Indian Food

[Poodle]

Greetings:

I am going for Indian food for the first time this weekend. I do not know Indian food, can someone pls offer menu suggestions? I am med to low carb and med to low fat. Appreciate all help.

[Nancy LC]

Tandori should be safe. :)

[MyJourney]

I am with Nancy on that. Tandoori chicken, fish, mixed grill etc. Is always a great option. I usually eat that with raita.
Chicken Tikka Masala shouldnt be particularly high in carbs either. Just avoid the rice and nan. At a local restaurant they list both of those as good low carb options.

[IslandGirl]

...and those two dishes happen to be two of my favourites!

Yum.

:D

[deb34]

now you guys have me dreaming about Muttar Paneer...can someone come up with an LC version? What do you replace the peas with?

Waahhhh!!! i'm stuck in a snowstorm and am starving and now i am drooling over this! Poodle, it's all your fault! :)

[IslandGirl]

Me, I try not to think of peas, and just go straight for the Palak Paneer (Kashmir Spinach). Yum-O!

:D

[MyJourney]

I happened to go out to an indian restaurant for their lunch buffet today. They had something interesting called Paneer Tamatari which was delicious and I believe low carb. It was just the paneer in a tomato sauce with lots of spices. I also had a little bit of their butter chicken, steamed veggies with garam masala, tandoori chicken, chicken tikka, a cauliflower curry (I forget the name but it was pretty good, I just had a couple of bites) and a mug of chai with a splash of rose water, some heavy cream and splenda.

[IslandGirl]

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM, Butter Chicken!

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM, Rosewater in anything! I still have a project in the back of my head for LC Turkish Delight...sigh. :devil:

:wave:

[Poodle]

Thank you for all your suggestions. I will be bring my notes with me. I am so impressed with your knowledge of Indian Food.

Sugar free and cranky free-
Lillian

[bsheets]

Gosh so ummm Tandoori Chicken and Tikka Masala were the best bets, right?? ;)

I'm about to leave for an indian restaurant and I can't find carb counts anywhere!

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[tmatrocks]

Sag Paneer - spinach with Indian cheese!

[Demi]

To be honest, as long you steer clear of the rice, bread (naaan, roti, chapati etc) and potatoes (Bombay potatoes, aloo bhaji) you shouldn't haven't a problem.

Hope you enjoy it ... I love Indian food :yum:

[bsheets]

Thank you so much you guys!! I thought maybe the sauces used a flour base or something like that to give it the thickness... but I really have no idea. I mean it might be crushed chik peas for all I know!

I enjoyed it immensely. :agree: :D

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