There are lots of good cookbooks out there (and so-so hippy American versions that are still pretty tasty). Right now, we're obsessed with Yamuna Devi's Lord Krishna's Cuisine. It's basically an encyclopedia of veggie Indian food, with tons of recipes learned in India but adapted to US conditions (i.e. most of us don't cook over charcoal braziers, for instance). It's also like a crash course in cooking: precise directions and explanations, fun little stories about how Devi learned the dish, recommendations for various approaches if you don't have certain equipment or ingredients.
Anyway, check it out. And please, do stop by for dinner sometime (so long as you don't mind nibbling the experiments). :)
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Clearly my assvice of yesterday was completely off the mark - you guys are obviously all over the Indian cookery. Sorry about that.
Hope you'll still let me come over for supper.
Precise directions and explanations sound good. My forays into Indian cooking (early days of the Internet, before it could have helped me) were doomed because the books I have assume a certain level of knowledge. There were verbs that I didn't know; I'd just skip those steps. I had all of the right ingredients, but I was missing some key components in terms of knowledge. When I tasted the food, I realized, "Ugh, I should have done whatever that was."
Enjoy!
Mmmm... My favorite dish from our favorite Indian restaurant is Kofta Lajawab. I also really love Palak Paneer and we always get Chat Papri for an appetizer.
We have friends that are Indian and have had us over for dinner a few times. I think she cooks all day when we come, and it is just amazing.
I wouldn't attempt any of that at home!
I looove chicken saag (and actually my home experimental version is closer to the mark than when I tried to make it off an internet recipe). But still not as good as authentic. I don't suppose you can recommend a cookbook that *does* use meat? Their lamb is to die for...
Mmmm ... chana masala ...
I was buying a bunch of spices one day at our local Indian grocery store. The man at the counter sorted through my stack of goodies, looked up at me accusingly, and said "Where's the turmeric? It's the most important one!" I assured him that I had plenty at home.
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