The Food of India

Authentic and simple everyday recipes. Easy to follow. Very colorful pictures and it makes interesting reading because of the vast variety of dishes. It surely enhances the interest of the reader to try out a recipe. .

Good book. Good description and pictures

Not bad

A must have for those who love tp prep n savour good INDE food.

It is a great book, not just like any other cookery book with recipes but with additional background information about different foods in India. Very nice quality and quick delivery. A good buy!

One of my favorite cookbooks

My husband loves all Asian foods and Indian is no exception. My life long best friend is Indian so I often had homemade authentic meals at her house. I had other friends who were also Indian so it was normal for me to eat different cuisines when I wasn't eating at home. My mom on the other hand is the typical southern 7 rotating menu items for the week (including fried chicken and meatloaf of course) so my experience with Asian foods was limited.A few years ago my husband and I wen to visit a few our friends in Hong Kong. When we came they had their house-help prepare an American dish for us after our long flight. We were very appreciative of course but being that they were both Indian we told them that we really only wanted to eat their food for the rest of our meals at their house. They were excited about this as they love sharing their culture and it made life a little easier for their house-help.Meal after meal was prepared by their house-help, who is Pilipino, and was amazingly delicious and savory. After a week or so I asked how their help knew how to make all these meals and my friend went into the kitchen and brought out this book. She told me that she taught her help to make the Indian dishes she grew up on and knew were authentic and true using this single cook book. I of course took a picture of it so I could order it when we returned home. Anything that is proved to be good enough for a native Indian (who had only recently moved from her home country) was definitely something I wanted to use too.When I did finally get around to ordering it and then finally took the time to go through it and prepare a grocery list I was taken by the gorgeous photos, not only of the food but also of India. It is just as you'd imagine; full of color and life and you can almost smell the spices coming off the page.The book is very easy to use and read. There is an index in the back and each page is clearly marked and the recipes, though maybe a bit intimidating, are actually easy to read and follow. I now have friends requesting an invitation to dinner on "Indian Food Nights".

If you're not afraid of buying the many different exotic spices needed to cook the various dishes presented in this book, you'll definitely be able to impress friends next time you prepare an Indian meal.Great book!!

We have as well the Spanish, Chinese, Italian and Thai book. This are master pieces of cooking books. As well you find background information about the culture and history in cooking of the particular country. There is very little in what did not taster very good. I would give that books 10 stars :-)

If I'm honest, I bought this book as much for the pictures as for the recipes. It's an interesting read on its own without the cooking aspect of it and if I'm honest I wasn't expecting this to be a book full of authetic-tasting dishes since it combines recipes from various cooks chefs. However, having tried a few of the recipes, I have been pleasantly surprised.The book is packed full of a good variety of dishes for starters, mains, and desserts. There is a good section on street food too which is rare to find in indian cookbooks. Totally recommend this book!