Simple Authentic Indian Cuisine: Cookbook with 80 Easy-to-Follow and Delicious Comfort Food Recipes and Regional Specialties

Description

It is Friday night, you are craving butter chicken, and the delivery app says fifty minutes. For many people Indian food is the favorite meal of the week, and still it almost always comes in a paper bag. Cooking it at home seems to need a cupboard full of spices you can't find, a grandmother who never measures anything and a free afternoon. In reality, most of the dishes you love come down to onions, tomatoes, ginger, garlic and a handful of everyday spices. Simple Authentic Indian Cuisine brings those dishes to an ordinary stove: the takeaway favorites you already know, the breakfasts and street food you may only have read about, and regional dishes that rarely make it onto a menu. Every recipe fits on one page, with a photo, prep and cooking time, servings and short numbered steps. What you will find inside: The takeaway classics: butter chicken, chicken tikka masala, chicken biryani, palak paneer, chana masala, dal makhani and garlic naan. Breakfast and street food: masala dosa, idli with sambar, aloo paratha, samosas, pakoras, pani puri and vada pav. Plenty of vegetarian dishes: paneer butter masala, aloo gobi, rajma with rice, baingan bharta, bhindi masala and many more. Most recipes in the book are meat-free, so a vegetarian night never means plain rice. Regional specialties you won't find on the usual menu: sarson da saag from Punjab, avial and rasam from the south, Bengali fish curry with mustard, dhokla from Gujarat and dal baati churma from Rajasthan. Sides and sweets: raita, coconut chutney and homemade pickles, then gulab jamun, kheer, jalebi, carrot halwa and rasmalai to finish. No specialty store needed for most of it. A small set of spices does most of the work: chili, turmeric, cumin and ginger turn up again and again, and you will find them in an ordinary supermarket. Start with a dal or a chicken curry this week, add a jar or two as you go, and the dishes that once seemed out of reach become your regular weeknight dinners. For whom: anyone whose favorite food is Indian and who would rather cook it than order it, home cooks who want simple dinners with big flavor, and families who like a few vegetarian nights a week. Giving it as a gift? It suits anyone who always picks the Indian restaurant, whether they cook every day or have never made a curry. Next Friday, the butter chicken comes from your own stove. Review: Simple but good - This book is perfect for a quick and easy meal without the hassle of overcomplicated ingredients,the end result tastes great Review: Great cookbook! - Indian cuisine is my absolute favourite and with this book you've got 80 recipes spanning the diverse regions of the country. Examples are biryanis and sambars. Additionally, the cookbook offers a masterclass in Indian spices with detailed insights into each spice's use, storage, and substitutions to elevate your cooking. Recommended!