FAQ Index uk.food+drink.indian Newsgroup

Welcome to the FAQ pages for the newsgroup on Indian food and drink. If you have a query which is not answered on these pages please post it to the group.

The questions are grouped together under the following headings, which are links to the relevant page (please note - not all have contents at the moment):

• Appetisers, Starters and Snacks
  1. Kebabs
  2. Poppadums
  3. Pakora/Pakoda
  4. Samosa
• Main Course Dishes and Sauces
  1. Basic Sauce
  2. Indian Food and Diabetes
  3. Chicken Tikka Masala
  4. Dhal as a main dish
  5. Sambhar
  6. Vindaloo
• Rice and other Base Dishes
  1. Problems with cooking rice
• Side Dishes and Additional Sauces
  1. Dhal
• Doughs and Batters
  1. Flours
  2. Roti
  3. Chapatti
  4. Phulka
  5. Poori
  6. Paratha
  7. Naan
  8. Besan Pancakes
  9. Appam
  10. Dhosai
  11. Idlis
• Chutneys, Pickles, Relishes, Condiments
  1. Onion Relish
• Sweets, Desserts, Puddings
• Drinks
  1. General
  2. Beers and Lagers
  3. Lassi
  4. Chai/Tea
• Herbs and Spices
  1. Chillis
  2. Curry Powders
  3. Curry Leaves
  4. Garam Masala
  5. Turmeric
  6. Tamarind
• Preparation and Cooking Methods
  1. Advance Preparation
  2. Home made curries tasting too bitter
  3. Chillis
  4. Cooking Chicken
  5. Ghee
  6. Mustard Oil
  7. Panir
  8. Meat not tender
  9. Tandoor Oven
• Miscellaneous Hints and Tips
  1. Eating Chillis
  2. Ordering in restaurants
  3. Dining out
• Technical Terms and Translations
  1. Basic glossary and link to sites with comprehensive information
  2. Descriptions of terms found on menus and in recipe books
  3. Descriptions of various breads, pancakes and dumplings
  4. Descriptions of the different dhals and other pulses
  5. Descriptions of the most commonly used flours
• Links
  Currently over 40 links to a wide range of sites.
  1. Recipe sites
  2. Where to Buy
  3. Where to Eat
  4. Specific Information
  5. General Information
• Books
  1. Books mentioned on the newsgroup, some with comments from those posting.
  2. Bookshops and websites

On each page the questions are listed first, followed by the answers in order. Where one answer is relevant to a number of questions and it is not possible to see all the questions and answers without scrolling then each question will be linked to the relevant answer(s) by keywords.

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