Made Indian food—house and clothes smell like curry now

[Anonymous]

I make lentil curry all the time, and I don't smell like it afterwards. I cook it over the stop top in a regular pot. You must be bathing in the steam from the instapot.

DH fries home made french fries all the time, and the house smells of grease until the next morning, even with the fan on the highest setting. It makes me want to gag.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I make lentil curry all the time, and I don't smell like it afterwards. I cook it over the stop top in a regular pot. You must be bathing in the steam from the instapot.

DH fries home made french fries all the time, and the house smells of grease until the next morning, even with the fan on the highest setting. It makes me want to gag.

Yes, any fried stuff will make the house smell like a diner. Either cook outdoors or ventilate well. My DH has a sensitive nose. It is a blessing and a curse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I make lentil curry all the time, and I don't smell like it afterwards. I cook it over the stop top in a regular pot. You must be bathing in the steam from the instapot.

DH fries home made french fries all the time, and the house smells of grease until the next morning, even with the fan on the highest setting. It makes me want to gag.

Yes, any fried stuff will make the house smell like a diner. Either cook outdoors or ventilate well. My DH has a sensitive nose. It is a blessing and a curse.

Cook outdoors? It’s 17 right now where I live and who has a dedicated stove outside?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I make lentil curry all the time, and I don't smell like it afterwards. I cook it over the stop top in a regular pot. You must be bathing in the steam from the instapot.

DH fries home made french fries all the time, and the house smells of grease until the next morning, even with the fan on the highest setting. It makes me want to gag.

Yes, any fried stuff will make the house smell like a diner. Either cook outdoors or ventilate well. My DH has a sensitive nose. It is a blessing and a curse.

Cook outdoors? It’s 17 right now where I live and who has a dedicated stove outside?

Here's a thought then, don't deep fry or cook smelly foods til it warms up a bit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I make lentil curry all the time, and I don't smell like it afterwards. I cook it over the stop top in a regular pot. You must be bathing in the steam from the instapot.

DH fries home made french fries all the time, and the house smells of grease until the next morning, even with the fan on the highest setting. It makes me want to gag.

Yes, any fried stuff will make the house smell like a diner. Either cook outdoors or ventilate well. My DH has a sensitive nose. It is a blessing and a curse.

Cook outdoors? It’s 17 right now where I live and who has a dedicated stove outside?

Oh, yes, sorry. I forget that it is not common.

I do have a dedicated stove outside. I have cooked in my empty garage and I have also cooked in my stone patio. I prefer cooking outside in cold weather bundled up in old warm clothes, rather than sweat it when it is hot.

[Anonymous]

Anyone has an outdoor kitchen?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I make lentil curry all the time, and I don't smell like it afterwards. I cook it over the stop top in a regular pot. You must be bathing in the steam from the instapot.

DH fries home made french fries all the time, and the house smells of grease until the next morning, even with the fan on the highest setting. It makes me want to gag.

Yes, any fried stuff will make the house smell like a diner. Either cook outdoors or ventilate well. My DH has a sensitive nose. It is a blessing and a curse.

Cook outdoors? It’s 17 right now where I live and who has a dedicated stove outside?

I do. We have a powerful outdoor stove to cook stir fries but use it for deep-frying too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I make lentil curry all the time, and I don't smell like it afterwards. I cook it over the stop top in a regular pot. You must be bathing in the steam from the instapot.

DH fries home made french fries all the time, and the house smells of grease until the next morning, even with the fan on the highest setting. It makes me want to gag.

Yes, any fried stuff will make the house smell like a diner. Either cook outdoors or ventilate well. My DH has a sensitive nose. It is a blessing and a curse.

Cook outdoors? It’s 17 right now where I live and who has a dedicated stove outside?

I do. We have a powerful outdoor stove to cook stir fries but use it for deep-frying too.

This is the way to do it. Keeps it out of cabinets (it gets ingrained!), clothes, the walls, etc.

[Anonymous]

I love the food, but cook it outside on my patio on an electric skillet. I also cook fried dumpling outside because my home smells like oil for days. Maybe my 40 year old home has bad ventilation, but it works for us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone has an outdoor kitchen?

It will work perfectly but it is an expensive option.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain to me what ‘curry’ spice is? I’m of Indian origin and never heard of it. I cook with chillie powder, cumin, coriander, cardomom, ginger, garlic etc. What is ‘curry spice’ that Americans talk about?

Go to the Whole Foods spice aisle or Penzeys. You will see one or two bottles labeled “Curry Powder.”

So this is a spice non-Indian people use when cooking Indian food?
-not the PP but I’m of Pakistani descent and also experienced the offensive “you smell like curry” while growing up. We would look at each other and ask what the hell curry was.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain to me what ‘curry’ spice is? I’m of Indian origin and never heard of it. I cook with chillie powder, cumin, coriander, cardomom, ginger, garlic etc. What is ‘curry spice’ that Americans talk about?

Go to the Whole Foods spice aisle or Penzeys. You will see one or two bottles labeled “Curry Powder.”

So this is a spice non-Indian people use when cooking Indian food?
-not the PP but I’m of Pakistani descent and also experienced the offensive “you smell like curry” while growing up. We would look at each other and ask what the hell curry was.

Curry powder is a British invention. So is "Madras curry powder" (which is similar, but not the same). Near as I can tell, it was first sold in England.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain to me what ‘curry’ spice is? I’m of Indian origin and never heard of it. I cook with chillie powder, cumin, coriander, cardomom, ginger, garlic etc. What is ‘curry spice’ that Americans talk about?

Go to the Whole Foods spice aisle or Penzeys. You will see one or two bottles labeled “Curry Powder.”

So this is a spice non-Indian people use when cooking Indian food?
-not the PP but I’m of Pakistani descent and also experienced the offensive “you smell like curry” while growing up. We would look at each other and ask what the hell curry was.

Curry powder is a British invention. So is "Madras curry powder" (which is similar, but not the same). Near as I can tell, it was first sold in England.

The British invention is mixing the different spices they saw in India together and naming it curry powder.

[Anonymous]

Or save yourself the trouble and microwave peas, get chicken rotisserie and boil some broccoli, you can sprinkle generous amount of cheese on the food to add flavor. No smell, no flavor, no trouble!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I made Butter Chicken in my Instant Pot. Came out great! But now my house, my clothes, my hair smells like curry. How do I get the smell out. I even changed my clothes and I still smell it.

Let me share something, butter chicken is NOT an instant pot recipe. Frankly, I have no idea what you cooked and are now blaming it all on the Indians.