Hot & Spicy Dishes Recipes

We recently heard that whether spices could act as a preservative for foods, and if it was safe therefore to take highly spiced foods on picnics.

Unfortunately, this is not entirely true. Some spices (including garlic, onions, all-spice, oregano, thyme, cinnamon, tarragon and cumin) have been found to actually kill bacteria in a test tube, but this doesn't have much practical application in the amounts normally used. It would be foolish and dangerous to thick that spices could preserve foods or kill the germs in food that has spoiled. So make sure that the curried chicken salad you take on your next picnic is well chilled.

Yet spices can play an important health role that has nothing to do with microorganisms. For those of us who have waged war with fat intake, one of the first casualties was taste. Fat, in addition to carrying calories and artery-clogging substances, is also largely responsible for the flavor and texture of most foods.

One of the early criticisms of low-fat cooking was that it ended up being dry and tasteless. Fortunately, that does not have to be the case. Food manufacturers, gourmet chefs and cookbook authors have taught us a great deal about low-fat recipes. And one of the best tricks is to use herbs and spices in the ways that bring out the flavors of foods without adding anything you don't want to your diet, like fat and calories.

Collection of Hot & Spicy Dishes Recipes:

1. Chicken Liver Kebabs
   

2. Malaysian Fish Curry
   

3. Ginger Prawn (Shrimp) Stir-fry
   

4. Kashmiri Lamb Curry
   

5. Tandoori Chicken
   

6. Spiced Potato and Cauliflower
   

7. Vegetable Curry