The other day I stumbled upon "Spicy Indian Cauliflower Ground Pork."
Intend to steam a head of cauliflower for 5-8 minutes. Forget about it and let it go at least 12 until it's all mushy.
Pan fry some ground pork and throw on lots of spices, focusing on curry powder, cumin, and the like.
Mix it together in a bowl and eat up!
Last week I made "Spicy Indian Ground Beef Stir Fry" (sense a trend?). 2 pounds of ground beef, vegetables that were lying around waiting to be eaten (onions, garlic, green peppers, bok choy, scallions, frozen broccoli), all cooked together in some beef tallow and seasoned to hell with curry powder, cumin, crushed red pepper, coriander, black pepper, salt, turmeric, and probably some other things.
So I guess my standby is "Throw meat and vegetables that happen to be around in a pan, and cook them with a bunch of spices and call it Indian food."