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description: No one knows Indian food like Madhur Jaffrey. For more than forty years the godmother of Indian cooking (The Independent on Sunday) has introduced Western home cooks to the vibrant cuisines of her homeland. Now in Vegetarian India: A Journey Through the Best of Indian Home Cooking the seven-time James Beard Awardwinning author shares the delectable healthful vegetable- and grain-based foods enjoyed around the Indian subcontinent. Vegetarian cooking is a way of life for more than 300 million Indians. Jaffrey travels from north to south and from the Arabian Sea to the Bay of Bengal collecting recipes for the very tastiest dishes along the way. She visits the homes and businesses of shopkeepers writers designers farmers doctors weavers and more gathering their stories and uncovering the secrets of their most delicious family specialties. From a sweet sour hot salty Kodava Mushroom Curry with Coconut originating in the forested regions of South Karnataka to simple crisp Okra Fries dusted with chili powder turmeric and chickpea flour; and from Stir-Fried Spinach Andhra Style (with ginger coriander and cumin) to the mung bean pancakes she snacks on at a roadside stand here Jaffrey brings together the very best of vegetable-centric Indian cuisine and explains how home cooks can easily replicate these dishesand many more for beans grains and breadsin their own kitchens. With more than two hundred recipes beautifully illustrated throughout and including personal photographs from Jaffreys own travels Vegetarian India is a kitchen essential for vegetable enthusiasts and home cooks everywhere.From the Hardcover edition.
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title: Vegetarian India: A Journey Through the Best of Indian Home Cooking
publisher: Knopf