Topic: Biggest Curry Influences

[Edwin Catflap]

hi tempest what is your favourite maddhur book

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[tempest63]

hi tempest what is your favourite maddhur book

The one I always return to is the original that accompanied her first BBC to series way back in the day

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[Peripatetic Phil]

The one I always return to is the original that accompanied her first BBC to series way back in the day [...]

Or if you prefer shorter URLs, https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000JXGYOO
** Phil.

[tempest63]

Thanks Phil, I really only wanted to add the picture of the cover but being a complete Luddite...

[Garp]

Hey, I have that one too. I think it was the first curry book I ever bought and still have it.

Multiple curry stains on the most used pages

[tempest63]

I picked up a good second hand copy a couple of years back as my original is completely splattered and dog eared. That one goes into the kitchen to suffer a little more whilst the later copy is the one I peruse when waiting for inspiration to strike.
I must admit I also bought the illustrated hardback edition when it came out only a few years back. Some sort of OCD I reckon!

T63

[Nickywelsh]

It was Pat’s NCB that set me on the road to developing a deep love of cooking Indian food. Until a friend purchased it for me I was making either bland, or totally over spiced, curries. There are still some recipes in there I use to this day. I’ve also enjoyed recipe’s from Camellia Panjabi’s ’50 Great Curries of India’. I’m afraid to say that Madhur’s recipes have always fallen flat for me, I’ve always wanted to like her food as she’s such a loveable character from my childhood.

As far as TV goes, 'Rhodes Across India’ that aired about 10 years ago got me totally fired up. Remove Gary from the equation (sorry Gary, you’re really annoying in this series) and you have some incredible (non-BIR) dishes being cooked by unsung masters of the cuisine. I highly recommend watching it online! I’m also a huge fan of Rick Stein, so his series will always hold dear to me. His passion for curry is evident throughout, and the Biryani recipe is one of the best I’ve tried.

Whilst on the subject…what are people’s thoughts on ‘The Curry Guy’? He clearly knows a thing or 2, but I’ve often found his recipes don’t live up to the BIR hype.

[tempest63]

I bought the Curry Guy book from Tesco this weekend as it was only

[Garp]

I've only tried Dan Toombs's naan recipe and it was pretty awful.

An American teaching BIR doesn't really work in my book 

[tempest63]

An American teaching BIR doesn't really work in my book 

I'll put an inscription in the book and direct him here.

T63