Best Indian Food Cookbook?
I make just about every food I love at home from scratch, yet I always have to go out for Indian food every time someone even mentions it. I don't mind the fuss of making my own spice blends, so it doesn't have to be the 'Indian Cooking Made Easy' sort of thing. I just want to make it at home so that I don't have to resort to take out all the time. If can add a killer Saag Paneer to my repertoire, I will forever be grateful. :-D
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11 Comments:
Madhur Jaffrey has a number of very fine Indian cookbooks. I own 2 of them and find them very useful when I'm in the mood for home made Indian food. Here's a web site where I've found some interesting reading...... http://www.food-india.com/
kathyvegas at 8:54PM on 01/10/09
I have had a lot of luck with the recipes in an out-of-print Madhur Jaffrey book called A Taste of India (http://www.amazon.com/Taste-India-Madhur-Jaffrey/dp/0689707266). It is a very informative book with a lot of background about the different regions of India and the foods that are distinctive to each region. I would be interested to know about any food blogs that focus a lot on Indian food.
devaleena at 11:22PM on 01/10/09
Yes, another vote for Jaffrey. But I'd also suggest another book, if you can find it; I suspect it's out of print. It's called The Indian Grocery Store Demystified, and I've just found it invaluable.
Thanks for the food-india link, kathyvegas; I've bookmarked it.
lemons at 10:29AM on 01/11/09
I recommend Jaffrey's books, too, and also really like these:
Classic Indian Cooking by Julie Sahni
660 Curries by Raghavan Iyer
Two excellent Indian food blogs:
enjoyindianfood.blogspot.com
sailusfood.com
Mnemosyne at 11:17AM on 01/11/09
Yes to Julie Sahni's Classic Indian Cooking! Everything I've made from that book has been a knockout.
emmab at 12:39PM on 01/11/09
Another vote for M. Jaffrey.
I also love Mangoes and Curry Leaves by Alford and Duguid. It covers the entire subcontinent and includes Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in addition to the multiple regions of India. Great reading. Beautiful photos and most importantly, the recipes are awesome and tasty.
jdmcdonald at 1:49PM on 01/11/09
these all sound great, I'm excited to start my quest for some of them. Thank you to everyone who commented, :-D
meaghan at 7:01PM on 01/11/09
oh, and yes, thank you kathyvegas for the link to that wonderful website!!!
meaghan at 7:11PM on 01/11/09
Thumbs up on Madhur Jaffrey. I have one of her books and her dishes are very good. Also, if you are in a pinch for time and can't cook from scratch, her pre-made sauces in a jar are quite good.
habanerojooz at 11:06AM on 01/12/09
1000 Indian Recipes by Neelam Batra is pretty good. It has a lot of information. Also, Tarla Dalal had great recipes: http://www.tarladalal.com/
americandesi at 2:54PM on 03/06/09
Ooh, I am late to this party, but just in case anyone checks back, I love Raghavan Iyer's "Betty Crocker's Indian Home Cooking." It's insane that it is Betty Crocker, but Iyer does such a good job of making Indian cooking easy. My own (Indian) mother gave me the book instead of fighting in the kitchen with me.
His other books are excellent too, including the new 660 Curries. His Turmeric Trail is a book I like to sit down and READ sometimes, because he talks about the memories associated with food.
On that track, Madhur Jaffrey's Hanging in Mango Trees is a yummy book that I enjoyed. Only a few recipes in the back, but it's a memoir of her childhood, with lots of food.
inothernews at 9:14AM on 03/14/09