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My boyfriend and I love Indian food, and we sometimes go to restaurants to eat it. When we try to make the dishes at home, though, they’re nowhere near as good. I can’t figure out what I’m doing wrong – I can create French, Chinese, Japanese and Italian dishes that we enjoy as much as restaurant food.
I bought Simply Indian: Sweet and Spicy Recipes from India, Pakistan and East Africa by Tahera Rawji and Hamida Suleman but haven’t gotten many “hits” from the cookbook – the recipes are nice but don’t taste at all similar to what we find at our local restaurants. I’ve tried the recipes on recipezaar with the same results. I can make tandoori chicken and channa masala really well, but anything beyond that is just not as tasty. What am I doing wrong? Are the foods we eat in restaurants “Westernized” or is there some secret I am missing? Has anyone figured out a cookbook or a secret that can help me approximate the recipes we enjoy restaurants? I’ve asked the restaurant owners whether they have cookbooks to recommend or whether they offer classes and the answer was no.
I bought Simply Indian: Sweet and Spicy Recipes from India, Pakistan and East Africa by Tahera Rawji and Hamida Suleman but haven’t gotten many “hits” from the cookbook – the recipes are nice but don’t taste at all similar to what we find at our local restaurants. I’ve tried the recipes on recipezaar with the same results. I can make tandoori chicken and channa masala really well, but anything beyond that is just not as tasty. What am I doing wrong? Are the foods we eat in restaurants “Westernized” or is there some secret I am missing? Has anyone figured out a cookbook or a secret that can help me approximate the recipes we enjoy restaurants? I’ve asked the restaurant owners whether they have cookbooks to recommend or whether they offer classes and the answer was no.