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It was probably as a child with Chinese/Indian fusion food.

My first encounter with Indian cuisine was at a restaurant serving vegetarian dishes from southern India. I enjoyed the food there very much.

At a small vegetarian restuarant over 20 years ago. I know Roti came with the dish .

My daughter took me to an Indian restaurant when I visited her once and I tried the chana masala. It's my favorite Indian meal since that day. I've tried a lot of things but that's still my favorite.

Living in the deep south , I've never had the opportunity to try Indian cuisine.

Back in 2001, when I was in the hospital after giving birth, my husband and my parents decided to try an Indian restaurant in our area. My husband told me in the hospital how delicious the food was and he wanted to take me there on the way home . I was really tired and didn't think I was hungry, but I devoured the food and have been a fan of Indian food ever since that day.

In college these was an Indian place near my apt figured i'd try it and fell in love!

While I was living in Southern California, I went to some serious Indian restaurant with about 6 or 7 girlfriends. We each got a different dish and shared. It was my first experience with Indian food, and it was incredible!

My first encounter was around 10 years ago, tasting curried chicken over rice served by a local chain. Not the most memorable dish, I tell you. Fortunately, my faith in curries was restored several years later when I tried the real deal at an authentic Indian restaurant. Have loved it ever since.

Actually I DO remember my first introduction to what was for me at the time "foreign" cuisine. I was on vacation in Dublin, Ireland, of all places, and my companion insisted we find the best Indian restaurant in the city. I don't remember much about the experience except sitting on huge cushions on the floor and my friend using a word that sounded something like "tandoori" quite frequently as he rattled off our orders to the waiter. I had no clue. Then when the food came, I saw the peppers and thought, okay, here's something I can impress my friend with, because I was used to eating jalapenos and spicy Tex-Mex food. Oh my... I don't have to tell you the rest of the story, I'm sure you can imagine! I don't think I tasted much of anything else during the rest of my trip to Ireland. :)

In third grade, we sampled different country's cuisines, and I remember the curry because I asked the teacher for the recipe!

My first experience with Indian food was not exactly a pleasant one. My freshman roommate was Indian and her mother would bring her home cooked Indian food each weekend. I don't remember exactly what I tried, I just know that I was so ill prepared for the heat that it made my cry, my nose run and have my mouth burn for the rest of the night. I had absolutely no heat tolerance.
Later that year my friends including my roommate and I went to an Indian restaurant just off campus. I grilled her about whether mild would be mild. I fell in love with the cuisine! I even tried some of her mother's food later that year (though only the 'mild' stuff). Now I cook Indian at least once a week (with lots of heat!) having learned the basics from an Indo-Fijian friend.