I am not an indian but I love their food.?

Question

Of late I am hooked on to the indian cuisine. There is something about those dishes that drives me nuts. I have also wondered how they get the gravy of the dishes like tandoori chicken or paneer (cottage cheese) tikka or butter masala or something like that. A couple of days back I had this dish called 'saag paneer' and man was it awesome!!!!! I love spicy foods a lot so when I was invited to an indian house I loved the food and the spicyness of it. I wanted to ask the host how do they prepare such tasty dishes but I thought it might be rude of me.

So anyone out there, pl. help as I have been inspired to do some cooking of my own after having tasted indian cuisine.I wish to surprise my GF.

Answer 1

Please make it a pleasant surprise.

Answer 2

*Sure !!!! Go to google and type : indian recipe !!!

U will be flooded with sites that give out recipes !!!

Choose the ones u like best !!!

Happy cooking & Bon apetit !!!

Answer 3

Go to FoodNetwork.com or any other numerous cooking websites.

Glad you like our cuisine, you've got a free invite to dinner at my house any time.   :)

(Invite not valid in FL, WA, IN or DE.)

*^_^*

Answer 4

Why on earth would anyone find it rude to ask how things were made?  I would think most people would be very flattered by that.  Some people have their secret family recipes of course but most are willing to share recipes.  I love foods from all over the world.  I would say the best thing would be to ask your Indian friends, they'd probably love to help you out.

Answer 5

http://indianrecipe.org/

Also go onto Youtube, I watched a lady showing us how to make Samoas and other foods.

Your GF is one lucky girl. Good luck.

Answer 6

I , too, love that Indian food. Palak Paneer is my favorite (spiced spinach with cheese cubes)!!  In my larger local supermarkets, there is a great selection of jarred sauces and "cooking bases" for indian food. I believe the brand is called Taste of India or Bombay something... Anyway, good luck and happy eating!!

Answer 7

This is wonderful to hear!  I am so glad you are enjoying Indian cuisine.  It's not rude to ask the host for a recipe, it's flattering!  

This is a great website for authentic & tradional recipes:

http://www.bellaonline.com/site/indianfo...

Answer 8

In India there are four basic gravies:

*Red Gravy:- in it OGG paste is golden browned and then spices like tummeric(haldi) powder, kashmiri red chilli powder, corriander powder, cumin(jeera) powder are added and nicely roasted.

*White Gravy:- OGG is added and then without frying it paste of almond, cashew paste are added and then hung curd is added to make rich white gravy. (all makhni dishes contain white gravy)

*Brown Gravy:- It is similar to red grvy but in place of kashmiri red chilli powder, common red chilli powder isadded as kashmiri red chilli powder contains natural coloing agents.

*Green Gravy;- It is similar to brown gravy, but green palak saag(spinach) is added to make it green.

Here OGG means - Ogion+ginger+garlic paste

and cashews, almonds and raisins can be added in almost every type of gravys to make it rich and tasty.

Answer 9

If you like you can visit my blog for simple indian recipes

www.divya-dilse.blogspot.com

Answer 10

The basic ingredientds of any curry is

Onion

Ginger

garlic

Spices

             Clove pd

            cinnamon pd

             Cumin pd

            Corianderpd

Answer 11

If you would like to make Indian food and surprise your GF check this site :

http://www.eatyourveggie.com

i think this is a great site.

Answer 12

Visit the website www.tarladalal.com

It has good indian recipies.

Answer 13

Many of these dishes can be replicated easily using sauces found in the Ethnic section of your market also recipes can be found on line. All cooking is like chemistry just follow the directions use the right ingredients and add a little love.

Good Luck..

Answer 14

Almost  all graveis are made by natural indian spices in traditional ways weather it is factory or home made according to the regional taste with a cntinental view. for example a dal/fish curry 's  masala mixture differs  regionwise.After all I  think Indian is the only one country in the world with so many diversities in culture, lanuage, religieon, castes and sub-castes,weather conditions and yet maintaining as one. Just go through some   Mughali /Kashmiri    or south Indian cooking receipe.

Answer 15

go to a bookstore like barnes and noble, borders, book a million, etc.  all have a great cooking section and you can find cooking books from basically every culture.

I've recently acquired a taste my grandmother old hazara recipes and was able to find an Afghan cook book at borders so I'm sure you can find Indian.

Answer 16

Just Google Indian food recipes.  Indian is the new Thai.

Answer 17

Thank you for ur foundness for india food here is the site where u will find most of the indian cuisine http://www.cookinginindia.com/ my advice to u is that pl try south indian tasty dishes as idle uppma and vadda sambar