It may sound strange but somehow a lot of people never think about eating Indian food when they go out to dinner.
Maybe it is because there are not many Indian restaurants in the neighborhood or it could be that they think it is to hard to try and make them self.
If you have never eaten Indian food before you are missing out on a lot of beautiful flavors and spices.
If there are no Indian restaurants in your part of town then you should really start to prepare your own Indian dinner.
When you serve your Indian dinner to your friends and family they will be surprised, not only by the fact that you are able to prepare all these festive delicious dishes, but also by the fact that Indian food tastes so great.
Probably some of your friends have never tasted Indian food before.
So for them it will be the first time they come in contact with this oriental type of food.
If that's the case make sure that you serve plenty of different types of dishes they can try.
Just start Cooking it Okay so the recipes have strange names, but that doesn't mean they are hard to create.
Some of the ingredients will be new to you but most of them you have seen and maybe used before, it's the combination of the ingredients that's new for you.
If you start to look for them you will find a lot of tips on cooking Indian on the internet along with a ton of recipes.
There are even people who have placed their own experience with cooking Indian food on the internet and you can find their advice and tips on web sites they created.
On the internet there are enough forums that specialize in recipes and often they have sections specially reserved for oriental food.
So if you have any questions about Indian cooking you should start at asking them in one of those forums.
Forums are also the best places to trade your recipes with other Indian food lovers.
This way you gradually grow your knowledge about Indian cooking.
When some of the ingredients for a recipe are hard to find maybe someone on one of those forums can help you out.
And don't be surprised if someone from India is on there to help you out when you want to create that special dish for your friends.
Just keep in mind that not everyone likes spicy food.
So when you want your friends and family to try out the Indian kitchen, keep in mind to create a wide range of dishes.
Ranging from very mild to very hot.
This way they can taste what they want and avoid the dishes that maybe are to hot for them.
Or they can gradually get in to eating hot food.
There are different type of hot food and different types of hot.
When you spend some more time in your kitchen and start creating dishes from all over the world you will see what I mean with that last line.