curry or chinese

[colk100]

overall, including all dishes, which is better for you. indian or chinese?

[quattro]

Chinese food is lower in fat than Indian food so is also lower in calories generally.

[Gef]

The question is too vague and quattro's answer is too general (generally) :-)

[darth vader]

he/she did ask "overall" - i would give my opinion of chinese being better for you - some dishes (sweet and sour, lemon chicken, anything in batter) can be high in calories but a typical chowmein is about 1/3 to 1/4 the calories of a typical curry. on the other hand, a chicken tikka (not masala - just the tikka bits) or a chicken tandoori is quite low in calories (but these are the few exceptions to the norm of curries being high in calories and fat)