Indian Food YUM!
Posted by jenniferhughes on Aug 07, 2007 · Member since Aug 2006 · 1828 posts
Indian is my fav fav fav!!!!!
I just wanted to share this site that has like 2,000 vegetarian Indian recipes. I find myself referring to it often. Many are already vegan (they already use egg sub!) You just have to sub out the dairy if it has it.
I just use smart balance for the ghee... I think it tends to be fine.
You can even make your own vegan paneer from soy yogurt.
http://www.harekrsna.com/practice/prasadam/recipes/recipes.htm
Does anyone else love Indian food as much as I do??
Raises hand....I do, I do :D
Thank you for posting this link.....I've already bookmarked it :)
Indian food = bliss. It's easy to make, cheap to make, (reasonably) cheap at restaraunts, healthy (most of it), and tastes great. Thanks for that link! I can't wait to try some of those recipes.
Shameless self-promotion: I have a makeshift palak paneer recipe that should be posted on this site soon.
Oooh, yummy! Thanks for the link!
Oooh yum. Thanks for the link. I loooove love love Indian food!
I LOVE Indian food. It's my second favorite, haha. Arab is my first.
I just tried making Persian rice with wild rice and Lebanese green beans for lunch today... the wild rice it didn't work so well. I mean it was good but it didn't make the yummy tadiq (that crunchy buttery part) ...I know it works great with basmati though!
My own post inspired me so even though it's 10pm here I had to go whip up some aloo palak... which I'm right now!! mmm... Goood. :)
http://i17.tinypic.com/53fucmh.jpg
In the word of and_it_spoke: Yumb.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. You have my internal gratitude.
I LOVE Indian food. It's my second favorite, haha. Arab is my first.
I just tried making Persian rice with wild rice and Lebanese green beans for lunch today... the wild rice it didn't work so well. I mean it was good but it didn't make the yummy tadiq (that crunchy buttery part) ...I know it works great with basmati though!
My own post inspired me so even though it's 10pm here I had to go whip up some aloo palak... which I'm right now!! mmm... Goood. :)
http://i17.tinypic.com/53fucmh.jpg
Jennifer, you are such a fork tease.
I think I know what I'm doing for dinner now.
Jennifer, you are such a fork tease.
Ohhh you made me laugh. Thank you. I must file this remark away for future use.
http://www.punjabilok.com/rasoi/aloo_palak.htm
this is the recipe i just used... which isn't from the link i just posted :)
I used 1/2 t of spices for the numbers you can't see
i subbed onion powder on the potatos cuz i didn't have real onion.
OH and i used frozen spinach.
*ahem*
YES! YES! A THOUSAND TIMES YES
Honestly, my family eats Indian about 2 times a week. At least. Often things I prepare using this awesome book.
This site will make myself and two very awesome ladies very happy for many moons to come.
Thank you!
Thankyouthankyouthankyou!
Jennifer, you are such a fork tease.
Ohhh you made me laugh. Thank you. I must file this remark away for future use.
Hee hee! Thanks! Every once in a while I manage to be amusing, I guess.
and_it_spoke:
how much of that book will i have to veganize?
it's on the pricier side of the cookbooks i usually buy... normally the veg cookbooks are cheaper heehee no one wants those...
anyhow does it have recipes and reference? the reviews look great. i think i am gonna have to buy it...
I guess what i'm asking is why should i buy it and not another indian veg coobook?
I lucked out and found mine at Half Priced Books...
But to answer your question, not a whole lot need to be veganised. There are sections that may be useless (the whole "dairy" section), the the dal soups are for the most part vegan, as are a lot of the other dishes. In most of the recipes that ask for ghee, it usually says "or ____ oil". And in recipes where the is no substitution suggested, I've simply mixed Earth Balance and oil with no adverse results. Use soy yougurt in other dishes, and the substitutions are minimal.
I like it because it serves as a good primer to Indian food. When we got it, my wife was pregnant and craving spicy food. This book explained proceedures, had a glossary and even gave background on the dishes. It's easy to follow, and frankly, I think would have been worth it for the dal soups alone.
ooo glossary and background on the dishes= cool/good :)
Yeah, the lady who wrote it travelled a great deal. She briefly tells where she got the recipe befor each one, and suggests complimentary dishes. I usually have time to make just one dish at a time, but the thought is nice.
In the almost two years I've had it, we've used the dal soup and dry textured vegetable section the most heavily. Almost exclusively, and we haven't gotten burnt out on the recipes. I've recently gotten myself an idli steaming rack, so I think I'm going to getting into the bread section soon. (Oh, the spiced cider recipe... *drool*...)
It is pricey on the site, but if you can score one of the used copies for 20 bucks or so, I'd say it's very very very worth it.
Indian food is so drool worthy! I have always loved foreign food, but my first taste of Indian and I knew it would be a long time favorite! If you're ever in Ann Arbor I can reccomend several excelent restaurants!!!
Thanks for the link!