Hi,

I'm looking for some simple indian food recipes. I'm having trouble
getting other than ad sites when I search for this with Google.

I'm looking for simple (or simpler...)- it's okay if it's not
completely authentic or is westernized. If there aren't good resources
on the web, can someone recommend a book?

On 2007-01-01, wrote:

I'm looking for some simple indian food recipes. I'm having trouble
getting other than ad sites when I search for this with Google.

Try he

http://www.gadnet.com/recipes.htm

nb

wrote:
Hi,

I'm looking for some simple indian food recipes. I'm having trouble
getting other than ad sites when I search for this with Google.

I'm looking for simple (or simpler...)- it's okay if it's not
completely authentic or is westernized. If there aren't good resources
on the web, can someone recommend a book?


Maybe your search term is too complicated or something? I entered
"indian recipes" into Google and got lots of good links. The second is
clean and well laid out as are 9/10 of the first hits returned.

wrote:
Hi,

I'm looking for some simple indian food recipes. I'm having trouble
getting other than ad sites when I search for this with Google.

I'm looking for simple (or simpler...)- it's okay if it's not
completely authentic or is westernized. If there aren't good resources
on the web, can someone recommend a book?

Indian food is anythign but simple but here is a video for Indian bread
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...96229&q=indian...

On 1 Jan 2007 09:33:21 -0800, wrote:

Hi,

I'm looking for some simple indian food recipes. I'm having trouble
getting other than ad sites when I search for this with Google.

I'm looking for simple (or simpler...)- it's okay if it's not
completely authentic or is westernized. If there aren't good resources
on the web, can someone recommend a book?

I recommend Julie Sahni's _Indian Regional Classics: Fast, Fresh, and
Healthy Home Cooking_. I cook from it frequently.

TammyM

wrote:
Hi,

I'm looking for some simple indian food recipes. I'm having trouble
getting other than ad sites when I search for this with Google.

I'm looking for simple (or simpler...)- it's okay if it's not
completely authentic or is westernized. If there aren't good resources
on the web, can someone recommend a book?



Red Lentil Spinach Stew

2 Tbs olive oil
1 medium onion (or 1 cup) - diced
5 cups water (or vegetable broth)
2 cups dry red lentils
2 cups (or 28-oz can) diced tomatoes
1-1/2 cups (or 10-oz pk) thawed spinach
2 Tbs butter
2 tsp dried basil
1-1/2 tsp cardamom powder
1 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp curry powder
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/8 tsp ground black pepper
a pinch to 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper (optional)


In a 5-qt stockpot, fry onions in olive oil until browned.

Add remaining ingredients and stir well.

Bring to a boil, cover and simmer for 30-minutes,
stirring occasionally, until lentils are done.

Partly blend with stick blender.

Serve with yogurt.

Makes 8-cups.


Rusty

wrote:
Hi,

I'm looking for some simple indian food recipes. I'm having trouble
getting other than ad sites when I search for this with Google.

I'm looking for simple (or simpler...)- it's okay if it's not
completely authentic or is westernized. If there aren't good resources
on the web, can someone recommend a book?

I just googled it with "chana dal" and got this:

http://www.mendosa.com/chanadal.html

Amanda wrote:
wrote:
Hi,

I'm looking for some simple indian food recipes. I'm having trouble
getting other than ad sites when I search for this with Google.

I'm looking for simple (or simpler...)- it's okay if it's not
completely authentic or is westernized. If there aren't good resources
on the web, can someone recommend a book?

I just googled it with "chana dal" and got this:

http://www.mendosa.com/chanadal.html

Since I don't like complication, I chose "simple chama dal" and it is:

(Note: You can buy Garam Masala; BTW, I would have a meat dish also,
curry or kabob)

Ingredients:


2 cups (uncooked) chana dal

6 cups water

1 large onion

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon garam masala1

salt to taste

Preparation:

Simmer dal until tender. Purée part of it. Carmelize onion in a bit of
olive oil. Add garam masala and simmer a bit more. Add onions to dal.

Serving suggestions:

Serve over a bed of one-half rice and one-half barley. Top with
fat-free sour cream or plain non-fat yogurt.

Notes:

1Garam masala is a mixture of fragrant, pulverized spices. In Bengal it
consists of cinnamon, cardamom, and cloves. In other parts of India it
may also include black peppercorns, nutmeg, coriander, and other
spices. All Indian stores sell ground garam masala.

wrote:

I'm looking for some simple indian food recipes.

See the List o'Links for alt.food.asian posted occasionally by
blacksalt. You can also find it at
http://vsack.homepage.t-online.de/afa_faq.html. I have just culled
some dead links from the Indian section.

