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Miss Masala: Real Indian Cooking for Busy Living [Hardcover]

Mallika Basu (Author)
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April 29, 2010
Delish recipes, hilarious anecdotes, and clever tips for juggling your masalas with your mascaras—how any hapless kitchen honey can become a fashionista foodie and cook gorgeous Indian food
 
So much more than just a cookbook, this beautiful, handbag-sized journal fuses irresistible Indian recipes with Mallika's quirky and hilarious tales, and will make Indian cooking an effortless part of anyone's goddess lifestyle. No-nonsense kitchen advice demystifies all those glorious, exotic ingredients and spices, and shows just how easy and rewarding it is to cook Indian cuisine at home. Alongside easy instructions for making aromatic Kerala Chicken or the best Seekh Kebabs, Mallika gives handy hints on how to cook a jalfrezi and still head to the bar an hour later without reeking of eau de curry. Fabulous recipes include Kosha Mangsho (lamb sautéed in yogurt and roasted cumin), Murgh Makhani (velvety butter chicken), Tandoori Macchli (monkfish in tandoori spices), Peshawari Naan (naan stuffed with nuts and raisins), Bhapa doi (saffron and cardamom cheesecake), and Vodka Chilli Cocktails. This is real Indian cooking for busy city living. Includes dual measures.

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About the Author

Mallika Basu has contributed to various Indian and lifestyle magazines and writes for an Indian website. She has been blogging at quickindiancooking.com since 2006, with 16,000 unique visitors each month and hits from around the world.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 248 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins UK (April 29, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0007306121
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007306121
  • Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.9 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #745,025 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Miss Masala by Mallika Basu, August 5, 2010
This review is from: Miss Masala: Real Indian Cooking for Busy Living (Hardcover)
I'm interested in North Indian courtly (Red Fort) cuisine of the Mughals and am always on the lookout for the latest on the subject. I regularly visit bookstores in Saudi Arabia (where I teach) and the USA. I've come across Salma's Husain's tiltles on Mughal cooking.

A part of my interest is in finding out material on Bengali Muslim cuisine (esp., what they, in Bangladesh, serve at weddings, the two Eid festivals, state dinners, annual feasts in university dormitories and military barracks, circumcision ceremonies, funerals, and other occasions when they feed guests in large numbers. I'm trying to absorb the style and principles of the Bengali Muslim cuisine (much of which owes its origin to "mughlai").

Recently, Mallika Basu's MISS MASALA drew my attention and I bought it. From its appearance and title, at first, I thought it was a novel (fit for a teenager because of the design and choice of colors) written by a South Asian. After a close look, I found that it's a cookbook and contains some mughlai recipes.

I like Mallika Basu's English; it's very readable. Also, I found the material quite authentic, interesting, and educational for me. It's worth the money, although I may not agree with her illustrations. I expected some color pictures of dishes but was disappointed. I wonder if it's the cost of publication that was the rationale for not using pictures.

Mallika Basu appears too Calcutta-centric and has not at all mentioned the independent Bengali republic -- the People's Republic of Bangladesh, although she claims she's a Bengali. Dhaka is rich in traditional Bengali and Mughlai culinary traditions. Maybe, in the next edition, she could enhance the book title, design, and content (by covering Bangladeshi cuisine).

-- Dr. Solaiman Ali (an expatriate Bangladeshi)
King Abdulaziz University (Faculty of Engineering)
Language Unit.

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