To a first time cook, Indian cuisine can seem complex and intimidating. However, learning just a few basic principles will help make the enterprise of cooking Indian food easier. Here are a few tips

Select a good cookbook
Among the many Indian cookbooks available, Julie Sahni and Madhur Jaffrey have produced some of the best. Their books are like courses in cooking Indian cuisine; their recipes explain how to prepare Indian food in simple but precise steps.

Flavor the oil
This is the first step of many Indian cuisine recipes. Cooking oil is heated and seasoned with flavors like mustand, chili, cumin, and garlic. When prepared correctly, the oil spreads these flavors throughout the dish

Try a vegetarian meal
Since it's so widespread in India, vegetarian food is a basic topic in every Indian cookbook. So forgo the meat sometimes and make a meal comprising two or three vegetable or lentil dishes, plus rice!

Don’t forget the accoutrements
A multifacted cuisine, Indian food generally features several dishes at each meal, along with bread and various chutneys and relishes. There accompaniments can be found at an Indian grocery store or can even be made at home!