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I am planning on visiting India (Delhi) in 6 months. Has anyone gone and been able to eat?

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I am planning on visiting India (Delhi) in 6 months. Has anyone gone and been able to eat?
There will be lots of things you can eat: Dal (lentils cooked with many different curries depending on where your cook is from) aloo (cabbage) potato dishes just to name a few... Chicken Tikka and lamb dishes--you will just need to avoid Chapati (a wheat tortilla) and Nan (a bread) that comes at nearly every meal. There are also Pappadum which are a southern speciality that look like a thin tortilla made from garbanzo bean flour...also so somosas (fried savories) can be made exclusivly of the same flour--but sometimes contain wheat too.
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There will be lots of things you can eat: Dal (lentils cooked with many different curries depending on where your cook is from) aloo (cabbage) potato dishes just to name a few... Chicken Tikka and lamb dishes--you will just need to avoid Chapati (a wheat tortilla) and Nan (a bread) that comes at nearly every meal. There are also Pappadum which are a southern speciality that look like a thin tortilla made from garbanzo bean flour...also so somosas (fried savories) can be made exclusivly of the same flour--but sometimes contain wheat too.

Wow - great info. My hubby and I are looking into traveling there sometime next year. This info helps a lot - I am not very familiar with Indian food. Have you traveled there??

Have a great trip "justme"!

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My Indian neighbor made Dosas for me. It is made from fermented rice and ghee. The batter is poured in a pan and cooked like a crepe and served fresh and hot. They taste like a very thin, cheesy cracker. Very good. Also the one restaurant that I can always get a safe meal at is a local Indian restaurant that serves very simple, homestyle curries. We go there almost every weekend and I'm really nervous when I eat out anywhere else. I'm very thankful for it. So, I hope you have a good experience.

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Wow - great info. My hubby and I are looking into traveling there sometime next year. This info helps a lot - I am not very familiar with Indian food. Have you traveled there??

Have a great trip "justme"!

Yes I spent a great deal of time there in the 80's...where do you live? Perhaps trying Indian food out first would be a good idea. You really will have a lot of choices...it's very vegan and Paleo based food

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Just be careful about the Indian restaurants in the states. It depends which ones you go to because there can be cross contamination in the tandoori oven with bread being baked there, too, and in the oil that things are fried in could also have fried gluten based items. Do your research before hand to prevent disappointment.

There is an Indian celiac group on yahoo, but it is made up of very few members. Even so, they are from India and the group owner might be able to give you some tips for your travels to the region.

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Need to ask about their use of asofoetida in their cooking as this can be wheat based. I understand that the Hing brand is not wheat based.

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