Mamta's Kitchen - A Family Cookbook
no rice pasta or flour!!
cooking indian tomorrow but two of the people who will be eating with us dont eat white or brown rice pasta or anything with flour so can anybody suggest what i could make for them in place of rice or bread?? i thought about doing some stir fried vegetables but i think that might be a bit much.
sid
How about a simple dahl or chickpea curry?
Besan (chickpea flour) is usually acceptable for those with wheat allergies.
curry and chips, is this what this forum has degenerated to?
Seriously, though, potatoes, boiled, then fried a little with other soft veg, a few mild spices, then a little yoghurt added. Goes well with most things (except chips).
Incidentally, I've now discovered that if I coat freshly cut potatoes with potato flour, and deep fry, I get lovely crisp outsides and fluffy insides (of the chips, that is).
"L" the original post asked for a replacement for rice/pasta/bread which doesn't leave much that goes well with a curry type meal. Chips was only a suggestion along with "spiced potatoes" (I didn't want to put Bombay Potatoes as I'm sure someone would have said there is no such dish) or oven baked potato wedges.
Steve
I was only kidding Steve, there's not much carbo other than potatoes or root veg. but a non-meat meal might be more appropriate, rather than a meat and rice/bread.
It would be helpful to know why the foods are not acceptable. Sometimes that helps.
L one person out of the couple is gluten intolerant and the other doesn't like rice. either way i would have to cook something for one of them other than stated so i came here for ideas. chips are an option for sure and so are spicy wedges and thanks for the poster for the idea. odd really because i never considered chips as an option. i came across a video earlier with an indian lady cooking some type of bread using basan flour so i have bookmarked that one and it is still an option.
another question. can you make curry without turmeric and if someone is intolernat to turmeric and garlic does that mean they should avoid other foods in the same family such as ginger (turmeric) and onions leeks chives (garlic)???? ]
thanks very much for getting back to me ppl. i love this place because people are so helpful.
sid.
it is possible to make Indian food out of anything Indian, leaving out turmeric won't be too much of a problem in most dishes.
As for other ingredients in the same family, it depends to what the person is intolerant to, it is likely to be a specific chemical, like the yellow colouring in turmeric (curcumin), which isn't found in ginger, galangal or zedoary. Likewise the alliums, all contain different chemicals in general, so don't assume that one is representative of all of them, although still possible.
Besan flour is made from Indian chickpeas, not the larger Mediterranean chickpea, and is a little dry when made into anything bread-like, although great for batter.
As you seem to understand Indian ideas about cooking, why not try to convince the rice disliker that it can be really tasty, done properly. Or just serve the rice, and let them see what they are missing, maybe mentioning that a little rice and a handful of chillies is all that many Indians have to eat in a day.
If it is wheat and rice that is the problem, you can make
HerMissi Roti
Skinless Moong Dal Pancakee are a few other ideas;
Yes, you can cook curries without garlic and even turmeric. It will have a different flavour but if one is allergic to something, then there isn?t much choice, is there? As for avoiding other foods in the same family as onions, Lapis has already answered your question. Perfectly good curries can be made without onion, ginger and garlic and even tomatoes.
As Lapis says, rice dislike may be due to how they have eaten it cooked until now. But before going to the trouble of making a tasty rice dish which is then rejected, ask them first. Will they be willing to try a nice dish, cooked properly?
If I were you, I would ask the guests to give you a list of what they are allergic to, before you try to cut all these things. Better still, ask that they give you a list of things they do eat and go from there. If it is a question of taste and they don?t like so many Indian ingredients, perhaps you would like to make another cuisine?
I am a bit busy with guests today, but if you have a specific question, let me know, I will try to ?pop in? here later.
Good luck!
mamta