Product Description

Indian food is the world's most ancient cuisine and it is unique in its remarkable use of spices. Each region uses these spices in its own way, resulting in a wonderfully distinctive range of local dishes. The traditional recipes have been handed down by word of mouth from family to family and are still a major part of the cuisine of India but in the last three decades, India has awakened to the wonders of her own food. Part 1 of Pat Chapman's book traces the evolution of Indian cuisine and describes the culinary characteristics of the different regions; Part 2 is an in-depth coverage of the utensils, spices, herbs and other ingredients used, as well as basic recipes and preparations common to the cuisine. Finally, Part 3 contains 200 recipes taken from all the regions. The recipes consist of best-known regional dishes as well as the most modern innovations and include everything from snacks and street food to meat, fish and vegetable main courses, rice and dals, chutneys, pickles and desserts. This beautifully designed, substantial book will give the reader fascinating background detail to an immensely varied sub-continent, as well as a peerless collection of delicious recipes.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #63019 in Books
• Published on: 2007-08-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages

About the Author
Pat Chapman is Britain's foremost expert on curry and spicy foods. He started the 'Curry Club' over 20 years ago and now has a membership of 15,000; he has appeared on numerous TV programmes and his 28 books have sold over one million copies.

Customer Reviews

5 stars but a big 'BUT'
I am a fan of Pat Chapman and have most of his books, and I can assure you his recipies produce curries that will beat most standard restaurant curries. The authentic curries he includes in his books are again very good.
Although this is a new book containing mainly the dishes you might find wandering through India, the big BUT is that I have found a number of recipies are from previous books maybe 20% or more.
If you are new to Pat Chapman or an anorack like me and would like the additional recipies then buy the book.
If you already own a number of Pats books for example his Curry Bible and are happy with the authentic recipies there, then its probably not worth buying.
Having said all that I still like the book very much.

Perfect Indian
If you're looking for an easy to follow Indian cook book that produces great tasting food - This is it.