Authentic Indian Home Cooking: Delicious Recipes from an Indian Family Kitchen

Niharika Singh: I gifted this to a colleague who wanted to get into indian cuisine and this was a perfect introduction

Germany on Oct 20, 2023

Wieslawa: Cuisine authentique. Très beau livre

France on Oct 09, 2023

Allannah 96: Love this book, great recipes and really beautiful artwork and imagery

United Kingdom on Sep 21, 2023

KLee: I've owned this book a few years now and it is the one I keep coming back to more than any other cookbook (NYTimes cooking subscription is the only thing I use more). Without fail, the recipes lead to dinners with flavors that are fresh and wonderful. I sometimes make substitutions or don't use precise amounts, and I have found that the recipes have flexibility. I always end with a dish I am happy eating.

United States on Aug 19, 2023

Pulkit Tyagi: Gifted this to my Hungarian girlfriend's mother and she absolutely loved it.

Italy on Aug 09, 2023

Jenni Morrell: I'm yet to use my recipe book!
I like using the book to easily find recipes to try.

Australia on Jul 31, 2023

DJS: Clear directions, wonderful explanations of ingredients (I love the pictures at the back). Visually so pretty I am trying not to get it messed up in my kitchen like the rest of my cookbooks😊

United States on Jun 07, 2023

DonDon: These dishes are divine. I haven't yet read the personal story in full but it adds a great tone to the book. I recently chose to become vegetarian for spiritual reasons and I realized I have no idea what to eat apart from salads which are not enough for full time nutrition. This book is a salvation! It has enough variety of vegetarian meals (vegan with adjustments though butter is a big one innthis book)

It's correct the best Indian food is cooked at home. I have always loved the taste of Indian but all restaurant-cooked Indian is usually too spicy for me. I do like a little kick but with this I can regulate the spices. I don't add less of any other spice in the recipe except the chilli peppers.

I do double or tripple the amount of oil/butter as I find it's generally not enough in these recipes and for vegetarian eating you need something to fill you up.

Account for hours spent in the kitchen at a time for these recipes - there are quicker recipes but for the mostpart you gotta love to cook if you are buying this book. The author sure loves to!

Some measurements don't add up for US ingredients. For example two medium eggplants to total 1lbs. First,...

United States on Sep 10, 2020

Amanda: I haven't written a review for a cookbook before, but I want everyone who wants to give Indian cooking a shot to get this book. Thanks to our current shelter-in-place lifestyle, I am at home most of the time now and cooking a lot more than I usually do. Like most folks, I was trying to think of ways to use up the dried beans in my pantry and reached for this cookbook. I had bought it a while back along with Fresh India but hadn't tried any recipes from this one. I'm very sorry I didn't because the Kidney Bean Curry (p. 168) was delicious and the Perfect Basmati Rice (p. 153) lived up to its name. They turned out so well, I've now been on a Indian cooking spree that has lasted at least a week and everything I've made from this cookbook has been absolutely fantastic. In addition to the two dishes above, I've also made the Green Beans with Mustard Seeds and Ginger (p. 181), the Jumbo Shrimp with Garlic and Mustard Seeds (p. 138), the Masala Omelette (p. 148) and the Roasted Cauliflower with Cumin, Turmeric, and Lemon (p. 191). I usually don't prepare pickles or chutneys at home, but the recipes I had tried up to that point were so good and her description so approachable that I...

United States on Apr 03, 2020