I have an Indian cookbook, but the directions are complicated and time consuming. I was hoping to find recipes that are easier and just as tasty. I cook with chicken alot, if that helps.
2006-08-27 17:51:44 · 8 answers · asked by cuttingyohair 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Ethnic Cuisine
I love to cook Indian food and have found that if you substitute certain items, it still tastes great.
- For example, instead of using whole spices then roasting them then grinding them, you could use already ground up spices and just toast them a little bit while they are already ground up.
-Instead of taking whole coconuts then grinding them for their milk, just buy coconut milk in the can.
-You can also use canned tomatoes instead of tasteless fresh ones.-
- You can also mix spices in advance and then keep them in baby food jars for freshness at a future date.
- I have also discovered that you buy premixed garam masala or other curries such as Tandoori spices.
- Just keep looking at several recipes on-line for the dish you like but more streamlined or less complicated recipes
- I was watching America's Test Kitchen recently and they have a very authentic recipe for shrimp masala that demonstrated an authentic cooking method that I never knew before watching the show. You should check it out on their website.
I hope this helps. Don't give up. Practice, practice.
2006-08-27 19:23:01 · answer #1 · answered by J S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
where else but in India, silly!!!!! anyway, your Indian cookbook is alright because if it is not complicated and time consuming then it is not a legitimate Indian cookbook. Indian food are prepared at the minimum of at least two hours preparation especially if it is a chicken dish. ok! and good luck and do enjoy i do love Indian dishes though.
2006-08-27 18:06:26 · answer #2 · answered by Rynald 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love allrecipes.com and they have an Asian section (Asian of course including Indian). They have a variety of differet Asian foods, and most directions are easy to understand. If you don't understand a certain direction, waste another 5 points to ask =), or you could just ask one of the people you know if they understand it.
http://asian.allrecipes.com/
Since you're cooking Indian, I recommend a chicken curry, I LOVE curries, and although curry is a common Indian food, to me, it never gets old. Since I'm Taiwanese and part Jap though, I always eat different versions. Korean curry is especially good! So is Malaysian but Malaysian is almost the same as Indian (take out your map and just see why).
2006-08-27 18:28:09 · answer #3 · answered by cyn1c4l 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any of the cookbooks by Madhur Jaffrey are excellent. She is the authoritative voice on Indian cooking (for us westerners). yes, the recipes can be a bix complex, but they are worth the effort. You will not taste food so delicious this side of Madras!!
2006-08-27 17:59:53 · answer #4 · answered by Bryan D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just enter Indian recepies into google. I found a lot of them doing it that way. Or if u get some masalas, there should be recepies on the back. Or u can just enter a recepie and get stuff on the net for it. I googled "chicken curry" and got A LOT of recepies. Even one by Betty Crocker...Ewe! I mean, she makes a chicken curry cassarole! Yuck!
2006-08-27 19:32:22 · answer #5 · answered by george 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you may visit the following sites,
www.ndtvcooks.com
cookeryindia.com
tarla dalal
www.pachakam.com
on the first site, you will find what ever non-veg receipes you want, on tarla dalal, you will know about veg.cooking. even about.com site for food and drink, includes indian dishes. subscribe for their weekly news letter.
2006-08-27 20:52:24 · answer #6 · answered by palador 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can go to 'cooks.com 'and type in what origin of food you are trying to find! i hope that helps! mary w
p.s. you can also use google to find more websites
mary w
2006-08-27 18:03:43 · answer #7 · answered by foxinsox 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
log on to the site www.chooseindia.com you will find all recipies .
2006-08-27 18:04:21 · answer #8 · answered by lenin 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