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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Warn your parents.[/quote]

+1. Hopefully your parents can be gracious and take it as a compliment that your MIL tried. [/quote]

+1. Not everyone is a good cook.  It happens.  I guess you could invite your MIL to cook sometime if you think she would be receptive, but openly insulting your MIL's cooking when she is trying is really in-law suicide, even if you think you are just being helpful.

I am an excellent cook (which my MIL and in-laws generally acknowledge) but I always go out of my way to try to be complementary of my MIL's cooking, which isn't always good.  She cares and she tries.  When she makes food that is more native to my family than hers, I eat it, even if it is weird to me.    It's just life.  As a PP said, love the intentions, which are good.

If you think your parents will freak, you can warn them, but my guess is that they'll be polite as well.  It's one meal, and it's not a health hazard.  You will all survive, and if you look at it the right way, you can appreciate the gesture.    Even though I have Indian friends who complement my Indian food (And I am not Indian), I don't think I'd have the guts to make a meal for Indian inlaws. (my in laws aren't Indian, just a hypothetical).

Lastly, I think the best attempt would be to tell your MIL that your parents love some food that she makes well, but never get to eat it because they don't make it themselves, something general.  That way she won't be cooking Indian food at all.

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