Have you ever tried Indian Food?!

Have you ever tried Indian Food?

I personally have never tried it. I LOVE trying new foods, except that I really don't do well with Hot/Spicy foods, so I avoid them. This sounds cheesy, but indian food got my attention after seeing the movie Along Came Polly. So my questions are, If you have tried it, what do you like, and what do you recommend? Are there main dishes that don't have a lot of heat to them? Do you possibly have any recipes that I could work with? Thanks for your help, Sorry for so many questions.

I live in a very diverse area and frequently have Indian food. Not all of it is spicy. I would recommend the Tandoori chicken as a good intro. The chicken korma (creamy not spicy light tomato sauce) is excellent. If you like Lamb, there are some excellent lamb dishes. It is fairly easy to determine the spicy from the mild dishes on most menu's.

You really should try the breads. Puri, Paratha, or the filled breads. They are my favorite part of eating Indian food.

I also like the pastries (savory). The Samosa are excellent. I like both the meat and potato filled.

Lastly, i recommend you try the Mulligatawny soup.

None of the above is highly spiced


In regard to recipies, you can find endless numbers of them on various websites like foodtv.com or epicurious.com. I usually make recipies from a few cookbooks that I have. Anything written by Madhur Jaffrey or Julie Sahni would give you a bunch of great recipies and information about indian cooking.