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Summary: Good book for beginners
Review: As someone who is not a good cook even with American food, I found this book very easy to follow with ingredients that were easy to find. All of the ingredients I either found at the local grocery or at the Indian Spice store. I made Spinach Paneer, Fritters, and Cilantro Chutney and even my discriminating Indian husband thought it was very tasty. One thing I would like to see in the next edition is having each recipe on one page, or on facing pages. It was very difficult to cook and flip pages back and forth between ingredients and instructions--especially since I was using a cookbook holder. Good vegetarian books are difficult to find that will appeal to beginning cooks like me. I am thankful to Ms. Prasad for providing a good resource.
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Summary: a complete waste of money and time
Review: I chose this book among others simply because It has the nutritional information for every recipe . But again , the chutneys and sauces dont have the calorific breakdown. Moving on to the recipes , being an Indian myself I know how indian food is supposed to taste .. and this book does not reach anywhere near it. Its been COMPLETELY AMERICANIZED . Also simply adding a pinch of "garam masala" to american soups and italian pasta dont turn the soups into "authentic Indian cuisine "!!!! thats an insult to the readers intelligence. when I saw the title , I expected a book which would help me cook indian cuisine with the grains and greens available in the US and offer good subsitutions for many vegetables that are not widely available here. and this book completely failed in that respect. Quite a number of the recipes are hashed up new world recipes with a pinch of curry powder thrown in to make them "indian". If you are looking for a good indian cookbook with AUTHENTIC Indian recipes , this would be a bad investment. If there was a system of negative rating , I would surely give that to this book. The only book I have liked so far is Julie Sahni's " Classic Indian Vegetarian and Grain Cooking " and I am still looking for something better.
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Summary: Spicy vegetarian dishes
Review: I gave this book four stars because I expected more traditional recipes. I think the majority of recipes is Ms. Prasad's creation. If you are in search of traditional Indian vegetarian cookery, find "Lord Krishna's Cuisine" by Yamuna Devi or "Dakshin" by Chandra Padmanabhan. The latter does wonders with vegetables, believe me.
That said, everything I cooked so far (spicy potato soup, mulligatawny, navrathna korma, potato and black-eyed pea curry, spinach and lentils, parathas, cilantro chapatis, etc.) has been pretty simple and tasty. I recommend it to anyone who likes vegetables and spice. I liked the variations to stuff parathas, utappams, etc.
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Summary: Spicy vegetarian dishes
Review: I gave this book four stars because I expected more traditional recipes. I think the majority of recipes is Ms. Prasad's creation. If you are in search of traditional Indian vegetarian cookery, find "Lord Krishna's Cuisine" by Yamuna Devi or "Dakshin" by Chandra Padmanabhan. The latter does wonders with vegetables, believe me.
That said, everything I cooked so far (spicy potato soup, mulligatawny, navrathna korma, potato and black-eyed pea curry, spinach and lentils, parathas, cilantro chapatis, etc.) has been pretty simple and tasty. I recommend it to anyone who likes vegetables and spice. I liked the variations to stuff parathas, utappams, etc.
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Summary: Good Book
Review: I got this book as a gift and it has become one my favourite cook books. Puris, dosas, aloo bondas...all things that never turned out right for me. But ever since I started using this book, everything turns out perfect in one try! The measurements are so accurate and that's rare in an Indian Cook Book. There's also a very good mix of South and North Indian foods and all recipes come with calorie counters and a breakdown (protein/carb/fat per serving). The best part is that the author has American substitues for all the hard-to-find/hard-to-make Indian ingredients (like homemade yoghurt and paneer). I would recommend this book to any beginners trying to learn Indian cooking in an American kitchen!
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Summary: not worth the money
Review: The format is not easy to read and it is not well-organized. Many of the recipes are very similar. This is not an inspiring book.
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Summary: not worth the money
Review: The format is not easy to read and it is not well-organized. Many of the recipes are very similar. This is not an inspiring book.
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