The Complete Indian Regional Cookbook: 300 Classic Recipes From The Great Regions Of India

I have many Indian cookbooks. And I read them all cover to cover! This is an excellent cookbook that introduces the complex and varied food of India, region by region. The recipes have been simplified slightly avoiding the use of some of the harder to find spices. But it is very authentic. It is wonderful to have recipes grouped region by region. And there are a full range of vegetarian and nonvegetarian dishes, desserts and drinks for each region.The book is rather small which is too bad. And the typeface is very small. But there are photos for each dish. A great plus in my book! And there are prep photos as well. Each recipe has an English name but the Indian name is included in the short paragraph preceding each recipe. There is a full complement of vegetarian recipes, nonvegetarian recipes, lots and lots of recipes using all the different beans from India, desserts and drinks typical of that region and an extensive rice and bread recipe section for each region.I think that Mridula Baljekar has done an excellent job of introducing the regional cooking of India. The recipes seem to be complete and detailed. The explanations are easy to follow and the photographs are really excellent and make you want to cook those dishes.One thing to be careful about: if you buy this cookbook and you want to buy other cookbooks by her, be careful. She also has a cookbook called "Vegetarian Indian Food and Cooking". I have bought it. I haven't checked every recipe, but every recipe I looked at in the vegetarian cookbook is also found in the regional cookbook. The exact same text, the exact same photos, the exact same tips. But, this vegetarian cookbook has a much larger page size. So the photos and text ARE larger. If you are a vegetarian, I would recommend getting the "Vegetarian Indian Food and Cooking" book. But if you are not a vegetarian, I recommend that you get "The Complete Indian Regional Cookbook" instead. I am keeping both books as I appreciate the larger page size in the vegetarian cookbook. Ha ha ha. But, I know I will enjoy and use this REGIONAL COOKBOOK for many years!! Good job!

Actually, this was not the book that I was originally looking for, but I sat down with it and read the beautiful, unique recipes. These are not your same-old, hum-drum Indian dishes. I highly recommend this book if you are looking to learn more vibrant Indian style of cooking. Full of flare, yet uncomplicated, and the illustrations to go along with the recipes are amazing!

Big, beautiful book of techniques and recipes. I love that it's organized into regions. The only drawback is that the recipes are printed very small, so I've bought a new recipe box for them to land in, once I've copied them.

Beautifully illustrated, wonderful tour of Indian regional cooking. Every recipe is exceptional. Instructions are detailed. The recipes in this book are all exceptional. If you Love Indian Food, you will love this book

Loving all the recipes and photos!!

There can never be a "complete" Indian regional cookbook, but this comes close. In addition, it's got the finest collection of Indian flatbreads I've ever seen, really obscure recipes that fit in well with the dishes they're paired with. Minus points for almost illegibly small type, plus points for pictures of many of the procedures along the way to completion of a dish. You need a basic Indian cookbook to supplement this, but I'm glad I got this one.

Binding has already broken in less than one month. Very disappointed in product.

Item arrived on time and in good condition. Have not yet been able to make enough recipes to comment on them overall. The quality of the book is good. Pictures are nice and paper is ok.

This book was purchased as a gift and I nearly kept it for myself. The photos are a great and the layout is easy to follow.

A wide rage of recipes from all over India and lovely pictures of the recipes.

Just satisfied

Bellissimo articolo, le ricette sono ben spiegate e contengono svariate foto per seguire passo passo la singola ricetta. Lo consiglio vivamente!

This is probably one of the best, varied & most useful Indian cookbooks ever produced, albeit a synthesis of two previous works by the same author (of whom I am an avid fan). There are, as is usual with all books a few minor errors, some of which should have been edited out. For example, on p258, 'aniseed' is probably incorrect. I think ajwain (lovage) seed is probably intended. I know from a previous work of Mridula's that she did at one time confuse aniseed with ajwain (see Indian cooking without fat, p7). Again, on p294, 7.5 ml of lemon juice is not 1.5 tablespoons (I think she means 1.5 teaspoons). For these minor indiscretions, she is to be forgiven, especially when she gives us delights such as "Rainbow trout in lemon & mustard marinade" - quite the best trout recipe I have ever sampled - & totally devoid of the 'muddy taste' often described - more like what you might expect of a dover solel or sea bream in texture & quality. Certainly, recipes like this knock some of those of so-called 'fine dining' into a cocked hat.