What Indian Food is healthy?

Virdi · 8 Aug 2006 at 09:14

Hi all,

I'm on a diet :rolleyes:

...but I'd still like to eat my Indian Food... But mostly is home made.

What would you say is healthy?

Thanks.

Mr Mister · 8 Aug 2006 at 09:17

the hottest stuff you can find, so it goes through the system before you have finished eating it.

AJUK · 8 Aug 2006 at 09:18

Vegetable Curry

Samtheman1k · 8 Aug 2006 at 09:23

Curry without all the sauce is pretty healthy, e.g. a Chicken Tikka (not the masala) with brown(not white) rice.

nutcase · 8 Aug 2006 at 09:34

Samtheman1k said:
Curry without all the sauce is pretty healthy, e.g. a Chicken Tikka (not the masala) with brown(not white) rice.

That's not curry then is it

PeterNem · 8 Aug 2006 at 09:36

nutcase_1uk said:
That's not curry then is it

No, but it's about the best he'll be able to do if he wants to eat well.

Borris · 8 Aug 2006 at 09:37

How about making it yourself.

That way, you can avoid the salt, suagr and trans fats that are added to the processed crap (and the pre-made filth you find in a large number of restaurants / takeaways).

Here's a general rule of thumb - If you didn't make it yourself, it's unhealthy.

Unless, of course, the OP meant real indian food, and not what us lardy arsed brits term indian food. In which case, I'm not sure that 0.6 billion people are chowing down on unhealthy grub. By default, it's healthy.

egt · 8 Aug 2006 at 09:40

Chicken tikka.

z0mbi3 · 8 Aug 2006 at 09:44

Curry isn't all that bad for you. Obviously try and stay away from the creamier sauces and have brown rice where possible. Naan isn't all bad (expecially if you have the ones with veggies) but for a bit of a difference try rotti.

Avoid anything like onion bargies.

Also worth noting the hotter the food the more weight you'll loose by eating it.

edit:

Virdi said:
...but I'd still like to eat my Indian Food... But mostly is home made.

Borris said:
How about making it yourself.

Roughneck · 8 Aug 2006 at 09:56

boiled rice

kitten_caboodle · 8 Aug 2006 at 09:58

tandoori chicken.

Edinho · 8 Aug 2006 at 10:00

Most indian food is heathy. Fresh herbs/spices/fruits, lean meats, Yoghurts.

Lace everything in ghee then yeah its not very good.

LeoWyatt · 8 Aug 2006 at 10:01

How about something like Chicken Biryani?

kitten_caboodle · 8 Aug 2006 at 10:03

LeoWyatt said:
How about something like Chicken Biryani?

from a takeaway it's death in a container. Make it yourself and it can be quite low in fat.

neil3k · 8 Aug 2006 at 10:08

Jobs a goodun

Christo · 8 Aug 2006 at 10:29

egt said:
Chicken tikka.

Thats full of cream - not the healthiest.

I'd say Tandoori would be pretty healthy.

crashuk · 8 Aug 2006 at 10:30

i'd go with none.

5ingh · 8 Aug 2006 at 10:35

Mainly Subji's I would say (no sauce/liquid, just veg). Also Saag (Spinach) is meant to be good for you.

Samtheman1k · 8 Aug 2006 at 10:36

Chrisp7 said:
Thats full of cream - not the healthiest.

Chicken Tikka Masala is full of cream, just standard Chicken Tikka has no sauce.

schnipps · 8 Aug 2006 at 10:45

As said above, the darker the better and just get poppadoms instead of nann, also just get boiled rice, someting like a Chicken breast Dopiazi madras hot with 3 popadoms and boiled rice should do.