Providing a fresh, contemporary and unforgettable journey into the secrets of Indian cuisine, "The Indian Spice Kitchen" offers a fully-illustrated, explanatory guide to the secrets of Indian cooking and the herbs, nuts, spices, vinegars, and other special ingredients that are now much more widely available to the home cook. These 200 recipes, organized by featured ingredient, cover a full range of soups, breads, vegetable and meat dishes, beverages, and desserts. Color illustrations.
I have over a hundred Indian cook books, some dating from the Raj and out of print. This book is unique. It's like a little bible. I go to it constantly. I have never seen an Indian cook book devoted to explaining the details of Indian spices, dals, grains, herbs, etc so well, including recipes featuring each item discussed. I put her up there with Julie Sahni and Madhur Jaffrey.
This book makes me want to live in India. Yummo. Laid out differently to most other cookbooks, each recipe is based on a single essential ingredient in Indian cuisine.