What Indian Food is healthy?

*drools* Dhal is really really nice, made with lentils and a couple of spices, generally had as soup, but is amazing mixed with some rice and spiced potatoes. Had it for my tea yesterday, quality stuff, and very very healthy.
 
schnipps said:
get poppadoms instead of nann
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If you want to eat healthy do not do this!! Giant deep fried crisps that when you get them from a take-away have so much fat they make the paper bag go see through? You can do them in the microwave if you want to be healthy... but thats just wrong. Have to say when I have been trying to eat healthily I have had chapati instead, although i have always assumed it was healthier... i have never checked the ingredients. Also if you are trying to eat healthy I wouldn't have Curry and rice and a bread, I would have rice or bread.
 
Buy yourself a low fat curry cookbook, I have one and can make pretty much any curry I want and they are all low fat, korma has yogurt insted of cream, I have had lamb kofta kebabs and various rice dishes. Chicken tikka is very very low fat.
 
Muban said:
If you want to eat healthy do not do this!! Giant deep fried crisps that when you get them from a take-away have so much fat they make the paper bag go see through? You can do them in the microwave if you want to be healthy... but thats just wrong. Have to say when I have been trying to eat healthily I have had chapati instead, although i have always assumed it was healthier... i have never checked the ingredients. Also if you are trying to eat healthy I wouldn't have Curry and rice and a bread, I would have rice or bread.
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We make our poppadoms just over the hob; all the healthiness of microwaving without the sogginess.
 
chapattis (sps) and vegtable curry, real indian food isnt fatty at all (from when I went to india) we just fill it with cream and stuff over here.
 
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CDj-Rossi said:
*drools* Dhal is really really nice, made with lentils and a couple of spices, generally had as soup, but is amazing mixed with some rice and spiced potatoes. Had it for my tea yesterday, quality stuff, and very very healthy.
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This man speaks the truth. My other halfs mother makes this for us all the time and its lush. Love dem tato's.

jpmonkey69 said:
I think you made a mistake, so I fixed it! :)

My mum makes the best Chapattis :)
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Roti can be translated as breads including chapati and all things similar. The ones I have we just call roti and are wholewheat. When you get down to it we're splitting hairs ;)
 
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Well this thread's made my mouth water rather a lot - could anyone recommend a good traditional Indian cookbook please?
 
I'd say a Madras if you can find a really good, traditional Indian restraunt/takeaway. The venison madras from my local is to die for, and they don't cake it in oil like most places.
 
z0mbi3 said:
This man speaks the truth. My other halfs mother makes this for us all the time and its lush. Love dem tato's.





Roti can be translated as breads including chapati and all things similar. The ones I have we just call roti and are wholewheat. When you get down to it we're splitting hairs ;)
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That is true, Roti and Chappattis are the same thing basically.
 
gut a proper authentic indian cook book. Then disregard any recipe with lots of fat/cream in it... You can tell if its healthy by looking at the ingriedeints. Generally dry currys are pretty healthy.

Chicken Biryani

6 skinless chicken breasts, cut into large pieces
250g natural yogurt, preferably made from goats' milk
8 tbsp sunflower oil
3 large onions, 2 finely chopped and 1 finely sliced
4cm piece fresh root ginger, shredded
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
2 large long green chillies, deseeded and finely sliced
1 tbsp coriander seeds, freshly ground
2 tsp cumin seeds, freshly ground
1 freshly ground black pepper
1 salt
500g basmati rice, washed and drained well
75g raisins
3g saffron, soaked in 300ml boiling water
280ml fresh chicken stock
50g slivered almonds, toasted





PREPARATION:

1. Coat the chicken pieces with the yogurt, mix well, cover and marinate for 3 hrs or overnight.

2. Heat 3 tbsp of the oil in a large, heavy-based pan and fry the finely chopped onions, ginger, garlic and half the sliced chillies until golden. Add the coriander and cumin seeds and season.

3. Stir in the rice and raisins, coat with the spice mixture and pour in the saffron water and chicken stock. Cover, lower the heat and steam for 12-15 minutes.

4. Remove chicken from the yogurt and discard the yogurt. Scatter salt over the chicken. Heat 3 tbsp of the remaining oil in a large frying pan and brown the chicken pieces for 2½ minutes on each side. Add to the rice and mix. Cook for 5 minutes, or until cooked through and piping hot.

5. In a separate frying pan heat the remaining oil and fry the sliced onion until golden and crisp. Stir in the almonds, then drain on kitchen paper. Serve on top of the biryani with the remaining sliced chillies.
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eXSBass said:
Yes they are.

Aloo, a bit of gobi, saag the usual vegatable stuff are generally healthy :)
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CDj-Rossi said:
That is true, Roti and Chappattis are the same thing basically.
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Can tell who knows their stuff here. Thing is I guess we've strayed from the food the OP was on about.
 
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