Indian cooking food at home - where to start?

My first experience with the curry were the generic variety which the British always cooked and ate when living abroad a few decades ago. They also know that I discovered the real "Indian" and decided that as I could not afford to eat so much, I had to learn how things are cooking.

My first stop was then a local library, where the choice of books on Indian cuisine has been rather limited. However, I struck lucky and found a book called IndianCooking by Madhur Jaffrey - what a data source. Written in simple language but with a better descriptive text and recommendations on what is meant exactly what I was looking for.

There has been an obstacle, but it was the endless list of spices, seasonings and flavors at the front of the book. I did not know where should I start - I had heard a lot, because i watched TV programs in Indian cuisine, "but" help, I thought, "that many buy at allonce cost a fortune. "If you think they are the same, do not panic. Check-in pantry. You probably already have some of the items you need.

For example, try to black peppercorns, bay leaves, chili powder (if you're already a fan of chili con carne), ginger, nutmeg, cloves and cinnamon, if you're baking cakes or apple pie. You might find mustard seeds, if they want their food stains and sweet sesame, if you cook or Chinese. L 'leaves few basic ingredients that appear in many Indian recipes - cumin, coriander, turmeric and cardamom. Often, cumin and coriander need, but if you buy the spices together, you can change it if necessary, to grind (and last longer so).

The other thing I did was a fairly simple recipe, select the beginning and bought the spices I needed for this. The next time I will cook an Indian meal, I opted for a different recipe with similar ingredients so I had tojust buy a few things more. Soon I built a whole pantry of things I need and do not have a drastic effect on my wallet.

There was nothing stopping me - I also know some recipes by heart now and you can do the same if you want.

You do not need special equipment for Indian cooking, although I would not be without my electric grinder (to grind spices) and it's nice (but not necessary), to serve traditional dishes for your mealIn addition to this, you need a little 'patience and it's fun to cook with a friend, in order to split the loops and hooks or someone read the recipe, step by step so that you do not go to the center wrong.

The flavors are great, a curry evening is very sociable, so going to try it.