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India is famous throughout the world for a complex, savory cuisine packed with flavor. Indian foods are not easy to cook and require a highly trained chef with specialized equipment. Sadly, many Indian restaurants leave diners disappointed but the Baluchi at the Horizon Beach Resort Hotel definitely exceeds all expectations.

General Manager Umesh Shrivaastava insures that the food served at the restaurant is authentic and representative of the best India has to offer. Spices, of course, play an enormously important role in Indian cooking, and the Baluchi imports all of its spices from India even though they are very expensive.

Mr. Shrivaastava is also adamant about having a chef from India in the kitchen who understands the exotic recipes and combinations of flavors. He also imported tandoor ovens, an essential item for creating wonderful Indian breads as well as main courses.

Traditional Indian specialities as tandoori chicken, chicken tikka, fish tikka, and tandoori prawns are cooked in the tandoor ovens which keeps the cuisine moist and delicately spiced. It is easy to overcook food in atandoor, but experience keeps this from happening at the Baluchi. The fish is especially good and reason enough for making a trip to the restaurant.

The murgh makhanwala, a rich chicken curry flavored with onion, butter and green chilies, is a specialty. And the Rogan Josh Kashmiri is guaranteed to remind diners how delightful properly cooked mutton can really be.

Lentils simmered in cream, okra (lady fingers) cooked with Indian spices, and green peas pulao are the featured vegetables. They were all delicately spiced and not overcooked. Then, there are the various breads to eat with each dish. The tandoori roti is served piping hot and a delight to tear into small pieces and wrap around a piece chicken tikka or a tandoori prawn. The paratha lacheddar, a layered whole wheat bread is equally delicious.

The dessert, phimi, like all Indian sweets, is outrageously rich and satisfying. Made from reduced milk and flavored with saffron and dried fruits, it provides a fitting end to a wonderful dining experience.

Christmas Gift: Authentic Indian Cooking Class

Ren¡¯s Authentic Indian Cooking Class ¨C The Perfect Christmas Gift Idea

Ren¡¯s Kitchen was created from friends and family - asking her for Indian cooking recipes and coming to her home for Indian cookery tips and lessons. She soon realised that she had discovered her passion which lead her to set-up cookery classes for fellow curry lovers in London and is now offering a unique Christmas gift idea.

Rens unique London based Christmas gift idea provides lovers of Indian cooking the opportunity to create their very own dishes at home this Christmas.

¡®Curry¡¯ is the nations favourite food, most people either go out to restaurants to eat it grab a ¡®take away¡¯ or buy lavishly photographed Indian cooking books only to find that they just can¡¯t get the flavours they crave quite right - that¡¯s where Ren gets involved, She teaches curry lovers how to cook authentic delicious Indian meals for themselves in London with this Christmas gift idea.

This Christmas gift gives the receiver the opportunity to learn the important techniques used when cooking Indian food, which you can then take to your own kitchen and experiment with. During your full day class in London lasting 6-7 hours Ren will reveal the true secrets of Indian cooking. You will learn to use spices and herbs in the correct way and gain understanding on what each spice actually brings to a dish. On the menu for your class will be a delicious starter, 3 mains, a desert along with chappatis and rice. This is not a demonstration but a unique Christmas gift idea where you do the work with Ren's guidance.

At the end of the day, you will be able to 'take away' your meal, back to your own home to share with your friends and family.

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