Indian cookbook recommendation

thriftlady_2

Anyone know a really good Indian/Pakistani cookbook ?
Preferably along the lines of cheap and cheerful, quick and easy rather than elaborate and expensive. It seems to me that the basic Indian diet is both cheap and healthy what with all the pulses and veg. I'd like to branch out a bit from chickpea and veg curry, dhal and chicken tikka.

tryhard_2

online ones are just as good - try https://www.bawarchi.com or saroj's cookbook; full of variety of recipes from several regions of india

brummiebird443

i use "Cooking like mummyji" by Vicky Bhogal, "Everyday Indian" by Anjum Anand, India With Passion by Manju Malhi.
REally good books with great easy to follow recipes.

Sarahsaver

Anything Madhur Jaffrey, I have a big book which is a combination of two of her books put together, hundreds of pages, and authentic stuff from all areas of India.

thriftlady_2

Thanks Brummiebird (I'm one too btw:D ) I've flicked through the Vicky Bhogal one and I've had a Manju Malhi from the library.. Brit Spice I think it was. I'll give them another go;)

I like the websites, but I like to have books

tawnyowls

I have a Sainsbury's oriental cooking one, which has both Chinese and Indian - very easy and very yummy! You can often pick up really nice cookbooks in supermarkets, budget shops such as Matalan & TK Maxx, and cheap bookshops such as The Works.

HappyIdiotTalk

thriftlady wrote:

Thanks Brummiebird (I'm one too btw:D )

LOL, I had you clocked as a proper no-nonsense country girl from deep in the sticks. Wouldn't have guessed your a city girl.

prettypennies

Indian Every Day: Light, Healthy Indian Food by Anjum Anand

Great easy to follow recipes divided into moods.

Lots of suggestions for light healthy and fabulously tasty alternatives.

lindadykes

The Curry Secret - Indian Restaurant Cookery at Home by Kris Dhillon. This is the one to use if you want to recreate indian restaurant/takeaway dished. The base sauce takes a little time but can easily be cooked in bulk and frozen, after that it takes only minutes to recreate a pretty good likeness of a takeaway style curry, includes all the popular versions such as bhuna, dupiaza, korma and tikka masala and much more. After my first go at making a chicken dupiaza from this book my hubby declared it the besst curry I'd ever made.

thriftlady_2

HappyIdiotTalk wrote:

LOL, I had you clocked as a proper no-nonsense country girl from deep in the sticks. Wouldn't have guessed your a city girl.

:rotfl: 'fraid so, Birmingham born and bred, although it has to be said from a pretty posh bit of Brum:D

Thanks for all the suggestions guys, I'm off to the library today to see if I can find them :T

brummiebird443

thriftlady wrote:

Thanks Brummiebird (I'm one too btw:D ) I've flicked through the Vicky Bhogal one and I've had a Manju Malhi from the library.. Brit Spice I think it was. I'll give them another go;)

I like the websites, but I like to have books

Hi fellow brummie, i'm actually pakistani and i've found the Vicky bhogal and especially the Manju malhi books to be really authentic. I love buying cook books (very sad i know!!) and i've got absolutely loads of them but i always go back to using these particular two. The recipes are really easy to follow and more importantly the food tastes great.
Let me know how u get on