Ashoka Authentic Indian 1932, Vegetarian Beans Curry, Gluten-Free Ready to Heat Food, Kosher Certified, All Natural Everyday Dal Makhani, Healthy Work Lunch, No Preservatives, Pack of 1

These are actually pretty great considering what you'd expect to get. Each pouch is a hearty meal and goes great with some reheated naan, rotis, or tortillas. The price is great too, and I often eat these for lunch.

this food was All right.

The flavor of this is excellent. It could be a little hotter in spice but, I can add my own heat. Don't hesitate to buy it .. you won't regret it.

Very good, tastes just like a Delhi Dhaba flavor, all you have to add a few items, butter, Sour Cream, a pinch of salt and half a cup of water, this will make it taste like the Dal Makhani you are looking for.

I couldn’t eat it. Bad. Most people won’t be able to stomach it.

Tastes almost as good as moms

I have tested some other rice products that I thought were similar to these. But these packets are pre cooked so you just need to microwave the contents long enough to reheat the contents. I really liked the convenience of that. They should expand their flavors to include less seasonings - I think these might draw a larger following. I have a typical American pallet so the flavor profile was a little odd to my typical diet. I do eat Thai curries and typical Chinese foods and the flavors are still a bit unusual to me. It has something similar to cinnamon in the mixture where my brain was thinking the spice should go in something sweet instead of this savory rice dish. But the flavor isn't overwhelming and the overall flavor wasn't bad. It just wasn't something I'd yearn to eat. My main disappointment with these rice dishes - the contents are not brightly colored as the photos indicate. The peas barely have any green color at all - almost everything has a brown/gray color it. If someone served this to me, I might ask if it was spoiled due to how lifeless the vegetables looked. But I'm sure that is just the spices overpowering the colors. In either case, I'll eat this but I didn't find the spice mixture to be something I'd likely yearn for after I'm done. I really did like that these just reheat and store without refrigeration. I will be looking for something similar in a different flavor.

Review for Black Gram & Kidney Beans: This product reminded me of Mexican refried beans where only half the beans are smooshed, giving extra texture. The flavor was similar, except there is milk in this (6.5%), as well as butter (1.5%). You can taste the flavor change from the milk. Any more dairy would have been too much for me. Overall, the flavor was not what I would think of as curry. It wasn’t as strong as most curry I have tried. I ate mine with corn chips, just as I would refried beans. This would be equally good with rice. If you don’t like milk, I’d avoid, but otherwise, this is a decent dish (or more appropriately, side dish). Two minutes in the microwave once you squeeze out the packet and you’re good to go (put a lid on the bowl, or you’ll have a mess). If you have kitchen scissors, I’d open with those, so you can fully and cleanly cut off the top without any jerking motion you might get from tearing it when the tear reaches the opposite side you started from.