No, It's not like that. There are variety of dishes with many cooking options like: roasting, steaming, grilling, boiling. Most commonly used ingredients and spices in Indian cuisine beside being healthy have Medicinal, healing properties. Few of the names are: turmeric, cinnamon, ginger, garlic. Indian cooking is done with fresh ingredients and no preserved fruits/vegetables are used while cooking. Hence using every thing fresh, can consume a little more time than regular but it is true that most of the Indian Gourmet dishes are rich and creamy. Spices are used in Indian cuisine to give flavor to the food. Indian cooking is not at all difficult but in starting, everything needs practice. Don't go by common opinion, cook with me and discover how delicious and easy it is to cook Indian Cuisine.