“An Indian kitchen can be anywhere in the world. Mine just happens to be in London.”
The vibrant colors, exotic flavors and warm spices of Indian cuisine make it one of my favorites. I cannot pass up a title devoted to international cooking, especially Indian and Asian cuisines.
Meera Sodha’s debut cookbook Made in India is not only beautiful but embraces recipes that are not intimidating, complicated or time consuming with the bonus of containing ingredients that are not difficult to procure. The photographs are stunning and the dishes covered in this title are enticing.
Roasted Tamarind Chicken with Honey and Red Chili, Pistachio and Yogurt Chicken Curry and Chana Dal with Golden Garlic Tarka would be so warm and comforting now that winter is upon us. Baked Masala Fries, Ferrari (pan fried potatoes with peanuts, black pepper and lemon juice) and Roasted Cauliflower with Cumin, Turmeric and Lemon are a sampling of the side dishes that can add a touch of India to any meal. Salads, chutneys, vegetarian and vegan dishes are also offered up.
The dessert chapter contains many recipes that I am anxious to try – Banana Pancakes with Coconut and Jaggery (jaggery is Indian sugar but brown sugar can be substituted), Fennel Seed Shortbread and Love Cake with Cardamom and Pomegranate Shrikhand are a few examples.
Special thanks to Flatiron Books and Meera Sodha for sharing the Lamb Biryani photograph and recipe with us. Download the recipe here: LAMB BIRYANI
This is a lovely book for any level of cook — and a welcome addition to my cookbook shelf.
GIVEAWAY: Thanks to Flatiron Books for the review copy of this book as well as offering to give away a copy to one of you! To enter leave a comment on this post mentioning your favorite Indian dish. For a second chance, leave an additional comment telling me you visited The Cookbook Junkies fan page (where I post all giveaways), a like is appreciated but not required. A random winner will be chosen on December 22nd. The giveaway is open to persons with U.S. addresses only. Good luck. Random Number Generator picked #41 – Aaron R. Congratulations!
Recipes mentioned sound delicious! I’ve always loved lamb rogan josh with that wonderful Kashmiri chilli.
And, yes, I did visit the Cookbook Junkies fan page!
Dal ,samosas love Indian food. Hope I have the good fortune to win this .
My favorite dish is Tikka Masala by far. A staple dish but soooooo
good.
I visited “The Cookbook Junkies” as I always do, so give me an additional chance!
My favorite Indian dish might be Baigan Bharta. Roasted, mashed and spicy eggplant! And yes, of course I have visited the FB page 🙂
In terms of desserts, I love love love the Indian ice cream called Kulfi. I have never made it at home! I should try. And oh, yea this is my second comment that I went to FB 🙂
I start my day looking at the Cookbook Junkies, have to get my fix…. I love Gobi Aloo
My favorite Indian dish well this is hard. I would have to say Bhel Poori
I love gulab jamun.
I visited the fan page.
My favorite dish is Phirni. I love the dessert.
When I lived in Germany and by my last visit I went with my best friend Claudia to our favorite Indish/ Pakistani restaurant Moghul. The food is soo delicious!
I love vindaloo!
I love the tikka masala and the lamb biryani the best
I visited the Junkies 🙂
I think my favorite Indian dish has to be any of the biranis, lamb or chicken. At Cambridge the only places we could afford to eat at were Indian restaurants and my friend Richard and I found the cheapest one quite close to his digs. It wasn’t the well-known one but was hidden away from the main drag.
A spicy vindaloo with garlic naan
My favorite Indian food right now is probably saag paneer, and not just because I love it, but because I am the mom of leafy green and cheese-loving toddler. It’s an easy way to get a complete, healthy meal to her, and since I always have milk and lemon juice on hand, it’s never a problem to whip up the paneer.
I definitely visited the Cookbook Junkies fan page; I spend way too much time there, in fact! 😉
It is a tie between butter chicken and Navaratan Korma, but there are so many great dishes and I’d love to be able to make at home.
My favorite is Tandoori Chicken or any lamb dish. (I’m not discriminating. I just like lamb!!) I visited the fan page.
Definitely vindaloo with naan!
Ty for the chance.
I love all types of Chaat!
I love tikka masala.
Visiting the fan page!
Aloo chat, with vindaloo a close second;) love to make naan as well! Thanks, Jenny!!
Tikka Masala! This book is on my wish list. I hope all i win! 🙂
I visited the FB page 🙂
Samosas chicken tikki
Butter chicken. My sil is from India, I need to learn how to cook for him.
I love Indian food. My favorites are samosas, naan, chicken tikka masala, and anything with paneer. Yum!!
The family & I all love chicken tikka masala and warm naan.
The family and I all love chicken tikka masala and fresh naan. I love samosas.
I forgot to mention that I stopped by the Cookbook Junkies fan page (which I do all the time!).
Oh to pick a favorite Indian dish is so hard! There are so many I love, but I guess I will go with Saag Paneer! Yummy!
I visited The Cookbook Junkies Facebook page!
I love butter chicken and anything with paneer.
I’d like to try some of these. Also visited FB Page
Absolutely adore authentic chicken curry and naan. Thank you for your interesting cookbook junkies site, love it.
I can’t say that I’ve ever had Indian food. So I don’t have a favorite.
Love vindaloo!
Love visiting the FB Cookbook Junkies page!
My favorite is Aloo Gobi.
I am following and visited on Facebook.
My favorite Indian dish is dal makhani!
Visiting the fan page on FB now…
Punjabi Choley will always be my favorite Indian dish.
I’m on Cookbook Junkies Facebook everyday at least several times, including tonight.
I adore Indian food. My favorite Indian dish is the spinach worth Paneer cheese and I eat it with naan bread. So good.
I went to the FB Page and liked it. I thought I had already.
Indian is one cuisine I do not have much experience with, so vindaloo and tikka masala are about all I’ve tried.
(clearly I need to get out – and about – more!)
I visited the Cookbook Junkies fan page and am ashamed to admit I had not yet ‘liked’ it.
Fixed that oversight.
I love love love Chicken Tikka Masala.
And I visited your Facebook page – and have liked/loved it !
LOVE Samosas!
visited the fan page.