what is your favourite indian dish? - Page 2

[zinemama]

Originally Posted by velochic

It's not as hard as it sounds, if you have a pizza stone (or can be done on the grill, although I've never attempted that). I learned how to do it from Chowhound, a foodie board. Here is the link to the thread that discusses naan and inside that thread, there is a link to a youtube video about how to make naan.

We make delectable naan and it doesn't need a pizza stone or grill (not saying those don't produce delectable naan, too!). Our recipe comes from the Vegetarian Epicure. It's easy! We get the whole family involved. I roll them out, ds1 supervises the frying pan and puts them in the oven, and ds2 is "Butterman" after they come out. Here's a link:

http://www.food.com/recipe/naan-203261

[terrordactyl]

my favorite is Mataar Paneer.. I like it the way restaurants make it and the way i make it... i love to cook indian its my favorite

[Amatullah0]

desicookbook.com and http://www.angelfire.com/country/fau...n/recipes.html

I cook indo-pak food at home all the time, my favourites are dopiaza, nihari, ginger chicken, and saag

as for spices, you can make just about anything with corriander seed, tumeric, chili powder, cumin seed, green gardamom, black cardamom, black pepper, red pepper, cloves, cinnamon, and then garlic, ginger, and onion. I keep all of those at home all the time and they're very easy to find at an indian grocers, but what I sometimes do is buy masala boxes(i.e. Shan masala or national masala), and they have all the spices in it already and the recipe on the box. a really authentic way of storing spices is to use old honey/spice/peanut butter/sauce/applesauce jars. seriously, I don't throw away any containers anymore, I keep all of my spices in them! no but seriously, if you buy your spices at the indian grocers, they usually come in a bag, so to keep the bugs out, we put them in jars.

pakora is really easy, get besan(chickpea) flour, and put some salt, tumeric, chili powder, cumin, and red pepper if you want, and mix with water until its a good consistency. then fry in oil. onion is the most basic thing to put in them, but you can put nothing in if you'd like, or cucumber, or potato(cook it a little first), or anything!

make sure to always wash and rinse the rice though, especially if you get it at an indian store, theres often bugs or sticks or just dirt in there.

[Arduinna]

I store my bulk spices in canning jars.

[SubliminalDarkness]

Palak paneer(store-bought paneer is too expensive, so I make this, too) and chicken tikka with mint chutney. Yum!

My DH is from Pakistan, but even he likes Indian food the best!

[Chicky2]

Check out Manjula on youtube! I love her recipes. Aloo parathas rock, and so many more, it really is difficult to pick just one!

[Otto]

Originally Posted by laohaire

I'm a sucker for chana masala, and though I can make a nice tasting chick pea dish at home, I am still trying to figure out the elusive piece that makes it taste like restaurant food.

Do you use amchoor (dried green mango powder)? It's often touted as being characteristic of the dish.

[puffingirl]

Indian food is always at the top of my list for going out because it's one of the few things I don't make it at home. I love it! There's one restaurant here that makes the best lamb vindaloo. HOT! But I also like to get chana masala a lot too. Now I want Indian food.

[mumkimum]

My fave dishes we make at home are this 'lake palace hotel eggplant cooked in the pickling style' (except that's pretty time consuming, so we don't make it as often - it is divine), anything cauliflower - esp with fennel seed, and lentils with spinach and ginger. I like this red dal and cabbage recipe, but it makes dh a tad too gassy. We mostly do stuff off a madhur jaffery book too, but have a good south indian cookbook we also like a lot.

Eating out, I love malai kofta but we've never tackled it (dunno that we have a recipe either). And I'll also say I like biryani yet we never make it ourselves.

[texaspeach]

we have an awesome indian grocery here so I'm hoping to cook more dishes. my favorites are aloo gobi and saag/palek paneer

there are so many indian and indopak places to eat here that I haen't really tried cooking much at home.

[columbusmomma]

It's so hard to choose a fave Indian dish! I really like spinach paneer. It is easy to cook Indian at home and I've really enjoyed it. So easy too
Someone on mdc recommended this site to me:www.manjulaskitchen.com

[Shantimama]

I make an amazing dahl that I could eat every day - but my favourite dish when I eat at an Indian restaurant is Palak Paneer. I also like making Chana Masala.

I want to find a fantastic recipe for it but so far I haven't found anything that looks very good. I don't want to waste time and ingredients on something that tastes bland and boring - anyone have a good link to a recipe for Palak Paneer that is delicious????

[joyfulheart]

My family loves Indian food, but we usually go out to eat for it.

My favorite dish is chicken tikka masala. I use this recipe -- http://www.cookusinterruptus.com/index.php?video_id=161 -- it is delicious!!!

[SophieAnn]

My favourite indian dish to make at home these days is Sag Gosht (Spinach & Lamb).

I am loving the recipes done by TitliNihaan on youtube. It's her Sag Gosht recipe that I've been cooking. Her recipes are fairly simple, her demos are humourous and she gave me the confidence to try making more indian dishes from scratch.

We also make a flatbread like some of the PP's. Sometimes we cook it on a pizza stone, sometimes on the bbq.

Now I'm feeling inspired to try making chana masala.

[JessicaS]

I love tikka masala. I like all of it really.

I am not familiar with cooking Indian food but I would love to learn.

I do make a nice curry but I learned to make curry from someone from England so it isn't the same

[JessicaS]

Am I the only one that HHHAADDD to have Indian food as a result of this thread?

It was so yummy