An Invitation to Indian Cooking [Paperback]

Madhur Jaffrey (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 12, 1975

Written especially for Americans, this book demonstrates how varied, exciting, and inexpensive Indian cooking can be, and how easily you can produce authentic dishes at home. Over 200 recipes.

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“The final word on the subject . . . perhaps the best Indian cookbook available in English." —Craig Claiborne, The New York Times

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Written especially for Americans, this book demonstrates how varied, exciting, and inexpensive Indian cooking can be, and how easily you can produce authentic dishes at home. Over 200 recipes.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Vintage; Vintage Bks Ed June 1975 edition (May 12, 1975)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0394711912
• ISBN-13: 978-0394711911
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.6 x 7.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #702,138 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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76 of 76 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The BEST Indian cookbook out there!, November 30, 1999

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M. Bouchard (Trumansburg, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: An Invitation to Indian Cooking (Paperback)

This is really an excellent cookbook. I've used it for around 20 years, and the pages are well-stained. The nice thing is that the recipes are truly adapted to American kitchens, which is not always true for Indian cookbooks. And the recipes themselves are delicious. I have turned many friends on to Indian cooking through this book, some of whom have gone out & bought their own copies. A woman- from India- with whom I work copied several recipes, then decided she needed her own copy of the book. There is explanation of Indian customs and cooking methods, also, in a breezy style that is almost conversational. Thorough, interesting, and best of all-- tasty!

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Still the Best Indian Cookbook, September 9, 1999

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This review is from: An Invitation to Indian Cooking (Paperback)

Fifteen years ago I bought An Invitation to Indian Cooking when Indian food was still hard to find. This was my first Indian cookbook and is still my favorite. Jaffrey explains the unusual (for an American) techniques and leads you through the recipes so carefully that you will lift the lid of the pot and smell the wonderful fragrance of Indian food with amazement! Just do as she says and you will have delicious Indian meals. I have served some of her recipes at parties and received wonderful compliments, even from people who thought they wouldn't like such food. I'm on my second copy of this book -- the only cookbook where that is the case! It's the best!

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Favorite Cookbook of All Time!, January 21, 2000

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Cheryl Fillekes - See all my reviews

This review is from: An Invitation To Indian Cooking (Hardcover)

We have a 1992 Tiger Books edition (UK), The Madhur Jaffrey Cookbook. This book combines Invitation to Indian Cooking and Eastern Vegitarian Cooking -- it's nearly a thousand pages long! We use it almost every day.

What I like best about it are the illustrations, the detailed descriptions of the cooking techniques and ingredients (I'm always overwelmed with my own ignorance at those packets of strange things in an asian grocer!) -- and effusive way she describes the context in which she discovered many of the recipes and how they're eaten in different parts of India and Asia.

Oh, and the recipes make for some incredibly good food. Although we're not vegetarians, we've found that the wide variety of vegetable dishes make for a more interesting way of getting enough vegetables, and having less and less meat in our diets--very good for the health, as are the spices!