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(More customer reviews)It is not an understatement for me to say that Julie Sahni and her cookbooks are the reason my friends think I'm actually a chef extraordinaire, when all I really am is a person who can find and follow recipes, perhaps somewhat too slavishly.
I wish I had had Julie's "Introduction to Indian Cooking" earlier in my culinary progression. I might have avoided some of the burnt offerings I provided willing friends (okay, guinea pigs, but they weren't complaining as they're usually hungry).
I really came to this cookbook because I decided that I needed to expand my repertoire, so that I could satisfy the gamut of tastes and predilections of the "fish" vegetarians, the omnivores, the strict vegans and the hosts of others that I hang out with and have over to my house on various occasions.
I have done that and more through such things as making my own mixing, toasting and grinding my own curry powder from scratch. (Compare the aroma of that with some of that store bought ground stuff that's probably gone stale and I suspect you'll never go back.)
The consensus favorite among the fish vegetarians and omnivores so far is Julie's recipe for Malabar Coconut Shrimp, also known as Konjupa. As I'm fond of saying, "it's out of this world."
For more standard dinners with your family, you could try the chicken curry, or murgh masala masala recipe. Let me know if it doesn't easily surpass any such entree you may find at your local Indian restaurant.
My home on cooking weekends is now known as "Hindu haven." The small god that I pray to-- that things will work out as I'm scrambling before a party--is this book.
Bon appetit as you travel East on your culinary adventures.
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