Christine Manfield's Indian Cooking Class

by Christine Manfield

Let Christine Manfield guide you through the deeply fragrant world of Indian home cooking. Mastering the incredible array of spices and techniques applied in the Indian kitchen can seem a daunting task for the casual cook. But in Indian Cooking Class you’ll find easy-to-follow and approachable recipes that will see you making curry pastes and blending flavours with absolute confidence. Spanning history-steeped recipes to home-style favourites, Ayurvedic-influenced dishes and contemporary interpretations, this extensive collection of beautifully photographed recipes guides home cooks from snacks and sides to main dishes, all the way through to dessert. Discover meals found on the humblest thali plate to those served at the most lavish banquets, and find a true appreciation for the many and varied cooking styles, vibrant flavour combinations and textural medleys that make for such an aromatic and sense-enlivening food culture. Equipping novice and curious cooks alike with a repertoire of achievable and impressive Indian classics, be it a simple dal to an intricate biryani, Christine Manfield’s Indian Cooking Class is a handbook of skills to encourage creativity. Join Christine as she shares her knowledge, love and deep respect for the vivacious and piquant dishes at the heart of India’s fascinating culinary heritage. ‘If you have room in your bookshelf for one Indian cookbook, make it this one.’ Sydney Morning Herald ‘Manfield brings her extensive travels and deep love of India's complex flavours and culinary history to this extensive collection of recipes that is both creative and approachable.’ Gourmet Traveller

Genres: Cookbooks

447 pages, Hardcover

Published November 4, 2021

Reviews

[Jülie ☼♄  · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a beautiful book by a renowned chef.
I’ve been a big fan of Christine Manfield for many years and was thrilled to receive this book as a Christmas present. I’ve since spent many lovely spare hours slowly perusing the wonderful array of mouth watering recipes with their tempting pictures.

This is not just a recipe book, but a cooking class…a master class to be sure! Complete with easy to follow instructions, glossary and comprehensive recipe index.

The book has step by step easy to understand guided instructions that would make even the most timid cook relax into making a beautiful curry or other tasty dish worthy of serving to anyone.
With some very easy walk through recipe instructions to help hone your cooking skills and boost your confidence in cooking outside the ordinary.

A lovely book for your collection, it’s the perfect gift for any level of cook.
There is something for everyone in here.

[Andrea · Rating 4 out of 5]

A gorgeous book to pore over. Christine Manfield shares her extensive knowledge of Indian cooking very generously, and provides step-by-step illustrated masterclass instructions for selected recipes throughout. The only reason I'm not giving it 5 stars is that Manfield only references the Indian names of dishes occasionally (in the introductory paragraph, if at all) which means you won't find them in the index either. Recipe names are instead descriptions of the dish. So if you have an urge to create her version of aloo gobi for example, you have to know what the component ingredients are to find it in the book. To be fair, I'm sure this was a very deliberate decision of the author and/or editors, and is in keeping with the teaching style of the cookbook.