Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #623739 in Books
• Published on: 1987-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 804 pages

Customer Reviews

The Best Indian Vegetarian Cookbook Ever
This really is an amazing book. Living in the Subcontinent, one does become a little wary of "outsiders" writing about Indian cooking. Moreover, the introduction to the cookbook is even more worrying as the author turns out to have been a disciple to a guru. Not the stuff that great cooking is made up off! However, once you get into the nitty gritty, this is an amazing book. The variations that Devi packs into this tome makes you think twice about vegetarian cookery as being dull in any sense of the word. The chapters are neatly grouped and the recipes do really work. They are both "authentic" and adventurous at the same time. The book is not easy going. My copy has no photographs and a few line drawings to get you going. The ingredients are easily available. Infinitely better than many other writers who are targetting a western vote.

The most fantastic Indian vegetarian cook book ever.
If you are a serious cook, you will adore this book. It has literally hundreds of recipies from indian breads to rice dishes to dals to vegetable dishes to salads. Every one I have cooked has been delicious. I really cannot recommend it highly enough!

"The Taj Mahal of cookbooks" Chicago Tribune
More than a recipe book, this is a wonderful source of information, reflecting the author's devotion to Indian vegetarian cuisine and its roots in the Hindu religion.

Merely opening the book is enough to bring an aura of calm to your kitchen. Following one of the hundreds of recipes will bring you useful information as well as clearly written instructions.

Don't be daunted by its cost. The book offers information to assure the cook uncertain about exotic ingredients and unusual methods and at nearly 800 pages, it will be a resource to use for years before you need to repeat a single recipe.

PS Try the Bubbly Lime Cooler (Khajur Gur Nimbu Jal) as a refreshing beverage to enhance your next Indian meal.