Rupa Publications 50 Great Curries Of India [W/Dvd] Paperback – January 1, 1899

This used book is in practically new condition. Great well explained recipes. . Has a valuable review of spices. Very colourfully illustrated. .

Such an excellent book !! I have studied the book extensively, and it has covered all the bases that are key to achieving a good knowledge of Indian cuisine and preparing delicious dishes. Camelia Punjabi presents to you all aspects of creating the "Curry". She explains to you what is a "Curry" from the ingredients, the spices, the cooking techniques, with tips and how to overcome mishaps !! She introduces the reader to a wide range of spices and their uses, these are essentials in creating a curry; photographs of all spices are provided, both whole & ground. Ones discovers the very many varieties of chillies throough this book. Recipes have been taken from all over India, which is astonishing given how long ago the book was written. Of course one has to be adaptive with techniques since new types of stoves, new cooking tools & utensils, new small equipment and new techniques as the book was written a while back. Today there is a plethora of Indian recipe books, but you will not find one that is as thorough as this book, Camelia Punjabi's important & signifucant book has withstood the test of time and stands out as a superstar on India cuisine.

Good read for beginners, I learned to cook Indian using this book.I bought this book years ago and it was extremely helpful. Not only are the recipes there, but there's also a section on spices and ingredients. Very helpful to the Western cook who might not be familiar with some of the ingredients. There's also a good bit of information about technique. There's a wide range of different dishes in here.

The book has a great introduction describing ingredients and how the dishes are built.It has a simple homestyle curry recipe to get started with then moves into more complicated dishes.I used to cook with store bought spice mixes and this book has been very helpful to move away from those.Some of the recipes call for more water than needed, just use common sense there.

The book contains a lot of recipes that are meat heavy (so if you like Indian food for the vegetarian side of things, this isn't for you). I'm married to a S. Asian man, and have been making South Asian food- using various books and websites - for 30 years and have to admit this book's recipes create flavor profiles I just don't like. I've carefully followed the directions, and (for example) the palak paneer tasted muddy; the sauteed cabbage included no ingredient that made it taste like anything except, well, sauteed cabbage. The Butter chicken was far too tomato heavy, and even the proportions for the bread dough seemed odd. I'm not a fan of lamb, and as 18 out of the "50" recipes are for lamb curries, I'll be giving this one to the charity shop.

Easy to follow, authentic recipes. Delicious results.

Love this book, especially the section "The curry picture" a valuable refence chart of all the ingredients needed for various curries. Great recipes, fun to read, great photos. A well-used and well-loved book in our library.

This cookbook has some delicious recipes! A lot of these recipes have ingredients in them that aren’t in just any grocery store. So if you don’t live somewhere with an ethnic foods market your recipe options might be limited.