Customer Reviews

Moghul Cooking: India's Courtly Cuisine

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I enjoyed the historical content, and reading about the evolvement of this style of cuisine. The recipes were different and worked well and it has become a favourite amongst my cookery books

What a joy to have a book like this.
Hats off to Joyce Westrip, the author, for her efforts. She was placed in a perfect time and place to be able to collect these authentic recipes from most authentic of places: the kitchens of princely courts and appointed chefs.
I have tried a few recipes and all turned out better than I had tasted before. The book also mentions interesting historical accounts.
A must have for traditional cooking enthusiasts.

I'm from Bangladesh and well familiar with Mughlai food. I've been researching Muslim food in Bengal/Bangladesh and have come across this wonderful book by author Joyce Westrip. She has done a perfect job of collecting the representative dishes from the kitchens of the great Mughal emperors.

Both content and organization are excellent. I particularly appreciate her descriptions of the origins of the dishes. As a food writer, I find her introduction very well written, educational. I've read and re-read the introduction. Also, Joyce Westrip provides a substantive and interesting introduction to every dish. I find this very valuable as a reader.

I possess a large collection of titles on South Asian including Mughlai cooking. In my evaluation, this one gets the highest grade 5-star (A plus).

I highly recommend this book to academic food writers and readers to buy this book. My only recommendation to her would be to add photos of her dishes in a future edition.

Dr. Solaiman Ali
Writing teacher
College of Engineering
King Abdulaziz University
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
m.s.ali.2009@gmail.com

I like Indian food in general but have a special fondness for the complexities of Moghul cookery. This book captures that rich complexity in an extensive and well-balanced collection of dishes. Normally, I would subtract a star because of the lack of illustrations but the clarity of the recipe instructions and the interesting supplementary material makes up for that deficiency. A nice book.