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There are many different types of Indian food, in the same way there are many different types of Chinese food.

In Britain, Northern Indian cuisine cooked by Bangladeshi's predominates. It has been tweaked for a Western market, but the origins and ingredients are still Indian.

My co-workers would cook dishes very similar to these (butter chicken for example) every Eid/ Diwali. And although the recipes my friend would bring in nearly every day (she worried I wasn't eating properly) were not on this menu, they were along the same lines in terms of ingredients. She used to make fried chicken especially for me - a milder version than the one her and her husband were eating, giving the lie to the "leftovers" idea - and it would be hot enough to make my nose run.

I've eaten in restaurants where mine is the only white face, and the food is not dissimilar. The curries I ate in Sri Lanka were different for sure, and when the vegetarian Southern Indian restaurant opened around the corner from work I found the dishes has a similar style.

What would you consider Indian, Pie?
I'd love to have some recipes from a part of India I'm unfamiliar with.