Indian Food Recipes and Cook Books

Indian Food (Cuisine) has now become very popular worldwide. You can find find Indian restaurants in almost every city in the world. London itself has hundreds of Indian Food and Curry Restaurants.

Millions of Indians now reside outside of India and are sharing their culture, taste and love of Indian cooking everywhere they go. Foreigners are now becoming increasingly aware of the delights of Indian cuisine and are developing a fondness for Indian food with all the spices, ingredients and curries that are so easily available to them. It is said that in the UK, people are now eating more curries than the traditional fish and chips.

Indian food has come out of the traditional Indian kitchen and is now a mainstream cuisine that is enjoyed worldwide.

Preparing Indian Ffod in your home is not a very difficult thing. All you need is a good Indian recipe book and the right ingredients. Every city have several stores that carry unique Indian spices. It is not difficult at all to find all the recipes at several places in every city.

Indian cuisine has a myriad of selection. Every region of India have their own cooking styles, spices and recipes that make them truly unique. One thing can be said of Indian food is that it is the most flavorful of all food. Indian recipes in the northern region are cooked and prepared differently than in the south. So in the big country that is India, there are over 1,000 recipes that can be found.

People in the coastal region prepare the famous seafood dishes such as prawn vindaloos, fish curries and kormas. In the north they prefer to eat more chicken and mutton. Tandoori chicken, tikkas, kebabs and butter chicken are more of a north Indian dish.

Indian food uses a myriad of chillies and spices. Different regions of India uses them differently and in different amounts in their food. Spices such as cumin, paprika, turmeric, coriander, ginger and garlic are just some of the spices that are used everyday in Indian recipes.

Indian Food also uses a lot of butter and ghee (treated fat) in their cooking. They believe that the more butter, milk, yoghurt and ghee used makes the food taste better.

As there are millions of vegetarians in India, they are hundreds of vegetarian recipes for them. Aloo Gobi, Bangan curry, Daal and paneer are just a few to name.

Indian breads have also become very popular with foreigners. Naan, Rotis and Puris are essential in a Indian diet. Indians eat their curries and soups with these breads. They are tasty and definitely filling.

I live in Bangkok and in the past several years have noticed over 200 hundred Indian restaurants here. Most of them prepare traditional north Indian recipes but there are several restaurants that also prepare south indian favorites such as idli, sambar, vara and dosas.<

Indian spices and chillies also has several health benefits. Everybody should try to cook and eat Indian food more often to help in better circulation of the blood and heart. Just take it easy on the butter and oils. :)

If you are interested in learning more about the wonders of Indian food, spices and cooking, then please read on. Here you will find some of my favorite Indian recipes, learn more about Indian spices, watch how Indian food are prepared and also see some beautiful photos of Indian food. Enjoy!