If you share my interest in Indian food and are looking for some fabulous recipes to try, I think you will like today’s guest post from the fabulous Sana!
I reached out to Sana and asked her to share some of her favorite traditional Indian dishes and I cannot wait to make them soon!
Enjoy!
Indian Cooking 101
Hello Everyone!
I am so happy that Julie asked me to post about Indian food because truthfully, the best part about being Indian is the awesome food!
My name is Sana and I blog over at SuperSana.com. I have been blessed to grow up in America my entire life, so I don’t have the firsthand experience of fine Indian cooking. However, my mom is a wonderful cook and has basically taught me everything that I need to know.
Here are a few of my favorite recipes:
Moong Dal (lentil soup) Recipe
Minty Greek Yogurt Dip (essential to almost all Indian dishes) 
Just remember you can find all these ingredients at your local Indian/Middle Eastern/Regular Grocery store. Don’t be intimidated!
As always check out my recipe page for more easy Indian recipes!
Happy Cooking!
P.S. You can buy excellent naan from Trader Joe’s.
I am curious to try Indian food because I have never had it! All of your recipes look delicious.
Ashley @ Life and Fitness(Quote)
Those recipes all look so good! But Mark is allergic to cilantro, coriander, and cumin
so no yummy Indian food for us, I’m afraid!
Chelsea(Quote)
LOVE! Are there any Indian recipes that don’t require as many ingredients?
tiffany(Quote)
You can get premade spices and sauces to cut down on the ingredients
Sana(Quote)
i do love indian food, but never make it – now i can change that!
Linz @ Itz Linz(Quote)
Oh, my mom (and dad) are from India, but my dad lived here most of his life. It’s so awesome to be able to have authentic Indian food (I’m a sucker for butter chicken and masala dosa)! I can’t stand it when people use the mixes and sauces that come ready made, it’s just not the same. These recipes look amazing! Thanks Sana
Sarah(Quote)
I love Indian food but I’ve never made it myself, I’ll have to check out your site Sana! Thanks!
Katie @ Peace Love & Oats(Quote)
Oh my goodness…these all look so tasty! I love Indian food!!
char eats greens(Quote)
Indian food has quickly become one of our favorites – the eggplant curry looks amazing, so does the lentil soup. I’m quite the lentil soup fan, so I’m excited to try this one!
Victoria @ Reluctantly Skinny(Quote)
Yum!! The cauliflower looks amazing. Indian food is so flavorful, I’d love to experiment with it more. Thanks sana
Makenzie(Quote)
Thanks for sharing! That eggplant curry sounds incredible!!!
Angela @ Health’s Angel(Quote)
Yum! I love indian food…I will have to try these recipes! Thanks for sharing.
Bethany(Quote)
I love this guest post, thanks for sharing! I have been wanting to try indian cooking after reading about your great experiences and loving it when I tried in China. I know my first experience with Indian food was in China, but it was my favorite meal of my trip!
Nicole @ Fruit ‘N’ Fitness(Quote)
I love naan, its so good, I never thought to make naan pizza, yum!
sara @ fitcupcaker(Quote)
Yum! Can you just come over and cook all this for me?!
Sonja @ The {Happy} Travel Bug(Quote)
I need to try Indian food. I LOVE spicy food!!
Cori @ olivetorun(Quote)
Indian food is my VERY favorite. I have made very difficult recipes, including making our own naan! But Trader Joes has tons of premade stuff (ginger garlic paste YUM +) that makes prep much simple! Yay Indian!
Kelsey(Quote)
I am so going to try that minty greek yogurt dip. OMG YUM!
Audrey @ In Shape Cupcake(Quote)
Mmm I feel like Indian food is the realm of deliciousness that we’re all scared to reach out to. I’d love to give some Indian cooking a shot, but so far, I’ve only managed to buy Naan bread at Sprouts. Haha, I’m getting there!
