My SIL is Indian, well American now.
Brother says he asked her what she puts in the food.
She say Everything
He say what do you mean everything.
She say EVERYTHING in the house!
I presume that means EVERYTHING LOL
LOL! She’s being honest - Indian recipes are very complicated, and that’s what has intimidated me from becoming more experienced in one of the most interesting cuisines. All of the many spices for every dish have to be freshly ground, to do it up right; then roasted just right, before you even begin with the ‘meat’ of the recipe.
When I first got seriously interested in cooking, an encyclopedic Indian cookbook was my first purchase from the ‘Cookbook Book club’. It’s bigger than any old-fashioned dictionary!
My husband does make a great Chicken Biryani, a version he got from America’s Test Kitchen. I think this is a copy of it:
http://sseichinger.blogspot.com/2006/03/shanti-shanti-and-yum.html
-JT