Hot Indian curry into cold English tummy

Pete Romfh · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 31

On Sun, 6 Jan 2008 12:55:50 -0500, "Cuddly Duddly"
wrote:

>Thank you everyone who replied with advice and recipes for Indian food. I
>have printed them all out and shall try them over the next few weeks and
>report on BG.
>
>BTW there is an excellent site which was brought to my attention in another
>news group. Here is the link. May be of interest to anyone who likes good
>spicy food!
>
>http://www.indiacurry.com/ Diabetic? Ho, hum.
>

Go to this site and do a search for Diabetic:

http://www.tarladalal.com/recipesearch.asp

I've got two of her cookbooks and they've given me some good ideas.

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Pete Romfh, telecom geek and amateur gourmet.
Houston, TX, USA

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Pete Romfh · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 31

On Sun, 06 Jan 2008 07:58:01 -0600, jeremy
wrote:

>Pete Romfh wrote:
>
>Nice recipe Pete, but you should up the ginger, cut the salt, lose the corn
>starch and toast the spices first. I have never been in a Northern Indian
>house without watching the spices being toasted in oil before the rest of the
>ingredients are added. Punjabi cooking is usually swift and cooked over really
>hot charcoal in a single pot.
>I also would substitute bitter melon or tomatillos for the tomatoes just for
>nutritive reasons and add a cup of Madeira for taste.
>You know me, I grew up on Vindaloo but 3/4 of a teaspoon of my cayenne in a
>recipe would clear the neighborhood. Just one single pepper in a gallon of
>soup is close to intolerable.
>
>BTW, thanks for the leaves, the last of them are soaking in vodka as we speak.
>
>JJ
>
Good ideas, we'll give it a try. We always splutter our spices and I
should have included that in the directions.

We've got plenty more leaves on the tree. Stop by any time and grab a
few.

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Pete Romfh, telecom geek and amateur gourmet.
Houston, TX, USA

Nicky · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 102

On Sun, 6 Jan 2008 01:48:37 +0000 (UTC), "W. Baker"
wrote:

>ow in H--l do yu grind fenugreek?

It's amazing, isn't it! Dry-roast it first, then try.

Nicky.
T2 dx 05/04 + underactive thyroid
D&E, 100ug thyroxine
Last A1c 5.6% BMI 25