Over 180 delicious Indian recipes from Meena Pathak are brought together in this superb collection. Simple, quick recipes for busy cooks as well as more elaborate concoctions for special occasions. With invaluable information on preparation, ingredients and serving suggestions throughout, there are personal anecdotes to offer an insight into the secrets of authentic Indian cooking.
Following the success of Meena Pathak's first book, Flavours of India, this new book focuses on cooking for family and friends. With over 100 recipes divided into five chapters with different themes--quick fixes, everyday family meals, easy entertaining, home comforts and special occasions--there is something for everyone. Dishes include vegetarian and non-vegetarian choices, quick and easy recipes as well as authentic and fusion foods. Written in her friendly style with lots of tips and ideas, Meena explains the type of food to serve people who are not familiar with Indian cuisine and how to introduce new flavours to children.
Indian food, with its aromatic spices and tantalizing flavours, has an appeal that has reached all over the world. And as a director of product development for Patak's Indian food company -- the world's number one brand of Indian food -- Meena understands the need for quick and easy recipes. In her fist book, Meena presents a collection of her favourite recipes. Dispelling the notion that Indian food is time consuming to prepare and requires long lists of unusual ingredients, she provides tips on buying and storing spices as well as time-saving ideas on preparing items in advance. Meena reveals memories of growing up in India and includes personal notes with each recipe and cooking tips. With colour photographs of Meena in India, this richly illustrated book offers both traditional recipes and more unusual dishes to please all palates.
No two curries are the same. This Curry asks why the dish is supposed to represent everything brown people eat, read, and do. Curry is a dish that doesn't quite exist, but, as this hilarious and sharp essay points out, a dish that doesn't properly exist can have infinite, equally authentic variations.By grappling with novels, recipes, travelogues, pop culture, and his own background, Naben Ruthnum depicts how the distinctive taste of curry has often become maladroit shorthand for brown identity. With the sardonic wit of Gita Mehta's Karma Cola and the refined, obsessive palette of Bill Buford's Heat, Ruthnum sinks his teeth into the story of how the beloved flavour calcified into an aesthetic genre that limits the imaginations of writers, readers, and eaters. Following in the footsteps of Salman Rushdie's Imaginary Homelands, Curry cracks open anew the staid narrative of an authentically Indian diasporic experience.
Coinciding with Patak's 50th anniversary celebrations comes this fantastic new collection of recipes. From the classic to the contemporary, Meena Pathak shares her family favourites. This is a book about celebrating traditions while reflecting the changes in Indian cuisine. 100 recipes, from tasty snacks to sumptuous desserts; quick and easy to prepare, using a variety of ingredients and spices; includes a section on basic recipes and preparations; fascinating feature pages throughout the book on a variety of topics, from samosas to Diwali.--From publisher's description.
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Indian food's popularity continues to grow, and more people are cooking Indian dishes for themselves at home now. This book brings together over 180 delicious Indian recipes from Meena Pathak.
Indian food is growing in popularity, but people are often daunted by the complexities of balancing spices or worried that cooking Indian dishes at home may be time-consuming. Written in a personal style, this volume addresses both issues, presenting 100 fool-proof and healthy recipes for today's busy cooks (many taking just 45 minutes or less from start to finish). It is full of practical tips, as well as information on storing and preparing spices and lots of time-saving ideas. More than simply a recipe book, this is also a culinary journey as Meena recalls her memories of food and cooking among her extended family at home in India and in the UK, and introduces those special ingredients which are the key to authentic Indian cookery.
People are often daunted by the complexities of balancing spices or worried that cooking Indian dishes at home may be time-consuming, but this volume addresses both issues, presenting tips and advice, and 100 fool-proof and healthy recipes for today's busy cooks.
