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Anupy Singla – Indian Cookbooks and Giveaway

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Indian flavors have always been a favorite of mine. I love the comforting warmth of cardamom, coriander, turmeric and cinnamon along with the chiles and curries that are often found in Indian recipes.  I’d step over your grandma for a samosas — note, over not on, I’m not that heartless.

Recently, Anupy Singla’s newest book, Indian for Everyone came to my attention.   I have many Indian cookbooks that range from beginner to expert in nature but was eager to have this title join my collection.  It will become a go to resource for everyday Indian dishes.  Anupy covers everything you will need to know to start cooking Indian dishes. Samosas, chutneys, paneer, curries, lentils and so much more including desserts.  The recipes for Indian Corn Bread, Lamb Biryani and Drowned Cauliflower look incredible!

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After learning of this title, I wanted to research her other cookbooks — The Indian Slow Cooker and Vegan Indian Cooking.

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The Indian Slow Cooker has some recipes that look great – Spiced Cauliflower and Potatoes, Black Lentils with Kidney Beans and Chickpeas and Punjabi Curried Kidney Beans are just a few that can be made in your slow cooker. The kidney beans I’d like to make for a different spin for a barbecue.  I would love an international barbecue with different recipes from different cultures — Korean short ribs, the Punjabi Curried Kidney Beans, an Asian cole slaw and one of the potato dishes from Anupy’s books.  Does that sound great or strange?

Vegan Indian Cooking looks just as wonderful as the other titles.  South Indian Tomato and Tamarind Soup, Spicy Sweet Potato Patties, Baked Samosa Sticks, Lemon Brown Rice and Indo-Chinese Fried Rice — are a few of the stand out recipes.

I’m looking forward to trying many of these recipes!  I highly recommend these books especially if you are new to this type of cuisine.  Easy, straightforward and delicious!

Random Number Generator picked #17 – Dana — an e-mail has been sent! Congratulations!

 

GIVEAWAY:  Thanks to Surrey Books (Agate Publishing) — I have a set of these books for one reader.  The giveaway is open for US addresses only.  Leave one comment here telling me about your favorite Indian dish.  For a second entry, share this giveaway on social media.  Please be sure to leave two separate comments.

Good luck.  A random winner will be chosen on June 23rd!

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  10. 10

    I love the different curries, though I tend to make them more mild than the recipes suggest. There’s so much flavor in curries that you just have to savor each bite to fully appreciate it.

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  13. 13

    I am vegan/vegetarian/glutenfree and would love these cookbooks! So far from my experience with Indian cooking my favorite is plain old dahl. I am looking for recipes that can be made without dairy! Thanks for this wonderful giveaway!

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  17. 17

    I would love these! I love Indian cuisine, but cannot make anything that tastes good :/ I am a complete novice and would love to be able to make good Indian food!

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  23. 23

    I’m a sucker for the samosas, pakoras and channa masala. Would really love to check out these books, especially the vegan one!

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  25. 25

    I can’t get enough of aloo papri chat. It’s such a refreshing warm weather dish. Same for any Indian bread.

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  27. 27

    I would love to own these books. I eat Indian food so much it’s hard to pick a favorite dish, but if I have to I guess it would be Palak Paneer!

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  31. 31

    Chicken tikka masala was the first Indian dish I tried while dating my husband. I’d never been exposed to such exotic flavors.

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  32. 32

    I have had some wonderful dishes in NYC, but do not recall which dish was which. But the naan, oh the naan!! Obviously I need the books so I can fix it myself!! They do look beautiful. On the other hand, I would enjoy telling The Man, that Donna Currie won the Curry.

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  37. 37

    Love, love, love Indian food and it would be great to learn how to cook my favorite dishes. So many to pick from, but I do love a good butter chicken.

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  41. 41

    My kids and I love curries !! I would like to learn how to make chutneys and naan 🙂

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  42. 42

    Even though I am of Indian origin and so, have quite a few Indian recipes in my repertoire, I still am always on the look out for good Indian cookbooks. So would love this one!

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  43. 43

    I love Indian food, garlic naan, and paneer. Trader joes had a lot of quick and easy stuff for me to make in college but now that I have graduated I prefer cooking my own!

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  47. 47

    My favorite Indian dish is a slow cooker chutney from an Indian cookbook I tested for Blogging for Books; I’m also interested in Indian vegetarian and vegan cookbooks. Would love to win these!

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  48. 48

    I have been trying to learn more about Indian cooking. I love naan, raita, madras lentils, and a spinach sauced curry chicken. Would be delighted to have these to help me on my journey!

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  53. 53

    To be honest, I have never really had Indian food. We don’t have any restaurants nearby and I have been intimidated to try cooking it myself as I am just really learning to cook more.

    I would love to learn to cook and enjoy Indian food and get past the intimidation factor. These would be a great opportunity to broaden my food choices and learning a new culture’s cuisine. Thank you.

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  55. 55

    Oh, where do I begin to name my favorite?! The first Indian restaurant I ever went to served us minced lamb stuffed naan: keema naan. I thought I’d died and gone to heaven. I love a good biryani and I would never say no to butter chicken or butter paneer, for that matter. My latest “find” is Indian street food, or chaat. I went yesterday with Kathy Hester to get samosa chaat at a place here. A steaming potato samosa busted open and covered with curried chickpeas and All The Chutneys and Yogurt. Dang!

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  57. 57

    Trying again to post, not my lucky day for posting I am afraid. I fell in love with Indian cuisine in Washington State and since moving to Massachusetts, I am able to find a great place hopeful, I will win and husband Harry can make excellent meals!

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  62. 62

    I posted this giveaway
    I would not miss a second chance to discover new Indian dishes I am an unconditional of madhur Jeffrey but a new point of view is always welcome

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  63. 63

    I’m hispanic, we like indian food, of course we love curry in our food., my favorite: curry rice with anything else..

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  69. 69

    There is something inherently soothing about Indian food–the warmth of the spices, perhaps, or maybe the slicing, dicing, and puttering in the kitchen during the preparation of various vegetables and spices. It’s a healthy cuisine and one that works for vegetarians, vegans, and carnivores. It’s my favorite type of food!

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