Indian Food

MirandaJayne
MirandaJayne Posts: 600 Member
edited September 20 in Food and Nutrition
I am going to a Netwroking afterhours event this evening, to a local Indian restaurant which will provide us with some aps. I do not eat most meats (pork, beef, lamb etc) but do eat chicken and fish. I have never had Indian before but I am quite excited to try it.

Anyone have any tips what I should stay away from and what I should try that is healthy for me.

Thanks

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  • tahmed
    tahmed Posts: 409 Member
    Stay away from Butter Chicken, but I bet you could have guessed that just from the name :laugh:

    Most Indian chicken dishes my family eat's are based in sauces, which are usually yogurt and tomato based, but many have heavy cream as well. You can ask at the resturant to get light sauce, which helps with the calories. Dry Tandori chicken is probably your best bet., but if you want to try something with sauce, Chicken Tikka is probably ok.

    Stay away from the Nan...it is soo good, but deadly on the carbs!

    Good luck and enjoy!
  • TheMaidOfAstolat
    TheMaidOfAstolat Posts: 3,222 Member
    Most Indian food is actually vegan and vegetarian....you'll be fine.
  • metroace
    metroace Posts: 6
    The above regarding vegetarianism is only true if you are at an Indian restaurant whose religious background is Hindu. There are plenty of other Indian restaurants that have meat. I used to work in Southall, West London, which seems to some to be a suburb of Delhi and had no problems finding Indian restaurants for meat-eaters. If you alight on a vegetarian Indian restaurant, it will be easier to stay on the straight and narrow but do still ask for light versions of sauces.
  • sazziecee
    sazziecee Posts: 143
    I agree with the dry chicken tikka, it is just seasoned chicken cooked on a skewer and is so yummy, not "dry" at all.

    It generally comes with a generous salad.

    I would avoid the tikka masala too, it contains cream and almonds usually and will have been cooked in ghee (saturated fat)

    If you would like a curry with a sauce, then the tomato based ones are your best bet, but a lot of these tend to be on the medium-hot scale of spicy-ness so it depends how hot you like it :) these will also have been cooked using ghee but will be nowhere near as calorific as the creamy sauces., for example choose a balti, jalfrezi or a rogan josh.

    Also avoid naan as already mentioned, the ones served at my local indian are at least 500 cals per naan! and choose steamed rice over pilau rice.

    mmm I love indian food :)
  • skinnymel
    skinnymel Posts: 85 Member
    palak paneer is delicious, made with spinach and indian cheese(the paneer).
    paneer matar is made with peas.
    yum yum yum!
  • CasperO
    CasperO Posts: 2,913 Member
    Mmmm,,, naaaaaaaaaannnnnnn. That stuff brings out my inner Homer Simpson. Once in a while - once in a while,,,, :tongue:
  • sdwelk11
    sdwelk11 Posts: 825
    palak paneer is delicious, made with spinach and indian cheese(the paneer).
    paneer matar is made with peas.
    yum yum yum!

    this is so good!!!!!!!! yummy yummy!!!!!!
  • LongMom
    LongMom Posts: 408 Member
    This thread is making me REALLY hungry - I LOVE INDIAN FOOD!!! ;)
  • XFitMojoMom
    XFitMojoMom Posts: 3,255 Member
    today is my birthday and it will be my birthday dinner:
    tandoori chicken
    palak paneer
    dal makhani
    samosa and onion badji
    ..
    I'm not counting calories because of the occasion, but everything in moderation!
    I do make my own indian quite often and substitute the high fat sauces with 0% fat yogurt as a base.
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