Indian Cuisine Books 2024

We Indians love and live to eat. We travel far away from home, spending much money to have our favourite dish.

So, why not make them at home at your convenience? Here are the Best 5 Indian cuisine books that will fill your life with new recipes and give your taste buds a feast.

1- The Indian Slow Cooker by Nora K. Asaad

2- Simple, Authentic Indian Cuisine by Lakshmi Thakur

3- Tandoori Home Cooking by Maunika Gowardhan

4- Indian Flavor Everyday by Maya Kaimal

5- An Invitation to Indian Cooking- Madhur Jaffrey

The Indian Slow Cooker by Nora K. Asaad

Anything and everything you can think of can be slowly cooked, and the recipe is in The Indian Slow Cooker.

Under a particular dish, the preparation time needed, the cooking time, serving size, ingredients, and nutritional value are mentioned, giving all the information one should know regarding who is planning to prepare that dish.

The Content of the book goes as follows:

1. The benefits of slow cooking.
2. How slow cooking has transformed Indian traditional meals
3. The essentials you would require in your kitchen to start this journey of slow cooking
4. The basics of slow cooking
5. The do and don’t of slow cooking

The book has bi-furcated the dishes on the grounds of:

• Vegetarian
• Meaty marvels
• Seafood specials
• Rice and breads
• Chutneys and sauces
• Deserts
• Fusion flavours
• Holiday Feasts

Simple Authentic Indian Cuisine by Lakshmi Thakur

The book by Lakshmi Thakur is straightforward. When I saw the table of contents, it felt like you were in a restaurant. Probably whatever you could think of, everything from appetizers to snacks to main courses (Vegetarian/Non-Vegetarian), side dishes, and regional dishes was there.

I haven’t reviewed a book that has also segregated Content based on regional food. Here’s a sneak peak:

• Appetizers and Starters
• Snacks and Street Food
• Main Courses Vegetarian
• Main Course Non-Vegetarian
• Side Dishes
• Punjabi Specialities
• South Indian Specialities
• Bengali Specialities
• Gujrati Specialities
• Rajasthani Specialities
• Desserts

Almost every dish is covered in a single page, including the cooking process, things required before cooking, prep time, cooking time, and servings.

This book is excellent for someone who wants to jump directly into the dish rather than learn and gather extra information.

Tandoori Home Cooking by Maunika Gowardhan

Indian author and chef Maunika, born and raised in India, now lives in the UK. She has written four remarkable books, the first published in 2015.

Tandoori Home Cooking has a secret to make more than 70 Tandoori dishes. The book has a straightforward content:

• Chicken
• Lamb
• Fish and Seafood
• Vegetarian
• Breads
• Condiments
• Sides and Salads
• Deserts

Indian Flavor Everyday by Maya Kaimal

Chef, Author and Entrepreneur Maya Kaimal has written many books, and her latest book is Indian Flavor Everyday.

Her previous book, Curried Favors: Family Recipes, won the Julia Child Best First Book award from the International Association of Culinary Professionals.

The content of the books goes as follows:

• Salads
• Snacks
• Vegetables
• Soups
• Dals and Chickpeas
• Meat and Seafood
• Rice, Noodles and Breads
• Sweet Bites
• Basics

Before all the recipes start, the book has dedicated a few pages to Indian Flavors, the stock you would require to make the dishes mentioned in the book, tools, and tips/techniques to enhance the taste of the dishes.

If you still need all the ingredients, the book has your back by providing alternative ingredients towards the start of the book.

An Invitation to Indian Cooking- Madhur Jaffrey

Madhur Jaffrey is a British-American actress, television personality, and writer. She started her career as a writer in 1973 when she published her first book, An Invitation to Indian Cookery.

The book starts by explaining flavours and spices used while making dishes and their essence to the dishes. It also has a page that mentions the tools and utensils required so that you are ready beforehand.

It also has a few sample menus, each combining an appetizer, drinks, main course, and dessert that was pretty unique and different from the rest of the books I read.

The content of the book goes as follows:

• Soups and Appetizers
• Meat
• Chicken, Other Birds, and Eggs
• Fish and Shellfish
• Summer Cooking and Barbecued foods
• Vegetable
• Rice
• Dals
• Chutney, Pickles, and other relishes
• Breads
• Desserts
• Paan

Every dish has details like the serving size, ingredients, procedure and tips to garnish the dish.

Conclusion

If you want to get started with cooking or learn new recipes and fusion, these 10 cookery books will help you get there quickly. Stay tuned for the Top 10 Healthy Cookbooks.

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