Samayal: The Pleasures of South Indian Vegetarian Cooking

Rating:
Summary: great
Review: You'll need to be able to find Indian spices in order to cook with this cookbook. I've been able to find most (but not all) through mail order. The recipes are provided with both Indian and translated names with about 4 recipes per two-page spread - so there are a lot of recipes in here. The instructions are very to the point. First there are bullets with instructions on prep work (e.g. grate the coconut......soak the rice....chop x,y,z,... etc). Then there are the method instructions for putting it all together. There are great color photos throughout. Excellent recipes and very authentic and tasty.