- Hardcover: 324 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins (1 Jan 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0060935189
- ISBN-13: 978-0060935184
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 20.8 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,513,104 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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For centuries Arab ships sailed to the southern coast of India for the spices that now add heavenly fragrance to an irresistible lamb curry from Tamil Nadu. The 17th-century English planted their gardens in Madras where vegetable korma delighted the eye and palate with a medley of colour and taste. From southern ports to northern mountains, Indian food conveys not only the flavours of a region but its rich history. This lush volume is destined to become the gold standard in Indian cookbooks. Recipes feature authentic, often unusual dishes and are accompanied by lyrical descriptions of locales, legends and history. Sure to please any connoisseur, this delightful cookbook celebrates a great world cuisine, one that is inseparable from its people and past.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Beyond chicken curry!,
This review is from: Cuisines of India (Hardcover)
All of a sudden, Indian cuisine is not just that lovely taste of mixed spices and ingredients. With 'Cuisines of India' you are seriously challenging the local curry shops.The ingredients can be bought in any supermarket or grocery shop, and the food is prepared in no time. The magic is to understand the very brief preperation of the spieces. Once that have been accomplished, the only thing is to wait for the elaborate enjoy of your guests (and / or yourself). 'Cuisines of India' goes beyond 'chicken curry' and opens the door for you to present indian cuisine as a competitor to Gordon Ramsey. Jonas.
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4.0 out of 5 stars (7 customer reviews) 30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
must own book,
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This review is from: Cuisines of India (Hardcover)
first off, although i think this is a must-own book, i would not recommend it as a first-buy indian cookbook. for someone completely new to indian cooking, one of the classics by sahni or jaffrey would be better as an introduction and basic resource. for instance, if you don't know what paneer is, the authors' unexplained use of the term "cottage cheese" when paneer is called for will be more than confusing. but, as a book to expand your repetoire of indian recipes, this is fabulous! anyone who has more than one or two indian cookbooks has probably noticed the surprising duplication, even between authors, of the same recipes, which is amazing, given the vastness of india and the incredible number of cultures in it. however, this book has more unduplicated recipes than any of my other indian cookbooks (and i have far too many), and i look forward to cooking all of them. but for me, the second, equally important reason to buy this book is the wonderful introductory paragraphs before each recipe. it seems that it is mandatory for indian cookbooks to inlude history as well as cooking instruction,which is no bad thing, given the ignorance of other cultures in this country. i have enjoyed and learned much from the texts of other indian cookbooks. however, the authors of this book write exceptionally well and amusingly, and the subjects not only include indian history, culinary and social, but even anecdotes about apicius, the roman credited with writing the first known european cookbook; a dishonest medieval english baker; elihu yale, for whom the college is named; and many other fascinating known and unknown people. there are quotes from the diaries and writings of european visitors to india from the 17th to the 19th centuries which are fascinating. (sample fascinating fact: poundicherry was a french colony for three centuries, and the cuisine reflects this.) there are stories of indian rajahs and the english raj. if fact, it might be difficult to keep your attention on the recipes while cooking, there is so much else that is interesting in this book. the line drawings are another plus. all in all, this is a superb book--tempting, wide-ranging recipes, entertaining reading and beatiful illustrations.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Greatly disappointed,
By Georgina "tville" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Cuisines of India (Hardcover)
INdian is perhaps my favorite cuisine & I've been to allot of Indian restaurants and own several books. This one though was mediocre at best. Allot flash in the pan, nothing spectacular though it was nice to see the book divided into 6 chapters for the 6 regions of the subcon.I think that the sisters tried to make the recipes harder & more complicated than they are in the name of authenicity. Most of these recipes were very elaborate with lots of steps. I would recommend Lord Krishna's book, Julie Sahni's or one Madhur Jaffrey's early books instead. 9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A very enjoyable cookbook!,
By Stephanie Manley - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Cuisines of India (Hardcover)
Being new to Indian cooking, I immediately appreciated this book for completely describing everything. The author writes with a very personal touch in the written passages before the recipes. What I really like is that she offers suggestions for substitutions, and where to get ingredients that I was not normally familiar with. Many of this dishes have ingredients that have been found in my kitchen for years. The book is broken down into various regions and the recipes have wonderful introductions to give a brief history on the recipe.I would highly recommend this well written book to anyone interested in Indian cooking. |
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