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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nope, the issue is that there have been tons of lower priced options around and the food tastes better at the hole in the wall or small place in a strip mall mom and pop joint than the sit down locations. Maybe those are gone from the DMV and you only have mediocre Indian food at high prices at places like Rasika.

Mexican out here in CA is a good example. The best by far Mexican is from several of the tiny Taquerias in strip malls on the east side. The expensive Mexican near the foothills is meh and really overpriced for a taco. The best barbecue we ever had was at a place next to a gas station with nothing else nearby in Texas. Best Chinese was in a tiny run down restaurant in outer sunset.

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Part of this is overhead.  The tiny rundown places can spend on ingredients and employee time instead of rent.[/quote]

I don’t think the mom and pop rundown restaurant is buying high end ingredients. What even would be high end lentil? The Indian food at sit down restaurants is very basic and less flavorful, my guess, is because they are trying harder to cater to what they perceive as American tastes. The foods used in the most popular Indian dishes are not expensive either. [/quote]

That you do not comprehend the gradation in lentils says everything.

But 100% agree that much Indian restaurant food is toned down for US palates. [/quote]

[b]There is no gradation of lentils. It’s pretty much lentils. 
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Most are pretty much the same. There’s no such thing as gourmet lentils. It’s a legume. Most are used in a stew which is cooked till mushy. [/quote]

There are in fact lentils that are better than other lentils. As you recognize by asserting lentils are “pretty much” the same, meaning they are not precisely the same. The fact that you don’t comprehend the difference and/or have not experienced it does not mean it does not exist. And lentils in Indian cuisine are used and cooked in a variety of ways from urad daal used as part of the tempering of certain dishes to the finely ground daal used in making batter for idli, etc. [/quote]

This is like saying there is no gradation in meat and not knowing how stupid you sound.
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