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Cooking Like Mummyji

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I've bought a lot of Indian cookbooks, since I was born and raised in the west and never really learned how to cook Indian food (more like I learned how to make tacos and lasagna!!). My cousin in England also owns this and recommended I buy a copy. I cannot tell you how glad I am that I did!!!!

I am Punjabi so my mom makes a lot of these dishes at home, but its hard to learn from her because she never has exact measurements. This book spells out the measurements needed. It also gives the real names to ingredients, making it easy to follow! Don't worry if you're not Indian, it tells you what everything is. There is even a section (Godsend) that tells you how to store and freeze certain herbs that are used often in loads of different Indian dishes.

So far I have made the pakorey, methi paronthey, and jacket potatoes and all came out fantastic with rave reviews from the husband and even my parents! And I found out as I was making it that the recipe is extremely close to what my mom does at home anyway, which is great, this is really authentic! :)

Even though it has a few British slang words, I still was able to follow everything as an American.

I am a vegetarian and this book had loads of options for me.

I love how every recipe comes with a little story to it! :) Visually, I also love the colours and layout of the book. It's actually a great read, my mom and I both read the whole book cover to cover for fun! :)

I cannot wait for the followup book to this, I heard a rumor the author is starting a cooking show with the BBC and I hope thats true and I hope I get it on BBC America!!!!

The only sad part was they didn't have recipes for stuff like aloo gobi (potatoes and cauliflower) so I guess I will have to resort to another book for that (sadly). Or hopefully await the next edition!

I cannot say enough, I love this book!!!!!!