I am falling in love with Indian food. What recipes would be good for someone with modest cooking experience?

Wow! I love exploring new tastes. As an Asian myself, I already have tasted some of the variations of these Indian recipes.

For the main dish, I can recommend to you the Chicken Curry, for the side dish, the Mango-Pineapple Chutney and for the dessert, the Bebinca. Here in the Philippines, we also have the chicken curry. Though I love spices, I don't put too much of it because it would make the food smell so strong. I haven't tasted the Mango-Pineapple Chutney but this sounds yummy, easy to prepare and the ingredients are easily found.

For the Bebinca, we also have our own Filipino "bibingka" and it's simpler to make and lesser ingredients, too. Since you're asking for Indian foods, here are some recipes you'd like to try cooking at home. Indian Chicken Curry

Ingredients: 2 teaspoons olive oil 6 x 150g single chicken breast fillets 1 brown onion, cut into thin wedges 1/4 cup Pataks Balti curry paste 1 cup reduced-salt chicken stock 400g can diced tomatoes 1 1/2 cups basmati rice, cooked, to serve Directions: Heat 1 teaspoon of oil in a large non-stick frying pan over medium-high heat.

Add chicken. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes each side or until browned. Slice.

Heat remaining oil in frying pan over medium heat. Add onion. Cook and stir, for 5 minutes.

Add curry paste. Cook and stir, for 1 minute. Add stock and tomatoes.Cover.

Bring to the boil. Reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer, partially covered, for 10 minutes.

Add chicken to frying pan. Cook with cover, for another 5 minutes or until chicken is cooked through. Serve with rice.

Mango-Pineapple Chutney

Ingredients 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes 1 large sweet onion, minced 4 inch piece fresh ginger root, peeled and minced 1 large yellow bell pepper, diced 3 large ripe mangoes, peeled, pitted, and diced 1 small pineapple, peeled and diced 1/2 cup brown sugar 1 1/2 tablespoons curry powder 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar Directions Heat the vegetable oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the red pepper flakes and cook until they begin to sizzle, then stir in the minced onion. Reduce the heat to low, cover, and cook, stirring occasionally until the onions have softened, about 20 minutes.

Remove the lid, increase the heat to medium, and stir in the ginger and yellow bell pepper. Cook and stir until the ginger is fragrant, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in the mangoes, pineapple, brown sugar, curry powder, and vinegar.

Bring to a simmer, and cook for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cool the chutney completely when done and store in airtight containers in the refrigerator. Nutritional Information Amount Per Serving Calories: 68 | Total Fat: 1.4g | Cholesterol: 0mg BEBINCA RECIPE Ingredients: 200 gm Rice flour • 10 Egg Yolks • 1 cup Coconut Milk (thick) • 1/4 tsp Nutmeg (powdered) • 200 gm Ghee/ Hydrogenated Oil • 500 gm Sugar How to make Bebinca: • Combine coconut milk, rice flour, sugar, and egg yolks.

Stir thoroughly to dissolve the sugar. Add nutmeg powder to this batter and set it aside. €¢ Heat a small amount of ghee in a pan and pour one cup of batter in it.

€¢ Add another spoonful of ghee and then add another cup of batter. €¢ Bake and keep repeating the process until all the batter has been consumed. €¢ Turn the Bebinca upside and serve, once it cools down.

I wish I were able to get all the calorie and nutrition information of the two recipes.

On IndianFoodRecipes. Net I found several great easy Indian food recipes. The check out the entire list of recipes, check the link in the source section below.

Here are a few of the dishes I enjoy. Main dish: Simple Chicken Fry Ingredients: Chicken - 350g oil - I used vegetable oil but you could use any kind that you like 2 teaspoons garlic - 10-12 cloves but if you don't like a lot of garlic, you can use much less and it will still taste good cloves pepper - 1 teaspoon coriander - I used a couple of pinches salt to taste Heat oil in thick pan and add chicken pieces to it. Next, cook the chicken on low heat for 15 minutes.

Add crushed garlic and ground pepper and fry for 10 to 15 minutes. Then add lemon juice and garnish wit the coriander. Side dish: Masala Chips Ingredients: Potato Chips -1 can of Pringles Tomato Sauce 2 Onions 2 Tomatoes 2 Corriander Potatoes Shev Pepper Salt, I substituted regular table salt and black pepper 1 cup of Yogurt Boil and finely mash the potatoes, then add salt and pepper to taste.

Chop onions, tomatoes and corriander finely, then place a few chips on the plate, adding a little tomato sauce to each one. Late add chopped tomatoes, onions and mashed potato mixture on top. Finally add yogurt to the top of each.

You may add addition pepper on top if you choose before seving. Dessert: Frozen Chocolate Biscuit Cake Very simple, yet delicious dessert if you like chocolate. Ingredients: 12 Marie Gold Biscuits or any similar type of biscuit 1 cup of melted semisweet or milk chocolate depending on your taste Place melted chocolate each cooked biscuit.

Place in freezer for half an hour. Take out of freezer and let it cool for 2 to 2 1/2 hours before serving.

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