When my white friends post statuses on Facebook about what they’re making for dinner:

- Making seared [insert meat] with fennel leaves and [some other fancy sounding ingredient]

- Roasted [insert meat] with spiced [something else]

- Balsamic marinated [something] with [adjective] salad and a side of [some sort of fancy side]

- [adjective] rice with [meat] stew, [adjective] baguette, and [adjective] wine

When my fellow desi friends post statuses about food on Facebook:

- SEEKH KABOBS

-SAMOSAS

- CHICKEN MAKHNI

No fancy adjectives or description of ingredients used to make said dish.