An ode to TastyBite Indian Food
A couple of weeks ago UPS dropped off a 30 lb. box of Indian food from TastyBite. Every box has been absolutely delicious.
My personal favorites are the Kashmir Spinach, Madras Lentils, and the recently discontinued Curried Mashed Potatoes. They're about $3 a box in the local supermarkets, but you can get them for as low as $2.09 a box when you buy them by the 6-pack online. And they do free shipping on orders of $50 or more. Twenty-four meals for fifty bucks is a pretty good bargain.
Most importantly, all of TastyBite's vegetarian Indian foods are 100% Kosher. We're hoping that someday they'll also get rabbinic supervision for their vegetarian Thai products, too.
I'm not a big fan of the Malabar Mixed Vegetables. We bought a dozen of those because they were on sale for $1.25 apiece, but we haven't enjoyed those as much as the more mainstream dishes. They're a little too rich and creamy for my taste.
It's a shame that TastyBite is no longer selling their Curried Mashed Potatoes dish. Those were absolutely fantastic. Fortunately, there are no shortage of recipes for Pav Bhaji available on the Net.
Excellent. I've gotta try me some of that. :-)
Posted by Jeremy Zawodny at February 16, 2004 08:52 PMI just tried TastyBites Punjab Eggplant tonight, while staying in an Extended StayAmerica on a business trip. I was SO impressed, I logged on to look them up, and came across your blog. Gotta agree with you, TastyBites rock! Glad you mentioned bulk shipments - I'm off to place my first order!
Posted by Nikki Baldwin at February 18, 2004 08:37 PMI am completely intrigued by this post. But I don't quite understand-- what IS it??? Is it, like, frozen? Or dried up, like ramen? I must try some.
Posted by gchei at February 18, 2004 10:14 PMNeither frozen nor dried. It's in a foil pouch -- it comes in a "soft can" if such a thing exists. Maybe I'll take a digital photo or two. Like most Indian food, it actually doesn't look very pretty, but it tastes quite good.
Posted by Michael J. Radwin at February 19, 2004 09:05 AMI just ordered me some Tasty Bite... mmmmmm... I can't wait!
Posted by Chel at February 22, 2004 11:54 AMI can't wait for my Tasty Bite. I'm tracking it on UPS, it left New Jersey on Monday.
Posted by Chel at February 25, 2004 12:24 PMMine is on the way too. I wonder if I'll have it in time for the weekend...
Posted by Jeremy Zawodny at February 26, 2004 12:21 PMI have TASTY BITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(I'll be trying some soon...)
Posted by Chel at February 26, 2004 02:38 PMOh my god.
Sorry, but I rarther cook these things myself, its much tastier! (And doesn't take much time, just some days ago I cooked a wonderful yellow curry in 30 Minutes).
This is really nothing for me...
Other than Tasty Bite you can also try MTR Ready-To-Eat if it is available there in the US.
MTR Ready-To-Eat -
http://www.mtrfoods.com/readytoeat/index.htm
If just ready-to-eat is so delicious, think how good it will be when cooked by a good chef! :-)
Posted by Ashwin N at March 9, 2004 06:14 AM