Indian food Recipes aka Adaptions from hard to simple.

 Cucumber Raita Wannabe. (Should include mint,but the store was out)

• 2 cups unsweetened greek yogurt
• 1 cucumber diced small
• 3 tsps lemon juice
• salt to taste
• 1 tsp garlic powder

Mix that stuff together. This is to eat with your curry to help cool/cleanse your pallet.

Cauliflower attempting to be Aloo Gobi(the yellow stuff on the left)
Adapted from :http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Gobi-Aloo-Indian-Style-Cauliflower-with-Potatoes/Detail.aspx?evt19=1

• 2 small sweet onions diced
• 4 cloves garlic smashed/diced
• 1 Tbs ginger powder
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1 tsp tumeric
• 1 tsp paprika
• 1/2 tsp garam masala
• salt to taste
• 1 large cauliflower head (or a pound of frozen stuff) cut into bite sized pieces
• 3 medium unpeeled red potatoes cut into bite size pieces
• 2 Tbs Butter
• Dash of milk
• Half cup of water(unless using frozen cauliflower)
• Handful of diced Cilantro

Start by heating a pan on medium, throw the butter in there with the onions, once they start going translucent, add garlic. Cook until garlic is browned. Throw in all the spices minus the Cilantro. Then add the Potatoes. Mix up and cover for 7ish minutes.

Add in Cauliflowe, water and milk. Cover again, turn heat down to medium low.  Cook until the cauliflower and potatoes are nice and cooked. Throw in dat cilantro.


And lastly, the least easy of those recipes

Spicy Indian Style Steak Curry (yeah I know people in India are less inclined to eat beef)
Adapted from: http://www.food.com/recipe/spicy-indian-beef-curry-351311

Marinade:

• Salt and Pepper to taste
• 1 Tbs Garam Masala
• 4 Tbs Yogurt

Everything else

• 2 Pounds Decent quality Steak diced into bite size pieces (the shitty the steak the longer you should marinate it!)
• 2 yellow onions diced
• 2 Tbs olive oil
• 4 cloves garlic
• 2 Tb Sugar
• 1 Spicy Chili Pepper of some sort
• 2 Tbs Olive Oil
• 2 Tbs Ginger powder
• 2 Tbs Cumin
• 2 Tbs Coriander
• 1/4 tsp fenugreek
• 3 Tbs Curry Powder
• 1 small can of tomato Paste
• 2 cans of diced Tomatoes
• 1.5 cups Water (or beef stock)
• 1 TB Beef bouillon  (if water, if beef stock nope)

Marinate the meat for 2+ hours

After meat has marinated you can start cooking.

Sautee Onions in 2 Tbs olive oil... add sugar to start carmelizing the onions. Add garlic and chili pepper. Once the garlic is browned and onions carmelized add ALL the spices and the rest of the olive oil.

Next add and brown the meat in the spice mix.

Once the meat is browned a bit, add in tomatos and stock.

Cover and simmer for 30 minutes or longer if needed to get the meat nice and tender.

Eat over rice.