What are some tasty, yet healthy, Indian foods?

Question

Specifically, what are some tasty and healthy gujarati foods?

Please give me vegetarian foods only, please.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Their dhals (lentils) are nutricious and good. So also something called Kadhi made of beaten yoghurt and chick pea flour. Dry whole wheat chappatis with a minimum of butter are a good alternate to rice or bread.

Answer 2

Almost all Indian foods are healthy... stay away from deep fried dishes (samosas, pakoras ,etc.). And avoid cream based sauces (anything that says "malai or makhani".

The best Indian food is dal (high protein .. low fat) and chappatis (whole wheat flatbreads).

Answer 3

www.indianfoodsco.com

every region is covered here...as far as "healthy" is concerned...most Indian dishes are made with good carbohydrates...I guess curb yourself from the recipes
that call for heavy creams or all things fried.

Answer 4

I do this at home. Instead of the butter, I use about 2 tablespoons of Extra Virgin Olive oil. I think it tastes better and is better for you.

Answer 5

naan bread and chapatis--very low in fat--and delicious! See this website for nutritional info (gives the ingredients, too) and to buy easy mixes if you want to make some:

http://www.indianbreadmixes.com

Answer 6

Check out this website:

http://www.nandyala.org/mahanandi/recipes-blogged-sofar/

Answer 7

Tasty - a matter of opinion.
Healthy - none.

Answer 8

I like patra, undhio, kadhi.

Check this website:

http://indianfood.bellaonline.com/Site.asp

Answer 9

here is my indian food recipes link list, you can look there...the John Russell website is for sure vegetarian..and some others.

Indian Vegetarian Recipes
http://www.ivcooking.com/
http://www.gadnet.com/recipes.htm
http://www.ivu.org/recipes/indian-beans/ (lots of different recipes)
http://about.com/food/rSrch.htm?cu=Indian&zIsPG=bSrch
http://www.bangalinet.com/sweets.htm (sweets)
http://indianfood.about.com/od/sweetsanddesserts/tp/topbengalsweets.htm (sweets)
http://www.johnrussell.name/recipes/indian1.htm (mostly rice)
http://www.johnrussell.name/recipes/indian3.htm (more rice)
http://www.johnrussell.name/recipes/indian4.htm (sweets)
http://www.johnrussell.name/recipes/indian5.htm (more sweets)
http://www.johnrussell.name/recipes/indian7.htm (rice pudding, vegetable dishes, yogurt sauces)
http://www.johnrussell.name/recipes/indian8.htm (more vegetable dishes, dosas)
http://www.johnrussell.name/recipes/indian9.htm (curry dishes, indian ice cream)
http://www.johnrussell.name/recipes/indian10.htm (curries, koftas, beans, nan)
http://www.recipedelights.com/indianvegdishes.htm
http://www.fatfreevegan.com/includes/ethnicity.shtml
http://fitdv.myrecipefriends.com/?nc=4986&page=search&search=Indian
http://foodgeeks.com/recipes/subcat/10,3,indian.phtml
http://food.sify.com/keyword_recipe_search_h.php?lt=7&keywords=ri (all kinds of recipes, but Indian website)
http://www.food-india.com/index/recipeIndex/index.htm
http://vegetarianworld.blogspot.com/ (recipes and English to hindi translations of ingred)
http://www.bellaonline.com/site/indianfood