Spices Used in Indian Food Recipes

Video Transcript

"Hi! This is Mona for Expert Village, and we're here today to learn to make some quick, easy, and wonderful healthy to go Indian recipes. Indian cooking is know for it's distinguished use of herbs and spices. In fact, the British learned from us. They were just eating mashed potatoes with salt and pepper. We are here today to make a stuffed potato tortilla, which is basically a whole wheat bread stuffed with potatoes. The tortilla is the staple diet for north Indians. The second dish is going to be a pakora. It's vegetables dipped in a batter and deep fried. The third dish is Indian curry. Everybody knows what curry is, but I'm going to tell you what is the base of a curry. I'm an expert because I've been cooking for the past 15 years. I was married for 8 years and I cooked for 20 people a day breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Indian food is good for you. Basically, you start from scratch so the vegetables are fresh. The onions, the ginger, the garlic. Everything is so fresh. Nothing is processed. The addition of herbs and spices makes it so flavorful so your pallet is satisfied so you eat less. You can eat a lot and not put on weight. I did want to show my experience. I was cooking for 8 years for 20 people in joined family in a little kitchen. I had to cover my head. My mother-in-law and father-in-law lived with me and cook. You know India is warm. When you say hot. It's like 110-115 degrees and we had to cover our head and cook, but the food was totally worth it. I'm sure everybody enjoyed it. Alright, let's go ahead and start out with the Indian curry."