Indian spices???

[Thorn]

As Oakleaf put it....if you haven't cooked Indian, work from a recipe. One of things I found shocking when I first tried cooking Indian was the amount of spices. Follow the recipes and trust. Here are some other sites. In some ways it is easier to try cooking Indian now as you can watch the process, not just read the recipe.
http://showmethecurry.com/ (Note: we use Penzy's spices and need to cut the coriander powder amounts from here in 1/2)
http://www.curryonwheels.com/pbs2.html

The latter is put out by our local PBS. While some of her recipes can seem rather similar, if you read between the lines, what she does is show you things like "Here, these spices work with vegetables. See how they change when I change out the vegetable?" And she has a lot of dry fry dishes -- lots of flavorful spices without a heavy sauce.