純正地道美語第297期(外教講解):印度美食

A: So where is this mystery restaurant that we are going to?
那個我們要去的神祕的餐廳在哪兒？

B: It' s an Indian restaurant! I know you have never had Indian food, so I thought you might want to try.
那是個印第餐館！我知道你沒有吃過印度的食物，所以我想也許你會想嘗試一下。

A: That sounds great! I am craving some type of beef dish.
聽起來不錯！我想吃牛肉菜。

B: Well, Indian cuisine actually doesn' t serve beef. You see, cows are a sacred animal, a very important element in the Hindu religion, so beef is not eaten.
嗯，事實上印度菜譜裏沒有牛肉。你知道的，奶牛是一種很神聖的動物，在印度教裏是很重要的東西，因此牛肉是不能吃的。

A: I see, so what are we having? Chicken?
我知道了，所以我們可以吃什麼呢？雞肉嗎？

B: There are many amazing dishes to choose from. We can have some chicken tikka masala which is an amazing curry. It' s a bit spicy, but I think you can handle it.
這裏有很多美味可以選擇。我們有雞肉味的小塊香料做成的很棒的咖喱。有點辛辣，不過我覺得你能吃的。

A: Sounds good! I have always heard that Indian spices give a rich flavor to food.
很好！我聽說印度的香料讓食物味道變得很豐富。

B: Yeah. Also, we can have some Naan bread which is baked in a tandoori oven. Since you don' t use any utensils to eat, you can use this bread to scoop up the curry or rice.
是的。我們還有些在泥爐炭火鍋裏製作的印度薄餅。你可以用麪包來盛咖喱粉和米飯而省去了器皿。

A: What about veggies?
那素食者呢？

B: They have a good variety of vegetable-based dishes like palak paneer, vegetable samosas or daal.
他們有各種各樣的以蔬菜爲主的菜餚，比如菠菜芝士，蔬菜三角包。

A: It all sounds exquisite! I can' t wait!
聽上去它們都很美味啊！我等不及想去了！

crave 懇求渴望
Worse yet, eating salt makes you crave more salt! 更糟的是，吃得愈鹹會使你想吃更多鹽！

cuisine n. 烹飪，烹調法

cow n. 奶牛，母牛；母獸 vt. 威脅，恐嚇

sacred adj. 神的；神聖的；宗教的；莊嚴的

Hindu n. 印度人；印度教教徒 adj. 印度教的；印度的

tikka n. 碎塊 vt. 切成小塊 masala n. 馬沙拉（一種香料）

spice n. 香料；情趣；調味品；少許 vt. 加香料於…；使…增添趣味
His jokes always give spice to his conversation. 他講的笑話常常給他的談話增添風趣。

naan n. 奶奶（小孩兒語）印度烤餅 印度薄餅 印度餅

Tandoori n. 唐杜裏烹飪法；泥爐炭火烹飪法 adj. 用唐杜裏烹飪法燒的；泥爐炭火烹飪法的

utensil n. 用具，器皿

scoop up 用鏟子取；兜接，舀上來

veggie n. 素食者

palak 菠菜泥 paneer n. 印度奶酪 Palak Paneer 菠菜芝士

samosa 炸三角包

exquisite n. 服飾過於講究的男子 adj. 精緻的；細膩的；優美的，高雅的；異常的；劇烈的