Samosa and other Indian recipes?

Question

I love Indian food and now that I am in a relationship with an Indian man I want to learn to cook foods that are native to his birth culture.

Samosa is my top priority and I want a recipe that is authentic. Not westernized versions, the real traditional Indian samosa. Does anyone have a traditional recipe to offer?

I'm also looking for recommendations on cookbooks with traditional Indian recipes. Any guidance there or tips in general in cooking Indian dishes?

Peace and many thanks.

Answer 1

Books by Nina Mehata are the best as the recipes in those are the real Indian meals and easy to follow and delicious of course.One the net try NDTVcooks.com,Bawarchi.com,daawat.com. you can even type the name of the dish and you'll get the recipes.

Good Luck Enjoy!

Answer 2

don't cook Indian food myself and the specialist chef I know is no longer living near by but Madhur jaffrey Cook books are good and many Books out their are excellent nowadays for Asian Cuisine.

Answer 3

I agree with you that the westernised version of Indian cookery is nowhere as good as the real.  I lived in India for four years and loved their food immensely.  These are two of the books I use:

Great Vegetarian Dishes - by Kurma Dasa

Indian Vegetarian Cookbook - by Nina Mehta.

There is a great recipe for cauliflower and pea samosa's in Kurma Dasa's book and  I would also highly recommend joining Yahoo's vegetarian cookery group, they have an extremely good supply of recipes, including a well-stocked Indian selection.  Good luck with the samosa's

Answer 4

www.youtube/user/ShowMeTheCurry

Enjoy!

Answer 5

Here is a web site which gives a good recipe for samosas:

http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/wchuang/c...

You can buy the ready made flat pastry rounds at any store which sells Indian foods. (That is SO much easier)

My advise to you is to surf the net enter "india" "food" "recipes" and you will come across lots. Look for the easy and simple ones at first (and bookmark those which you find useful.)

I have a great simple book called "Foolproof Indian Cooking" by Madhur Jaffrey and I love it. But I bought it a few years back on clearence in Vancouver and I now live in Mexico City so if you could find it around, I don't know.

If you have Indian stores in your area, go and ask them where to find good simple recipes. Since I developed my craving for Indian food over 30 years ago, I have found Indian people to be extremely helpful. They are rightfully proud of their excellent cuisine and always willing to help the novice to learn more.

(I use my google button as my cookbook these days. I know what I want to make and what ingredients I can find easily and I "mix and match" until I create a recipe I like.....)