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3.0 out of 5 stars
Sort of Indian, I suppose ....,
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This review is from: The Complete Book of Indian Cooking (Hardcover)
There is no doubt that if one follows the recipes in this book (and they are easy to follow and well-illustrated), the results can be quite tasty and visually appealing. However, I think it would be more accurate to classify the dishes on offer as being 'Indian-ish' rather than actually Indian. The introduction tells us to expect 'Balti cooking' which it identifies as a type of cooking fairly new in the west. Wikipedia, however, suggests that the cooking style, though Indian inspired, originated in Britain amongst the ex-patriate Indian community in the midlands. I have not researched this claim in depth (though it is not the first time I had read as much) but the recipes provided seem very much like the sort of thing one might encounter in an Indian restaurant catering to western tastes. There are a few recognizable Indian 'stand-by' dishes (Tandoori chicken, for example) but many are somewhat novel and certainly not widely represented in other Indian cookery books. It is not a bad book overall, but definitely not a gem in my collection.
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Complete Book of Indian Cooking by Rafi Fernandez (Hardcover - September 1, 1999)
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