How To Get Started Cooking Indian Food

Most people think that you can't possibly eat Indian food, if you're on a slimming diet. That's a fair statement if you always eat Indian food in restaurants, because many traditional Indian recipes involve either deep frying or the use of ghee (clarified butter). However, if you cook Indian food at home, it can easily form part of a weight loss regime, just the same as any other food. You just need to follow a few simple general rules.

For this bread, a small ball of dough is rolled out flat (about 1 - 2mm) in a circular shape (about 6 inches in diameter), these are dry baked on a hot griddle until splotchy brown and cooked through. The Roti has a few variants Desi Ghee which are mentioned below.



Strain it while still hot or warm, pouring it through a cotton cloth into a stainless steel or heavy glass container. At this point it is very hot, so you should always be cautious. Another way of doing this is to let the ghee cool down, and then strain it by pouring it through a cotton cloth or a handkerchief directly into clean glass jars or bowls.

More and more mothers are relying on home remedies and natural products to cope with keeping their children healthy. Ayuvedic practitioners regard constipation as a cause for yeast infection in babies and toddlers. The haritaki herb is used to get rid of Candida yeast. It is also recommended that ghee (clarified butter) is given to the child in tiny amounts to lighten digestion and get the bowels and tract moving.

Spices are an integral part of Indian cooking. One cannot envision cooking food without spices at check here all! Not only do spices add flavor and aroma, they are good for the body as well. Most spices contain anti oxidants and lots of other healthy goodness. In fact, Indians are famous for incorporating spices loaded with natural healing properties in foods, giving them a health benefit as well as adding to the taste. Turmeric, basil and cloves are just a few of the spices used regularly in Indian cuisine which are filled with health properties.



If a recipe demands butter, it should be clarified. This is a simple and worthwhile chore but clarified butter is widely available in Indian and Middle Eastern food shops, where its called ghee.

This bread is Kashmiri in origin. Tel Varu closely resembles a bun and is sprinkled with sesame seeds on the crust, which is quite crisp. Slightly salty in taste, it is made with normal bread dough - really a local variation of bread as we all know and love. Tel Varu is usually eaten with Sheer Chai, which is salty Kashmiri tea.