From Fine Cooking Magazine

Chicken Tikka Masala

From Better Homes and Gardens

Slow Cooker Indian Chicken Stew

From Better Homes and Gardens

Naan is a flat bread often served at Indian restaurants. Make your own using this recipe.

Naan Bread

From Better Homes and Gardens

This buttermilk-bathed chicken borrows seasonings used in traditional East Indian tandoori cooking. The cucumber sauce cools the heat.

Tandoori-Spiced Chicken

From Food & Wine

The creaminess in this quick-braised chicken curry comes from tangy Greek-style low-fat yogurt, which Grace Parisi cleverly blends with fresh tomatoes, corn kernels, serrano chile, ginger, and curry powder for immense flavor.

Curry-and-Yogurt-Braised Chicken Thighs

From Vegetarian Times

This fragrant rice pilaf goes especially well with Indian, Asian, and Caribbean entrees. It's so good and so simple, though, you'll probably find yourself making it often to accompany week- night meals.

Caribbean Coconut Rice

From Better Homes and Gardens

A paste of lemon juice and spices rubbed under the skin of the chicken infuses the meat with flavor for this easy dinner.

Spicy Oven-Baked Chicken

From Ladies' Home Journal

Garam masala is an Indian spice blend. You can buy it premade but this recipe lets you mix it up at home.

Garam Masala

From Fine Cooking Magazine

This would go well with a roasted chicken or even scrambled eggs.

Potato Stir-Fry with Mint & Cilantro

From Better Homes and Gardens

This traditional Indian ice cream, or kulfi, made with reduced whole milk, is a smooth and cooling treat.

Kulfi (Saffron-Pistachio Ice Cream)

From Fine Cooking Magazine

Boiled Basmati Rice

From Fine Cooking Magazine

Mussels, which are slightly sweeter than clams, benefit from a little extra acid, so use the larger amount of lemon juice when cooking mussels in this recipe.

Indian-Spiced Mussels or Clams

From Food & Wine

Many Indian restaurants call any spiced rice dish biryani, but Suvir Saran insists, "Biryani must be layered." Here, he boils rice like pasta to make it fluffy, then layers it in a casserole dish with yogurt, pistachios, and apricots.

Pistachio-Apricot Biryani

From Better Homes and Gardens

Mango-Chili Chicken Stir-Fry

From Better Homes and Gardens

While the lamb roasts, the spicy rub seeps into the slits you cut in the meat, creating pockets of flavor.

East Indian Roasted Leg of Lamb

From Food & Wine

Rajat Parr braises his ultratender lamb shanks in a rich mix of red wine, tomatoes, and cinnamon.

Braised Lamb Shanks with Garlic and Indian Spices

From Food & Wine

Lassis are ubiquitous in India; the shakes, made with yogurt or buttermilk, can be sweet or salty. The Victorian-style Imperial Hotel in India's capital, New Delhi, where Peggy Markel stopped on her way to Rajasthan, has an extensive selection of lassi. This one is elegantly flavored with saffron.

Saffron Lassi

From Food & Wine

At an Indian restaurant, this dish might be cooked in a tandoor oven, but Suvir Saran loves to char the shrimp on the grill. Instead of marinating shrimp in homemade yogurt that's been drained for hours, as is traditional, Saran opts for sour cream -- it's not only faster, but he thinks it's tastier.

Grilled Sour Cream-Marinated Shrimp

From Food & Wine

Indian-Spiced Short Ribs

From Better Homes and Gardens

Chicken Curry Skillet with Rice Noodles

From Better Homes and Gardens

Indian-Style Lamb Curry

From CanolaInfo

Awadh's (a part of India since the Mughal Era and famous for its cuisine) answer to the English bread and butter pudding, original cooks of this recipe were so amazed at the softness of the English dessert that they challenged themselves to make a dish that surpassed the English.

Shahi Tukda

From Betty Crocker

We really like chicken with this creamy pasta, but the curry flavor also blends well with tuna.

Chicken Curry

From Better Homes and Gardens

Crisp apple and pear wedges are perfect dippers for this sour cream and chutney dip.

Chutney Dip

From Betty Crocker

A Bombayite's version of bananas Foster, this recipe stirs in highly aromatic cardamom for that quintessential flavor associated with many an Indian dessert.

Red Bananas with Cardamom (Elaichi Kela)