Avery @ Southern Belle Living Well(Quote)
OMG thank you so much for this post! I too have recently fallen in love with indian cuisine. The flavors are just AMAZING. Definitely going to try every recipe here:)
Chelsea Recently(Quote)
That pizza looks delicious!
Danielle @ Truffles n’ Treadmills(Quote)
My wife and I love Indian food and your recipes look incredible. While in Seattle recently, we ate at a little Indian restaurant that served us a pea-bases curry with what appeared to be tofu as the meat substitute. It was by far the best tofu I had ever tasted, and since we don’t each much meat or dairy I really enjoyed that tofu. When the owner of the restaurant came around to ask how we enjoyed our meals, I was quick to ask him about the tofu and how he prepared it. He looked at me, thought a second and then said, “that is not tofu it is a special Indian cheese.” No wonder i enjoyed it so much. Thanks for a great post. We will try some of your recipes. — Owen
Owen(Quote)
The cheese is paneer
sana(Quote)
Thank you for reminded me that is was paneer. All I have to say is it was fantastic in that dish.
Owen(Quote)
What’s this about home made Tomato Paste? How do you do that? And why?
Margot C(Quote)
Most Indian dishes have a tomato base. You just cook tomatoes on medium heat until they are soft and soupy. Cool too room temp and blend.
sana(Quote)
Sana, thank you so much for taking the time to answer me!
Aren’t you then really talking about tomato sauce? Tomato “paste” as sold in the US (I’m sure that you know this I’m just trying to make sure that I use the right thing) is highly concentrated and has no seeds. They sell it in really small cans or even in tubes because it’s so concentrated. So, you don’t mean to use that stuff, right?
Margot C(Quote)
You can totally use that. This is just fresh
Sana(Quote)
Love Indian food! It’s one of my favorites! I can’t wait to try some of the recipes. Thanks for sharing them and the tip on TJ’s naan!
Shay @ Whine Less, Breathe More(Quote)
Yum these dishes look amazing
Jan @ Sprouts n Squats(Quote)
This was a great guest post! I checked out all of the recipes. I love indian food and want to make it more but have a hard time deciding what to make since i dont know what anything is. I am going to try a few out for sure!
lindsay @ fuelmyfamily(Quote)
Indian food is my absolute fave!! It’s a shame you won’t be in Manchester on your trip to the UK they have an area called “the Curry Mile” – they have amazing food
Have a great trip!
Holly @ Welshgirlstyle(Quote)
I love this guest post! Indian food is my favourite!
I can’t wait to try out some of your recipes and check out your blog
Rachel McIntyre(Quote)
I have never tried making Indian food before! I guess I will have to try it now
Brittany @ DulceVie(Quote)
This is great! There is not ANY indian food in Arkansas so everytime I go home to Texas that’s the first place my family goes to eat (we did last night)!
Definitely need to try these!!
Kimberly Ann(Quote)
Awesome post. I absolutely fell in love with Indian food once I developed a vegetarian diet. It is unbelievably delicious! I love making simple recipes at home, but you sure cannot beat great authentic Indian food from a restaurant. The eggplant curry and naan pizza recipes both look amazing!
Hannah @ CleanEatingVeggieGirl(Quote)
Great post:-) I love Indian food but have always been nervous to try making it myself! Can’t wait to try the naan pizza yummy love + shine Courtstar
courtstar @ star systemz(Quote)
Hi Julie,
I really love indian cooking because the spices contain a lot of beneficial nutrients which are good for boosting a person’s immune system to fight diseases.
Edmund
Edmund Proctor(Quote)
These recipes look awesome! I am a HUGE fan of naan, we always make it at home! So good!
Brooke @ Running In Heels(Quote)
These look amazing!!! Aloo and Gobi and Bryani are some of my favorites, but it’s hard to even choose a favorite!! Great post!
Merri(Quote)
Yay!! This is awesome!! I adore Indian food but haven’t been entirely successful in my attempts to cook it at home. Thanks for sharing all of your awesome recipes, Sana! Can’t wait to give them a try.
Carol @ Lucky Zucca(Quote)