Indian food ideas?

Question

I've recently been experimenting with Indian cooking (made some pretty decent chana masala the other night). I've been on the lookout for easy recipes, but most things have insanely difficult-to-find ingredients or a need for special equipment. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Here is a site where you can find those hard to purchases, and it gives a nice description of each

http://www.indianfoodsco.com/Submit/IndianSpices.htm

Here are some links to some recipes

http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/wchuang/cooking/Indian.html

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mjw/recipes/ethnic/indian/indian-coll-1.html

http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/3925/startup_multi.html

Answer 2

You started well, if you want to vary thing you might start with vegetarian dishes, curry powder is readily available, and most Latin stores have cilantro, chilis, and some of the same spices like cumin, coriander and various types of lentils/beans.

Look up on the Net for recipes from an author named, Madar Jaffery, spiciness is somehting you can play with, but check out various websites and see what is available, you maybe surprise with a little research what might be in your area.

Answer 3

If you're not a vegetarian, try Chicken Vindaloo (http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/recipe_views/views/107088). If you're vegetarian, try aloo mattar (http://vegetarian.allrecipes.com/az/lMtr.asp).

Answer 4

try making some raitas; their really easy