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"Cuddly Duddly" > wrote:

> As a curry addicted Englishman living in the US, I have to drive over 50
> miles to visit any Indian restaurant. Both myself and my wife and 18 year
> old daughter ADORE Indian food. The eyes of the waiter in the first Indian
> restaurant I took them to here in America opened wide when my daughter, then
> 8 years old asked the waiter to bring her a Chicken Tikka Masala. He had
> expected her to order a cheese burger or some other piece of junk, I am by
> no means an expert cook but can follow recipes fairly well and my wife,
> (Pennsylvania Dutch, brought up on a diet of beef, French Fries and
> Scrapple, and who spat out her first taste of a home made curry I made
> (which wasn't that bad, really it wasn't) is, now, an extremely competent
> cook and when she has the time, will make a wonderful Indian meal.
>
> Now, with advancing age and having now found myself with diet controllable
> Type 2 diabetes, I would be grateful if any knowledgeable person on this
> list can direct me to somewhere I can find recipes for Indian food which
> won't blow my blood sugar to the point where my quack goes ape.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions and, on a personal note, I do hope this requested
> subject doesn't degenerate by the 4th or 5th email into a personal slanging
> match as so many seem wont to do.
>
> Happy New Year.

The main ingredients in Indian food that are likely to be problematic
for you are rice, bread, potatoes, milk. Sweet lassi would be a problem,
of course. But if you serve your curry over cauliflower instead of rice,
you'll be a lot of the way there. Get yourself a meter and experiment
with your favorite recipes. If your blood sugar's good, keep going; if
it's too high, modify the recipes (leave out peas, say) and try again.
Folks with more experience can give suggestions, but sometimes you'll
have a blood sugar response to something that's totally unexpected. For
instance, I get high bg from coconut milk that's all out of proportion
to the carb content. (I was stubborn enough to try multiple variants,
including a spicy Thai soup based on coconut milk.)

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