OK OK I know this is going to rile up a lot of people ... But hear me out ... I am going to blame big corporations in the end ...

We eat Tortilla's in many many countries. We do in India they are called "chapati" and its almost the same as a mexican wheat tortilla - the usual tortilla in mexico is corn ... which in India is pretty rare, but we do have a mixed flour one too - has corn but not all corn.

OK so that is fine.
We eat rice in India, in copius quantity, especially in South India and lots of Rice based soup style food as well as the dry fried rice called Biryani in most of the middle east and India. Spicy, sweet, and everything inbetween entrees with rice.

Guess what we dont do ... India or mexico ... eat rice in a tortilla.

Why ? They are both from the same food group. Grain ...

Why does every Tex-Mex chain do it ... If you went to a mom and pop mexican place, you dont see them make that into an entree ...

My take: its cos rice is like a sponge, it will absorb any spices its cooked with, and rice is cheap ... and the sheeple dont know any better ...

There flame on, monsatan or is that Monistat ... either way, has gotten into our rice and has ended up in burritto's.

Cool.
Srinath.

Cheap filler!!!!!

Oooo someone who already goes to and eats @ one of these places should try it ... I wont, cos even if it turns out the way I want ... there is no guarantee it will and I am not wastig my $$$ on one of these places ...

So order one of these: A chicken burrito in a bowl and they do that and ask for the tortilla on the side, but - no rice or beans ... and if it comes across nearly empty ... you can complain ... and say OK put beans only, I dont want that filler rice ...

The reason no burrito is that they can wrap it tighter without it looking like its 1/2 empty.

Post back if you do it.
Cool.
Srinath.

MMmmmm, Indian food. Love it!

srinath wrote on 11/15/12 at 06:34:15:


When I worked at Apple, I had Indian friends who were over here on visa's stealing our jobs - LOL   Anyway, I became good fishing buddies with several, and was invited many times to their homes for meals that their wives prepared, and srinath is right; home cooking is quite different and more subdued.   That said, Indian restaurants are still among my very favorite cuisines.   Granted, the food is rich and you can't eat it everyday, but the tastes will take you to extremes of flavor.   In fact, I suggested to one of my friends that an Indian fast food franchise might be a viable enterprise...

Colonel Punjabs Tandoori Chicken

The menu would, of course, feature a bucket of the Colonel's best, but also tasty side dishes similar to what sit down restaurants offer.   If you are a midwestern meat & spuds kinda person, this may not have much appeal (I used to ride with one).   However, for all those who enjoy culinary exploration, as I do, I think this type of place could fly, especially here in California.

Starlifter wrote on 11/15/12 at 16:18:28:



BTW bread ... as we know it isn't native to India. We dont have that in a recipie.
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Srinath.

srinath wrote on 11/15/12 at 18:31:42:


That comment was tongue-in-cheek, BTW.  I fully concur, and thot the H1 program was awful in many ways.  However, the side effect was that it allowed me to meet interesting folks whom I probably never would have met otherwise.   My friendship was (is) always personal, and still have contact with most, including those who have returned to India.   When I pick friends, I don't judge by who-what-when-where-how they are.   I either like them and enjoy their company or not (my Dad's motto was "a stranger is a friend I've never met").  Grand cosmic view...  there are some people who "get it", and some who don't, but we are stretching burrito ingredients here a bit - LOL.