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How to cook tasty Indian food

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How to cook tasty Indian food

Cooking of Indian food requires expertise and experience. Years of practice culminates in making you a master of this art. Though no way it points that if you are a newbie it is not possible to cook Indian food. The main difference between a novice and expert would be that the later have better idea of ingredients in formulation of desired flavor. Some amazing tips to be followed are mentioned below that would allow a novice to prepare a sumptuous meal.

Do not rush

Take considerable time in preparing your dishes and do not rush. Curry express Somerville suggests all chefs to be calm during preparation of dishes. Indian dishes need time to achieve a desired flavor and something like cutting of onions should not be rushed. For a lovely dish it may take even 20 minutes to achieve a desired taste and flavor.

Choice of ingredients in a careful manner

In simple terms, some ingredients make your food better. For full fat opt for yoghurt as formulation of fat reduced yoghurts would force them to curdle but taste could emerge bland. Rather than the red varieties of onions you can opt for brown ones. Follow recipes as suggested and ingredients needs to be formulated as per needs. Always make it a point that you shop for fresh items.

Fresh spices have to be used

Spices need to be accrued from a reputed store, irrespective of the fact that your supermarket might have them.  You need to replace spices once in 6 months.

Proper measurement

With the help of a measuring spoon all ingredients needs to be measured in a careful manner. This assumes considerable importance if you are adding chili powder or any spicy materials. Failure to do so may end you up with spicy dishes.

Vital tips

  • Certain type of ingredients could be frozen in nature. Ideal examples are ginger and chilly. In a safe unwashed container you can put them. Once you wash them during the process they would thaw. Just freeze ginger chop them into pieces and freeze them. Once you take them out from the fridge and wash them it would thaw again
  • The easiest way to prick tomatoes for an Indian cuisine is to prick them and allow them to settle in water for around 10 minutes. After draining of the water tomatoes would peel off in an easy manner. If you are working towards improving flavor of tomatoes you can add a tinge of sugar. For most Indian dishes a half teaspoon would be enough irrespective of the fact if you are using canned or fresh tomatoes.

To conclude, in learning to cook Indian dishes you need to consider that you are modifying them as per your own palate. Just spend time on cooking and learn what you like and what you want to avoid. Finally a lot of flexibility exists in the manner by which you prepare Indian cuisine. Tips from restaurants like curry express will enable you to enjoy cooking process and give your best.

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This is the first time i've eaten at this venue, and its their second weekend being open. They have a big menu with lots of items. Ordered via GRabull. Got an order confirmation by email, went to pick it up. Guessed 30 min and stopped by on a Saturday evening and it was hot and ready. Friendly staff, good packaging (paper bag, no styrofoam, all recyclable plastics and foil containers).

Jim Knizer

I loved the Chicken Curry . Chicken Dumplings and the Sause with it was great highly recommended place . 5 minutes walk from my resident and easy access and really cheap compare to other Indian restaurants and they even provide delivery service which is very convinent. Curry express is my stop for all kinds of Indian and Nepali dishes from now

Binod Bohara

Indian food meets fast food. Sounds bad when I say it that way, but it's actually great! The masala fries are delicious, the vegetable samosas are a tad greasy, but still very flavorful, and the lamb Korma was the best Korma, I've had in years.

George Johnson

The food here is delicious! It's good filling food with good value. The staff is incredibly friendly and helpful. I highly recommend eating here!

Marvin Romero

Small and cozy fun atmosphere with lot of varieties in Indian and Nepali cuisines. I will highly recommend their momos!!!

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