Indian Restaurant Recipes
Indian restaurant recipes that produce dishes from Indian restaurants and takeaways often showcase a variety of spices, herbs, and cooking techniques that reflect the country’s cultural heritage. Indian cuisine is renowned for its rich flavours and diverse ingredients, making it a popular choice for food enthusiasts around the world.
From aromatic curries to tandoori dishes, each recipe offers a unique blend of tastes that can transport diners to the vibrant streets of India. In crafting these dishes, chefs typically emphasize the importance of balancing flavours, utilizing ingredients such as mixed powder, cumin, coriander, turmeric, and garam masala to create depth and complexity of their Indian restaurant recipes.
Traditional cooking methods, such as slow simmering and grilling in a tandoor, contribute to the distinctive textures and aromas that characterize Indian food. Additionally, many recipes incorporate fresh vegetables, legumes, and grains, making them not only flavourful but also nutritious.
For those looking to recreate the experience of dining at an British Indian restaurant (BIR), exploring our Indian restaurant recipes can be both rewarding and educational. By understanding the foundational elements of Indian cooking, home chefs can experiment with various ingredients and techniques, allowing them to personalize their dishes while honoring the authentic flavours of this beloved cuisine.
Whether preparing a classic butter chicken, vegetable biryani, or a spicy chicken madras curry, the journey into Indian culinary traditions promises to be a delightful adventure using our Indian restaurant recipes.
In the early 1980s, Indian restaurant and takeaway food became part of my regular weekly diet, generally on a Saturday evening with either a takeaway or a visit to the local restaurant for a dine-in experience. Indian food was relatively new to a lot of people and as such there were more takeaways but limited restaurants around, so you did not have to book to eat in, and there were always free tables available.
Service was very personalized and as such it did not take long to get to know the owners and staff. The food tasted so different than what it does today, but the essential cooking methods were basically the same as they are now. By generating really good friendships with the owners and staff, it was not long before I was spending time in their kitchens, watching, understanding, and indeed also being shown how to cook my own takeaways.
This began my quest right back then to write down Indian restaurant recipes and methods so I could try at home what I was watching being made in their kitchens. Sure enough very soon, I was creating really tasty and copycat food with good results.
Throughout the 80s, as more and more outlets opened, I found myself in more restaurant and takeaway kitchens learning evolving methods, as well as new and developing dishes. This continued throughout the 90s, with new dishes appearing all the time.
I have met so many owners and chefs, and in fact even have a relation who has owned restaurants and takeaways up to where we are now in 2025. With all the knowledge gained and an ever-growing number of recipes, I decided to put everything down on paper and create our first book. This recipe book, Indian Restaurant Recipes Revealed “The Favourites” available here, has been written as part of a series of books with this one being the first and the others to follow in due course.
So, with the help of this website and our books, you will finally, after a little practice and patience, be able to cook from the comfort of your kitchen, your favourite meals, just as you like to buy from your local Indian restaurant and takeaway outlet.
We have to say, though, that not all the same named dishes from different restaurants and takeaways all taste the same. Each chef has their own spin on cooking the different dishes. You can, of course, adapt the recipes if necessary once you are experienced to suit your own requirements by slightly changing the spices and other ingredients. These curries and dishes are easy and quick to make once the preparation is done, and best of all, they are all delicious.
The recipes contained within our books all come from actual Indian restaurants and takeaways. They have been adapted to suit home cooking but without any loss in taste and technique. We use the word adapted in the sense that Indian restaurants and takeaways make up large quantities of various mixes, marinades, gravies and also use intense heat obtained from their bigger gas hob burners, as opposed to the burners and hobs we generally have at home.
Therefore, at home, some adaptation is necessary to the methods and cooking times. We have carefully listed all the ingredients and described all of the techniques used, so all the information you require is right here. Nothing has been left out, and therefore no secrets are missing. All the recipes are given in exacting detail along with step-by-step instructions.
In a few instances, we have provided what we consider near equivalent cooking methods. These are mainly tandoori dishes and breads that would normally be cooked in a tandoor oven, which of course most people do not have in a standard domestic kitchen. However, the methods provided do provide very acceptable and accurate results.
We hope we have covered most of your favourite curries and dishes on this website and within our Indian restaurant recipes books, such as chicken tikka masala, garlic chilli chicken tikka, madras, vindaloo, balti, dupiaza, pathia, bhuna and korma, to name but a few. We have also included tandoori chicken, chicken tikka, kebabs, a full range of starters, rice dishes, breads, side dishes and sundries. In other words, all your favourite Indian restaurant and takeaway recipes are contained within this website and our books ready for you to cook. If we have missed your favourite dish do let us know within the forum of this site or on our facebook page then hopefully we can provide the recipe for you.
Indian restaurant recipes are relatively simple to make; once the preparation is done. All it takes is a little reading and some attention to detail. Then, before you know it, and with a little practice, you will be preparing Indian restaurant and takeaway food at home better than you ever thought possible. You will then be able to invite your friends round and let them taste your success. You will be surprised when they say that they cannot tell the difference between your cooking and their local Indian restaurant and takeaway.
