In "Simple Indian", award-winning Indian chef Atul Kochhar shares his passion for Indian food with a wonderful collection of recipes based in the rich culinary tradition of the sub-continent. Atul's style of cooking is contemporary and his enticing recipes reflect the diversity of modern Indian food with its vibrant colours and intriguing blends of flavours. Recipes are drawn from all parts of India, from the rich, meat-based Moghul food of the North to the vegetarian curries of Goa and Kerala and the aromatic fish dishes of Bengal and Assam.Atul provides a hands-on guide to cooking superb authentic Indian food at home. His recipes contain imaginative flavour combinations, with an emphasis on the use of fresh ingredients, carefully balanced spices and simple culinary techniques. Cooking techniques are clearly explained in the recipes; a good home cook will find most of the dishes in the book easy to prepare and even a beginner could attempt many of them successfully. There are also menu suggestions and general guidelines for choosing dishes to complement each for the parfect Indian dining experience. Comprehensively researched and beautifully photographed, "Indian Essence" is an invaluable guide to preparing modern Indian food.
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"'Mouth-watering dishes' Observer Food Monthly; 'A glorious array of exotic cuisine' Irelands Food and Wine"
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By Foodlexi
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After years of struggling for hours, stirring and stewing leaden dishes with heavy spices, it has been the most enormous relief to find this wonderful book. We ate at Benares and I bought the book as soon as I knew it existed. Since then I have cooked most of the recipes in it. They are short, clear and uncomplicated. I usually have most of the ingredients in the house or in the immediate vicinity of where I live, which makes the recipes ideal. I have fed happy vegetarians and vegans as well as the usual carnivores. I particularly like the ease with which you can produce five or six different dishes so that people can help themselves to an array of flavours, and all without it being hard labour. This is among my top three recipe books now and I recommend it with enthusiasm. I do halve the quantity of chilli in the recipes when I am cooking for people I know less well, but generally, if you are unfamiliar with Indian cooking, this is a fabulous place to start.
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By S. Batchelor
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Fabulous book, I've made five of the curries already and all of them were great. Really authentic and wonderful spicing. Would definitely recommend, especially if you have a local indian store near you to stock up on the different spices at a much cheaper price than the supermarkets!
71 of 76 people found the following review helpful
By Jhitmee
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I really liked the look of Atul's food on that programme about cooking for the Queen, and I would give one of my lady's fingers to eat at Benares, his Berkeley Square restaurant, so I thought I'd buy his book.
It is lovely to pick it up when you're hungry as it truly inspires. There are hundreds of recipes from all over India, and the instructions are clear enough even for a simple lad like me.
My curry adventures will now be carried out in my kitchen, and I will be lost as a customer to Sharwoods and Pataks for ever more.
Nice one Atul
It is lovely to pick it up when you're hungry as it truly inspires. There are hundreds of recipes from all over India, and the instructions are clear enough even for a simple lad like me.
My curry adventures will now be carried out in my kitchen, and I will be lost as a customer to Sharwoods and Pataks for ever more.
Nice one Atul
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I don't cook but I gave this to my husband for Xmas at his request. Since then I have eaten so many delicious and varied curries! Read more
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Indian food you won't buy in a jar!
I have never had proper Indian food at home until I started using this book. I can't recommend more highly if you're a true foody!
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Cuisine
I absolutely love Indian food and have been an admirer of Atul Kochhar ever since he appeared on Television with other famous chefs.
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I bought this book after eating a meal at a friend's house who made the most amazing Indian feast. Now, he is Indian and some of the recipes were old family favourites but he said... Read more
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We consider ourselves well established home cooks. I cook proper meals every day of the week but our most favourite day is Saturday...Curry Day! Read more
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Recipes That Work.
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Published 23 months ago by Paul
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So far , so good.
Have enjoyed the recipes cooked so far though I had to buy quiet a few ingredients to begin. The coloured pages are a slight distraction but the recipes tasted have been worth the... Read more
Published on 27 Mar 2011 by Mrs Rhodes
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Hard to read
The coloured pages make it hard to read some of the text. Yellow text on green pages!
There is a picture on every other page but there is no description of what the... Read more
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Published on 15 Feb 2011 by RichW
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Excellent book!
My husband is Indian, I am English and I was 'taught to cook' by Delia Smith and Madhur Jaffrey! Because cooking became my passion, over the years for birthdays and Christmases and... Read more
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