So I hear MFP likes Indian food

silvergurl518 · August 2013

IN for all the yummy indian noms.

kimmymayhall · August 2013

Thanks Tauto, these all look delicious and put my poor lunch to shame!
Do you (or others) have recommendations on where to find good Indian recipes? Websites or cookbooks. I do have Raghavan Iyer's 660 Curries book and have made several of the vegetarian curries with varying success. My attempt at naan did not turn out well

taunto · August 2013

Thanks Tauto, these all look delicious and put my poor lunch to shame!
Do you (or others) have recommendations on where to find good Indian recipes? Websites or cookbooks. I do have Raghavan Iyer's 660 Curries book and have made several of the vegetarian curries with varying success. My attempt at naan did not turn out well

In the original post I linked my blog http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/taunto where I sometimes post recipes.

khanapakana.com is also a good one for desi foods.

As for naan, you gotta get it from restaurants only. Naan is made in the clay oven which typical homes do not have.

glin23 · August 2013

Very helpful. So thanks for that. Any views on Vindaloo or dishes like Mutter Paneer?

UrbanLotus · August 2013

Thanks Tauto, these all look delicious and put my poor lunch to shame!
Do you (or others) have recommendations on where to find good Indian recipes? Websites or cookbooks. I do have Raghavan Iyer's 660 Curries book and have made several of the vegetarian curries with varying success. My attempt at naan did not turn out well

Madhur Jaffrey's cookbooks are like the bibles of Indian cooking! Don't bother making naan, buy the frozen ones from Trader Joe's, even my mom (who had her own Indian catering biz) uses those sometimes, they're really good. They have a tandoor at home, which is what naan is traditionally made in, but they don't even use it much because its a ton of work. I'm assuming you don't have one so just stick to TJs

taunto · August 2013

Very helpful. So thanks for that. Any views on Vindaloo or dishes like Mutter Paneer?

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/taunto/view/salan-stew-221609

If you let the water evaporate a bit and make the curry thick, its fairly close to vindaloo. I don't have any recipe for Mutter Paneer, sorry

MizTerry · August 2013

I think my brain just exploded. That is a LOT of info.

We have an Indian cuisine place down the road from my office. The last time I went there, I had the spicy spinach, whatever the heck it was called, and it was pretty good.

Thank you for helping me to broaden my horizons.

kimmymayhall · August 2013

Thanks Tauto, these all look delicious and put my poor lunch to shame!
Do you (or others) have recommendations on where to find good Indian recipes? Websites or cookbooks. I do have Raghavan Iyer's 660 Curries book and have made several of the vegetarian curries with varying success. My attempt at naan did not turn out well

In the original post I linked my blog http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/taunto where I sometimes post recipes.

khanapakana.com is also a good one for desi foods.

As for naan, you gotta get it from restaurants only. Naan is made in the clay oven which typical homes do not have.

Thanks! Your link must have gotten lost amongst all the food porn I was drooling over. You are correct, I have no tandoor and it makes sense that my oven can't get hot enough since I can't even get a good crispy pizza crust in it. I will check out the links and Madhur Jaffrey. Taunto's eggplant and okra curries look wonderful.

mamasitaroja · August 2013

Thank you for sharing!! I can't WAIT to make some of these dishes! Your posts always make me hungry......happy to have recipes to fix that.

Ophidion · August 2013

notworthstalking · August 2013

Thanks mate. I am slowly getting into Indian foods. We have a few good cooks at my work and curries are very popular. Not just from the Indians either. One women is actually South African and grew up learning to cook from her neighbour. We were talking one day, and it seems most countries have their own versions of Indian foods. It seems to fit in everywhere. For my birthday, I am thinking of trying the new restruant up the road. Everything on the menu looks great. It's funny how you said it's not pretty food, but I actually prefer 'home style' presentation. It's the same with other foods. Pretty doesn't always mean tasty.

kenlad64 · August 2013

That's some good looking stuff, thanks for sharing, ... now I'm hungry

bkelley32148 · August 2013

This looks amazing. Thank you so much for sharing.

SutapaMukherji · August 2013

Bumping cuz I am an Indian and I love food :bigsmile:

Sabochan · August 2013

I love Indian food! I've just started learning how to cook it. I have a question though. Where do I find the green peppers? I love the green chutney served with tandoori dishes but I can't find out what the peppers are called. I've been told you can't substitute jalapenos. There is an Indian grocery about 40 minutes from me - I need to check it out.

I'm trying to introduce my son to Indian food. A few weeks ago I made chicken Korma, jeera, curried cauliflower and a mango/yogurt dessert w/ saffron. It turned out really well. I wanted spicier chicken but decided on making korma b/c of kiddo. Next I think I'll try butter chicken.

I had the pleasure of being treated to an Indian meal by my parents friends. (vegetarian) The food was wonderful, it was great to taste home cooked food rather than the buffet I go to locally. The lovely lady who cooked for us said that where she is from they eat dessert first. : )

In my home, my mother makes a different version of chutney which is so yum:

cilantro
garlic
oil
green chilli (taste from green chillies is the best but you can substitute with other kinds if you can't find any)

Put it all in a blender and blend. It's a great accompaniment with salads, wheat rotis etc.

(Also, YAY Indian food post!)