The Indian Cooking Course - by Monisha Bharadwaj (Hardcover)

About the Book

This comprehensive guide to Indian cooking explores the myriad regional varieties of authentic, healthy, and exotic Indian recipes. With chapters broken down into Rice, Breads, Meat, etc., Monisha covers a varied range of dishes, with techniques and step-by-step masterclasses to help you recreate classic and popular recipes. The Indian Cooking Course will bring rich, colorful, and authentic dishes into every home.

Book Synopsis

This comprehensive guide to Indian cooking explores the myriad regional varieties of authentic, healthy and lesser known Indian recipes. Monisha covers a varied range of dishes as well as providing insights into ingredients, techniques and step-by-step masterclasses.

With chapters broken down into: Rice, Breads, Meat, Fish & Seafood, Poultry, Eggs, Dairy, Lentils & Beans, Vegetables, Snack & Sides, Grills, Salads & Raitas, Chutneys & Relishes, Desserts and Drinks, Monisha covers a varied range of dishes as well as providing insights into ingredients, techniques and step-by-step masterclasses to help you recreate classic and popular recipes.
Monisha offers a vivid overview of India's colourful traditions and geographical differences, from the earthy lentil dishes of the North to the coconut-based curries which are a staple in the South. Including advice on the building blocks of Indian cuisine, such as how to make a basic curry and how to cook the perfect rice, plus tips on the different varieties of rice and how to shop for the best type for each dish. Monisha teaches you how to make traditional Indian food at home, based on the principles of good health and touching on the values of Ayurveda.
The Indian Cookery Course is the ultimate guide to everything you ever wanted to know about Indian food.

Review Quotes

Here we have the best -- and maybe the only -- book currently aiming to teach Indian cooking in a systematic way. (Author Monisha Bharadwaj runs an Indian cooking school in London.) Just as you'd expect, The Indian Cooking Course has recipes for rice, dals, vegetables, meats, chutneys, flatbreads, vindaloos, kormas and samosas. But it's not just recipes; the reference material goes wide and deep, from colorful street shots and essays on regional foodways to step-by-step demo photos and instructions. The package is equally lyrical and technical, and a pleasure to use.--NPR, Guide to 2016's Great Reads

"As Monisha Bharadwaj teaches Westerners to prepare the cuisine of her native India, her background as a scholar of the country's history always helps drive the lessons. . . . It's an approach that Bharadwaj follows at her London-based cooking school and in her comprehensive new book. . . . Across nearly 500 pages, she introduces readers to the stories, traditions, and geographical differences that define Indian cuisine. " --Michael Floreak, The Boston Globe--Michael Floreak "The Boston Globe "

"I don't think I've ever seen a book to teach Indian cooking in a systematic way. It's about time we've had one and this one is a humdinger....What makes this a teaching book and not just a doorstop is the reference materials. Essays on regional food ways are fascinating...I could sit and read this book all day!"--T. Susan Chang "The Level Teaspoon podcast "

About the Author

Monisha Bharadwaj is an award-winning author, who writes regularly for magazines, including delicious, on food and style, features frequently on UK television and radio and makes regular appearances on Great FoodLive. She also runs her own successful cooking school.