Victor

wrote:
Hi,

I'm looking for some simple indian food recipes. I'm having trouble
getting other than ad sites when I search for this with Google.

I'm looking for simple (or simpler...)- it's okay if it's not
completely authentic or is westernized. If there aren't good
resources on the web, can someone recommend a book?

Generally, Indian food just isn't simple. Nevertheless, I recommend Madhur
Jaffrey's cookbooks, such as "A Taste of India," highly. Not saying it will
be simple, but it will be doable in a Western kitchen, and she provides lots
of delicious vegetable recipes. She also has a vegetarian cookbook, although
I don't have it. (I believe it might be an international cookbook, rather
than an Indian one.) I have a vegetarian Indian cookbook by someone else
(can't recall the name), but it just isn't as good as the Jaffreys.

If you want to make things very simply, try buying some Patak spice pastes.
You can add a little plain yogurt, lemon juice, etc.

"TammyM" wrote in message
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On 1 Jan 2007 09:33:21 -0800, wrote:

Hi,

I'm looking for some simple indian food recipes. I'm having trouble
getting other than ad sites when I search for this with Google.

I'm looking for simple (or simpler...)- it's okay if it's not
completely authentic or is westernized. If there aren't good resources
on the web, can someone recommend a book?

I recommend Julie Sahni's _Indian Regional Classics: Fast, Fresh, and
Healthy Home Cooking_. I cook from it frequently.

TammyM


I agree wholeheartedly. I use Julie Sahni's "Classic Indian Cooking" pub.
1980. She has the charisma of Julia Child. She makes it all fun. I just made
her tandoori chicken, and following that Makhani Murghi, or butter chicken,
along with Palak and Matar for the veggies. She's the kind of author you'd
like to hang around the kitchen with. "What do you think about this......?"

She's great.

Kent
Kent

Rusty wrote:
wrote:
Hi,

I'm looking for some simple indian food recipes. I'm having trouble
getting other than ad sites when I search for this with Google.

I'm looking for simple (or simpler...)- it's okay if it's not
completely authentic or is westernized. If there aren't good resources
on the web, can someone recommend a book?



Red Lentil Spinach Stew

2 Tbs olive oil
1 medium onion (or 1 cup) - diced
5 cups water (or vegetable broth)
2 cups dry red lentils
2 cups (or 28-oz can) diced tomatoes
1-1/2 cups (or 10-oz pk) thawed spinach
2 Tbs butter
2 tsp dried basil
1-1/2 tsp cardamom powder
1 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp curry powder
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/8 tsp ground black pepper
a pinch to 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper (optional)


In a 5-qt stockpot, fry onions in olive oil until browned.

Add remaining ingredients and stir well.

Bring to a boil, cover and simmer for 30-minutes,
stirring occasionally, until lentils are done.

Partly blend with stick blender.

Serve with yogurt.

Makes 8-cups.


Rusty

I;ve been told to always cook the spices seperately in a dry skillet
before adding them. Does it work to just dump in the cumin, coriander,
etc with the rest of the ingredients??

In article [email protected], says...

If you want to make things very simply, try buying some Patak spice pastes.
You can add a little plain yogurt, lemon juice, etc.



I know a couple of Indian working couples, and this is what they do for
everyday cooking. Not necessarily the Patak brand (which, imo, is good)
but other masala powder and paste mixes, some boxed or tinned, and some
made by the local Indian grocers they prefer to deal with (i.e., grocers
who understand their regional preferences).

Bob

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Hi,

I'm looking for some simple indian food recipes. I'm having trouble
getting other than ad sites when I search for this with Google.

I'm looking for simple (or simpler...)- it's okay if it's not
completely authentic or is westernized. If there aren't good resources
on the web, can someone recommend a book?


for great veg recipes:
1. the pleasure of indian vegetrain cooking - tarla dalal (authentic)
2. the art of indian vegetarain cooking - yamuna devi (satvik style; no
onions, no garlic)

for greatest satisfaction, pls recite a bhojan-mantra at the beginning and
then play pundit jasraj's songs at low volume during dinner.

om shanti.

In article . com,
"Jude" wrote:

I;ve been told to always cook the spices seperately in a dry skillet
before adding them. Does it work to just dump in the cumin, coriander,
etc with the rest of the ingredients??

It works the way any other recipe substitution works: if you like
the taste, then it's okay (though maybe not authentic).

I would, however, recommend toasting the spices the first time you
make a recipe. Toasting really does change the flavor of a spice, as
does crushing it before use (or toasting _and_ crushing it). I was
given an object lesson in that from a native Indian cook.

sd