books or follow some decent blogs and you’re all set. It’s not rocket science.

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Anonymous wrote:Indian good is expensive because it requires certain expertise, equipment and spices, none of which are cheap. It also is expensive because people are willing to pay what the restaurants charge.

Not true except for a few specific dishes. Your run of the mill palak paneer, butter chicken and naan are very easy to make.