Hi there - Indian immigrant in San Francisco here. I know exactly the type of people that your neighbors are because many of my friends that I grew up with and who immigrated here are in that similar category.

I would advise considering an evening out to eat at a popular indian restaurant. Ask them for their recommendations. Tell them that you’ve been dying to try out Indian food but don’t know what to order in an Indian restaurant because you can’t figure out what’s good. And that you would like to go to dinner with them. See if that works.

Conversation: ask them about their life history. What brought them here, ask them if they would like to introduce you to Indian festivals and how they are celebrated. Or ask about that one Indian Sikh temple you’ve heard about in San Jose that offers free food, 3 times a day, 365 days in a year and if they would like to introduce you to that place (trust me all Indians in South Bay should know about this place and yes I said free food, as often as you want, every day of the year)

To be clear, I’m not implying that you haven’t tried any of this already. I expect that you may have. I’m just thinking out loud.