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Title: Sorry another cookbook
Post by: Micky Tikka on August 30, 2012, 06:09 PM
Just been on holiday for a couple of weeks and took the cookbook
India by Pushpesh Pant
Not BIR but the recipes come from all regions of India and well worth a read
The book boasts of 1000 recipes
It covers spice mixes and pastes pickles chutneys Raitas snacks , appetizers ,mains ,pulses,breads, rice
In my opinion well worth a place on the side board with the other 20 odd curry books  ;D
Title: Re: Sorry another cookbook
Post by: Peripatetic Phil on August 30, 2012, 06:46 PM
Just been on holiday for a couple of weeks and took the cookbook India by Pushpesh Pant.  Not BIR but the recipes come from all regions of India and well worth a read.  The book boasts of 1000 recipes.  It covers spice mixes and pastes pickles chutneys Raitas snacks , appetizers ,mains ,pulses,breads, rice.  In my opinion well worth a place on the side board with the other 20 odd curry books  ;D
I neither want to sound negative nor cast doubt on your judgement, but purely personally I would far prefer (and would pay far more for) a recipe book containing 50 (or even ten !) top-class recipes that appeal to me to any number of books that offer a thousand or more recipes most of which I will never even try. 

My EUR 0.02, and definitely not trying to start an argument !
** Phil.
Title: Re: Sorry another cookbook
Post by: Micky Tikka on August 30, 2012, 07:41 PM
Couldn't agree more Phil
It did have good reviews and was abit of a gamble at 20 quid
I always say if i find 1 recipe or an  idea that works then the books  was worth the purchase ( have to wait and see on that one  ;) )
The tandoori stuff looks good when it starts to mention about 2 marination's and basting before putting back in to the tandoor . I started to treat it more seriously


Title: Re: Sorry another cookbook
Post by: Peripatetic Phil on August 30, 2012, 08:12 PM
Couldn't agree more Phil.  It did have good reviews and was abit of a gamble at 20 quid.  I always say if i find 1 recipe or an  idea that works then the books  was worth the purchase ( have to wait and see on that one  ;) )
The tandoori stuff looks good when it starts to mention about 2 marination's and basting before putting back in to the tandoor . I started to treat it more seriously
I agree about the reviews : very positive.  For those that want to try some of Pushpent's recipes (but from an earlier book), there is a (legal) online copy here (http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DWk8JrB2iXEC&pg=PR15&lpg=PR15&dq=daawat+cookbook&source=bl&ots=S8u9qwcsP2&sig=bnRmMj7Gl1E3stY_Ocig5mC04H8&hl=en&ei=-PBHTuH1B4bSiAK61YnnAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=daawat%20cookbook&f=false).
** Phil.
Title: Re: Sorry another cookbook
Post by: Malc. on August 30, 2012, 09:56 PM
I'm looking forward to hearing how you get on with the recipes Michael. :)