Top Indian Cooking 101 Having the right spices and ingredients in your kitchen will help you get started to try out the wonderful Indian recipes out there. Once you have some of the very basic spices and ingredients needed to make Indian recipes then you can expand your horizons and fill your kitchen with other exotic Indian ingredients and have fun experimenting with the wonderful Indian cuisine.
Indian cuisine uses an extensive variety of herbs, spices and ingredients.
Most recipes can be made with a basic group of ingredients. You will learn what you will need to get started and what are the most common ingredients to have when cooking Indian food. You may also use the sweet Vidalia onions for making salads or the Red onions to cook with. Onions - sliced, diced chopped, pureed are used extensively in Indian cooking. To reduce tearing when peeling or slicing an onion, chill for 30 minutes or cut off the top, but leave the root on.