Madhur Jaffrey's World-of-the-East Vegetarian Cooking [Paperback]

Madhur Jaffrey (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 12, 1981

From her own India, from Bali, Japan, China, from Far Eastern and Middle Eastern countries, Madhur Jaffrey brings us tantalizing new dishes, new flavors and new aromas. 400 recipes using nutritious ingredients.

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From her own India, from Bali, Japan, China, from Far Eastern and Middle Eastern countries, Madhur Jaffrey brings us tantalizing new dishes, new flavors and new aromas. 400 recipes using nutritious ingredients.

Product Details

• Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: Knopf; 1 edition (November 12, 1981)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0394748670
• ISBN-13: 978-0394748672
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 1.2 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #33,705 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #29 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Vegetables & Vegetarian > Vegetables
  • #80 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Natural Foods

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97 of 99 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Treasure of a Cookbook!, September 20, 2002

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"t-bone100" (Seoul Korea (South)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Madhur Jaffrey's World-of-the-East Vegetarian Cooking (Paperback)

I first flipped through this book when I was a teenager almost 18 years ago. I have to admit I was a little put off my the ingredients and techniques that were all so new to me. Years later I gave it another look through. Being a vegetarian at the time, I was missing Chinese food and wanted to try making some of my own. I bought this book and that was it for me. Every weekend I found myself exploring Chinatown, Little India, Japanese, Korean and Thai grocery stores. Afterwards I'd run home and whip up some outstanding meals.

Since then, I've collected most of Madhur Jaffrey's books and my kitchen has truly transformed. I fell in love with Asian food, so much so that I packed up my cases and headed over here to Asia.

This is truly an inspirational and indispensable book. Her Chinese dishes are among the best and her Indian ones are far better than any dishes I've ever had at any Indian restaurant. The tomato chutney is out of this world!

This book is a great launching pad if you're a vegetarian and want to learn how to cook. It's a great alternative to the gaseous bean-filled or heavy-handed cheese recipes in other Western veggie cookbooks. It's also a fantastic cookbook if you want to venture into Asian cooking. Give it a go!

42 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I wish I could give it more stars!, April 20, 2005

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wolverine librarian (Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Madhur Jaffrey's World-of-the-East Vegetarian Cooking (Paperback)

There hasn't been one recipe from this book that I haven't loved. I found in my public library and started copying the first few recipes onto cards. After my third time of checking this book out, I realized that I would be copying the whole book if I continued. My personal favorites are the Very Spicy Chickpeas, Her recipe for Paranthas, tofu and Broccoli.
All I can say is don't be intimidated by the spice lists. It makes the ingrediants and recipe look twice as long and complicated as it really is.
I also love the artwork! It is beautiful and elegant to me.

31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Most interesting cookbook I've owned ..., May 2, 2000

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Robert MacKimmie - See all my reviews

This review is from: Madhur Jaffrey's World-of-the-East Vegetarian Cooking (Paperback)

I've owned this cookbook for more than a decade and the diversity of curious and interesting recipies never fails to captivate and inspire me. While her later cookbooks have beautiful color photographs, I can browse time after time to increase my understanding of how cuisine can be configured. I've cooked Thanksgiving dinner from this cookbook and regularly enjoyed one of my favorite breakfast meals - Blackeye Pea Pancakes rolled with chutney. Aging the mash overnight with the requisite jalapeno pepper in the mix allowed for a tangy, slightly fermented quality to the batter - just think about the collision with chutney in the middle! I generally don't cook by recipes, so this cookbook has allowed my sense of food to expand and be nurtured by creatively inspired, simple knowledge. Madhur Jaffrey's work will never let you down and this information source has long been a foundation stone of my understanding of how interesting food can be.