Indian Cookery Course: Techniques - Masterclasses - Ingredients - 300 Recipes - Hardcover

Bharadwaj, Monisha

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1909487465 ISBN 13: 9781909487468

Publisher: Kyle Books, 2016

Synopsis

This comprehensive guide to Indian cooking explores the myriad regional varieties of authentic, healthy, and exotic Indian recipes. With chapters broken down into Rice, Breads, Meat, etc., Monisha covers a varied range of dishes, with techniques and step-by-step masterclasses to help you recreate more than 450 classic and popular recipes. Monisha encompasses the entire range of Indian cooking and offers a vivid insight into India's colorful traditions, from the earthy lentil dishes distinguishable in the North to the coconut-based curries that are a staple in the South. This is a course in home cooking, based on principles of good health, and touching on the values of Ayurveda, which provides a context to your cooking; from taste and appearance to history and culture. The Indian Cooking Course is the ultimate guide to everything you ever wanted to know about Indian food.

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Review:

"I don't think I've ever seen a book to teach Indian cooking in a systematic way. It's about time we've had one and this one is a humdinger....What makes this a teaching book and not just a doorstop is the reference materials. Essays on regional food ways are fascinating...I could sit and read this book all day!"--T. Susan Chang "The Level Teaspoon podcast "

"As Monisha Bharadwaj teaches Westerners to prepare the cuisine of her native India, her background as a scholar of the country's history always helps drive the lessons. . . . It's an approach that Bharadwaj follows at her London-based cooking school and in her comprehensive new book. . . . Across nearly 500 pages, she introduces readers to the stories, traditions, and geographical differences that define Indian cuisine. " --Michael Floreak, The Boston Globe--Michael Floreak "The Boston Globe "

Here we have the best -- and maybe the only -- book currently aiming to teach Indian cooking in a systematic way. (Author Monisha Bharadwaj runs an Indian cooking school in London.) Just as you'd expect, The Indian Cooking Course has recipes for rice, dals, vegetables, meats, chutneys, flatbreads, vindaloos, kormas and samosas. But it's not just recipes; the reference material goes wide and deep, from colorful street shots and essays on regional foodways to step-by-step demo photos and instructions. The package is equally lyrical and technical, and a pleasure to use.--NPR, Guide to 2016's Great Reads

About the Author:

Monisha Bharadwaj is an award-winning chef, author and food historian. She was awarded 'Cookery Writer of the Year' by the Guild of Food Writers and her books have been shortlisted for awards, such as the Andre Simon Award, the Cordon Bleu World Food Media Awards and the Jacob's Creek World Food Media Awards. She has written 15 books, including The Indian Cookery Course, which together have sold over half a million copies. Monisha runs her own successful Indian cookery school in London - Cooking With Monisha - teaches once at month at Divertimenti and has recently given demos at Borough Market. www.cookingwithmonisha.com
@monibharadwaj (Twitter)

About this edition

• Publisher: Kyle Books
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1909487465
• ISBN 13: 9781909487468
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 496