Product Description

In most people's minds, there's a lushness to the flavors of India: all that spiced curry sauces that smell like incense when they're cooking and thick, flavorful chutneys in an amazing variety of colors, tastes, and textures. Foulsham's series brings the many moods of Indian cuisine to European and American cooks. Recipes use ingredients you don't have to order from Bombay and utensils you already have in the kitchen.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17526 in Books
• Published on: 2003-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 416 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780572028077
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews

for the experienced cook or the fearless novice
this is not the usual indian cookbook. there is no history; there are no reminiscences; aside from the chapters for sambars and rasams, and a few 'gujerati-style' this, 'moghul-style' that and 'malabar' the other in recipe titles, there is no identificaiton of regional origins; there are few serving suggestions. the introduction and chapter headings perfectly demonstrate the meaning of 'terse.' but there are recipes! wonderful recipes.

the only reason i didn't give this book five stars is for the sake of the fearless novice. in many of the recipes, there are directions that call for blending ingredients into a paste, but no suggestion as to how (blender or food processor, of course, but maybe the fearless novice hasn't gotten to the point of buying these, and probably wouldn't have a mortar and pestle, either). the blending-to-a-paste isn't mentioned until after the cook is told to start roasting the whole spices. now, an experienced cook knows to read a recipe through, collect the ingredients, and have everything recipe-ready before cooking starts, but a novice could easily burn the first bit of the recipe. also, the f.n. might not be aware that the imperial pint is larger than the american pint and assume that the american measurements are misprints.

but these are fairly minor points which the majority of cooks wouldn't be bothered by. in any cookbook, the recipes are the important bits, and these are very good. and there are certainly enough of them to keep a cook (and diners) happy for years.

Enough Indian recipes to keep you going for years!
Not only is this book amazing in its scope and depth (there's over 80 recipes just for desserts, for crying out loud!), almost every recipe I've tried so far has been fantastic. This is not really a cookbook for the faint-of-heart; there's no pictures, and most recipes are simply a list of ingredients and a paragraph or two of cooking instructions. But, properly followed, these recipes yield dishes that are simple, tasty, and authentic (so says my Indian friend, who I had to pester for months to get my copy back from after I loaned it to him). And for under $10, it's hard to argue with the price - there's more good stuff in here than glossy cookbooks that cost 3 or 4 times as much.

Fast, Easy, Delicious, Practical .. Did I Mention Cheap?
I've used this book for a couple of years, and it has never failed me. It's the first and best idea-generator when I find myself faced with a hungry-right-now feeling/family, and a kitchen with not much in it. Got only three aging zuccinis and a potato? This book guarantees that you'll make something wonderful of it. One egg and a wilted broccoli stem? No problem. Guests coming in half an hour? Got it covered. Not only will they eat, but they'll eat well and be mighty impressed besides. The only investment required, besides the very modest price of the book itself, is a half-dozen basic spices - especially since most of the recipes don't require (or miss) meat. Cheap, fast, creative, delicious, healthy.... I could go on even further but will only add that this book is the one and only thing I actually missed when I left it behind in the process of leaving my husband! And I'm buying another copy today.