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

Quote from: michael.t 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

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.

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

Quote from: michael.t 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

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.
** Phil.

I'm looking forward to hearing how you get on with the recipes Michael.