I have been living in north america for a long time and have extensibly
traveled in the western countries. One thing that really stands out
about indian restaurants outside south asia is that they have mastered
the art of serving the same mass produced gravy adorned with ingenious
names that almost rolls out of tongue of every non-indian customer of
theirs.

I have never been able to tell "Rogan Josh" from "Kadai Lamb" or "Kadai
Chicken" from "Chicken Masala" or "Chicken Curry". There are literally
hundreds of dishes made out of the same set of curry pastes. Some are
garnished with tomatoes, while others with coriander leaves. They
pretty much start out with a vegetable curry base, add some cauliflower
and potatoes to it and call is "Aloo Gobi". Pretty exotic eh? and then
you move on and add some chicken and call is chicken vindaloo. Why stop
there.. let's add some lamb and call it "Rogan Josh".

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