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Summary: wonderful!
Review: I learned of Madhur Jaffrey from cooking shows and was glad to see she also wrote cook books. The recipes in this book have the same wonderful appeal of the ones that i saw on the television show... and they smell WONDERFUL cooking! This was the first Indian repipe book that i purchased and it was a good choice for me. Ms. Jaffrey is very good at explaining things and the instructions were clear without being *dry* and boring.
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Summary: The Best Indian Cookbook Writer writes One of Her Best
Review: I love Indian cuisine and I love Madhur Jaffrey. I have never cooked anything from one of her books that received anything but rave reviews. This book is one of her best, although they are all so great it is hard to pick one over another. Although I am a vegetarian, there is plenty in this book for me to cook. I am presently cooking my way through the book, and at a recent dinner party was told by a friend, that I consider to be a gourmet, that it was the best meal that he had ever eaten. Easy to use and spectacular results.
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Summary: The very best Indian cookbook you can buy!
Review: I love to cook and particularly love cooking the cuisine of India. Before I bought this book, I though Julie Sahni's books were the best...and I still like them very much. But this book is absolutely the best if you want easy, tasty Indian food. It's true that the measurements are a bit odd - it's written for Europeans, not us Americans, but the recipes are forgiving. You can add and take away and still succeed. Her Lamb with Spinach recipe is the very best! To sum it up, this is a must-have cookbook if you enjoy the food of India.
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Summary: A magnificent cookbook
Review: I think we have made every recipe in the book at least twice. The food available in the average Indian restaurant pales in comparison to the real thing, as found in the books of Madhur Jaffrey, Yamuna Devi, et al. Ms. Jaffrey's technique is especially appreciated. She leads you through all the steps and rarely leaves you hanging. Great advice, great recipes, great food.
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Summary: Takes the mystery out of Indian cooking.
Review: I was always too timid to try my hand at Indian Cuisine until a friend from England gave me this book. My husband is English, and we have frequently complained that you cannot get good Indian food in Los Angeles. We've both been spoiled by the excellent Indian restaurants in London. So far, I've only made two dishes: the steamed salmon, which was moist, delicate and a complete departure from anything we've ever had -- and was incredible! Last night I made the chicken in sweet red pepper sauce and the house was filled with such aromas. Just had some for lunch here at work, and it's driving everyone else crazy. I think I just sold five more books for Ms. Jaffrey...
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Summary: Not a bad recipe in the book
Review: I've been cooking out of this book for several years now, and have never come across a recipe that wasn't absolutely delicious. I've had so many requests for recipes from guests that I must have given at least a dozen copies of the book as gifts -- my own copy is badly in need of replacement, having been used so much in the kitchen! The apple, peach, and apricot chutney recipe alone is worth the book -- I have made many, many batches of this to give as presents, and just recently had a request for the recipe from South Africa, from the sister of a friend who had been given a jar of it!
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Summary: Precision to the point
Review: Iam a great fan of Madhur jaffrey.Her recipes turn out excellent specially her non vegetarian ones All her books are a must buy for ladies just learning how to cook. They are simplicity and precision personified not to mention the mouthwatering dishes that they churn up.
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Summary: Comes packed with dishes which will prove exciting
Review: Indian Cooking updates a prior Jaffrey classic introduction to Indian cooking, providing new recipes, brand-new color photos, and chapters on all the dishes of India. From a Kashmiri Red Lamb Stew to Chicken in Red Sweet Pepper Sauce, Indian Cooking comes packed with dishes which will prove exciting to both newcomers and seasoned Indian cooks.
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Summary: Great Indian Cooking Primer
Review: Indian food is filled with nuances and obscure spices, and in order to do justice to Indian cusine one must learn the profundities of the cusine. Indian food cooked right tastes wonderful; however, Indian food cooked wrong tastes like the tail of a squalid pig. Sadly, it is hard to master the exacting cuisine. Thankfully all is not lost, and inept cookers can still enjoy Indian cooking by turning to Madhur Jaffrey's Indian Cooking. Madhur's simple instructions eradicate the need to ponder what a "dash" of salt is or what a "pinch of sugar" is. And of course a cooking book should be measured by the end product--the food; you'll be happy to know that the food lives up to the simple instructions: it is easy to make yet bears all the exotic, complicated tastes that Indian food offers
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Summary: An excellent cookbook for the novice or experienced
Review: It would be hard to write (or design) a better cookbook to demystify Indian cooking than this work by Madhur Jaffrey. Between the clarity of the instructions, the exhaustive glossary and the opulent pictures, this is an excellent buy for anyone interested in Indian cookery. Be warned, however; Indian cooking; while neither puzzling nor difficult for the well-equipped kitchen, is time-consuming. As Ms. Jaffrey explains in her preface, she was exposed in childhood to a number of the different facets of subcontinental cooking which make up "Indian" cuisine. This book reflects these nicely, balancing traditional restaurant favorites (vindaloo, tandoori chicken) against lesser-known aspects of the Indian kitchen. There's also an effective and considerate balance between meat and vegetarian dishes. No cook should review any recipe book without naming their favorites. Mine are bookmarked by the spills, streaks and blotches acquired from many repetitions, and include the murgh musallam (whole chicken in aluminum foil), parathas (puffy fried breads) and masaledar sem (spicy green beans with tomatoes). But there's so much here- from instructions on how to wash rice to how to mix your own garam masala- that nobody wanting to learn more about Indian cookery will come away from this book disappointed.
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