Curry Legend Cookbook Kit

My boyfriend bought me The Spicery's 'Friday Night Curry Discoverer' subscription for my birthday because of my love of curry, we really enjoyed this and were sad when it finished. We thought we would get the Curry Legend Gift Box to continue the new-found fun of making curries. I'm 18 and to be honest I've barely cooked food from scratch in my life (Thanks mum), yet was able to make some fantastic meals using this kit. My family and I love the food made from the kit. The product comes with the hardback cookbook, a bookmark, a 1tsp measure and 4 different spices which are used in recipes throughout the cookbook. This is convenient because if you follow online curry recipes, chances are you will purchase spices that you will only end up using once or twice. The first spice is the Haldi Blend, this adds colour and flavour and is used as the base for lots of the dishes. The next is the Mirchi Blend, this is a deep red spice consisting of 3 different chillies of varying heat, flavour, sweetness and colour. Next is the Methi Blend, this is a fragrant spice full of aroma and brings lovely aromatic oils to the meal. Finally the Jeera blend, this is a mixture of cumin, brown mustard, nigella seeds and fenugreek seeds. The recipes are really friendly for those who have never even cooked a curry before as the instructions are easy to follow. At the beginning of the book there are various suggested menus of different mains and sides to put together (Eg: Summer, Winter, Vegetarian, East, Cooking to Impress) if you don't know what would constitute a good meal. Otherwise, if you flick to a certain curry you want to eat, it has a 'Goes great with' suggestion for sides. Each recipe has a 'Also works a treat with', which allows you to either add or substitute ingredients. Lots of the time this recommends how you could substitute the meat for a veggie version, or how you could switch a meat for another meat. If you are a Veggie this book would be fantastic despite most curry 'mains' containing meat for this reason (there is also an entire section dedicated to veggie meals too). They also have a 'Raise your game by' section, this allows you to make the recipes harder/better if you wish. One example is that you can turn Bombay potatoes into Saag Aloo by adding spinach and tomatoes. This basically means that the '80 recipes' become many more recipes with simple changes. They also all have a heat rating, a serving number, prep time and cook time, so you can properly organise the times you will start each dish. The question you are probably asking - What happens when I run out of the provided spices? Well, the front pages recommend ways you can stretch the provided spices to last longer (for example, mix 3 parts paprika, 2 parts chilli powder and 1 measure of mirchi blend together to extend it further) - but you can also buy more from the spicery's website. You can buy each spice pot for £2.95, or all four for £7.95. You may notice there is also another cheaper Curry Legend product on Amazon, the only difference is that this one has better presentation and metal tins instead of plastic bags. The size of the spices are the same too (40-60g for both). To be honest I'm kind of annoyed I didn't buy the cheaper one now as the difference seems insignificant. Overall I'm really pleased with this though! The curries are AMAZING, the recipes are easy to follow and everything has a really well-presented and nice feel to it.

Bought this after I ate a curry made by a friend using this kit. The curry was amazing so I treated myself to the kit. I absolutely love it! Simple recipes using a combination of the spice blends. Everything I have made has been delicious! Yet to try some of the side dishes but look forward to trying those too. Would be a perfect house warming gift! Highly recommend this kit!

Ordered this book set on the recommendation from a friend and I am so glad I did!!! Book arrived Sunday morning and a few hours later I was hot footing it to the supermarket for the few basic supply’s to make the butter chicken recipe, pilau rice and Bombay potatoes. The fact that all the spices are ready made in their own pots is a godsend! It means making most of the recipes is really cheap to produce. The instructions are very clear to use and for my first attempt our meal turned out amazing! Very tasty. The pilau rice is to die for! Far better than takeaway rice and so flavoursome. My husband loves curries sampling many from restaurants in his time but he hands down said that this was arguably the best he had tasted. We already have friends booked in in a weeks time for a curry night and I’m planning to try the naans bread this time too. I would highly recommended this book to anyone who loves Indian food, you will not be disappointed!! 5 stars all round from us!!

Amazing cookbook, tin is gorgeous and spice blends are so easy and make the best curries!

This is the most amazing thing I've ever bought. The amount of meals we've made & completely enjoy them. It brings so much happiness to our family. 5 stars - but 4 because ive ran out of one of the blends and I dont know what to do now as I dont see an option on the site to buy one blend only. I dont want to buy the full kit again.

Awesome book and fantastic spice blends. Not kidding you, the recipes in this book taste better than 95% of the Indian Takeaways around here and they are so simple to make. Having a blender / nutri bullet will make life even easier for some of the recipes, but it’s got everything from classics right through to sides and breads. House smells awesome the day after too! Recommended to me by a friend and I’ve since had 5 of my friends buy it too after they tried mine!

I have both this book and the taco legend book. Both are fantastic and the spices are so full of flavour and smell amazing. My teenage son and I managed to make the best curry I’ve ever had using the recipes and the spices with this book, it’s that good. I’m a big fan of the spicery generally and if you register your book online you get access to extra recipes, which is a great bonus! I can’t wait for them to bring out more recipe books, as I absolutely love this set. Would unhesitatingly recommend to anyone who likes easy to follow, delicious and flavour packed food.

Lamb Balti is lovely. Easy Pilau recipe nice. The spice mix pots are also useful to put into homemade curry’s not from the recipe book. The smell is authentic.