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Climbing The Mango Trees by Madhur Jaffrey

"I was born in a sprawling house by the Yamuna River in Delhi. When I was a few minutes old, Grandmother welcomed me into the world by writing 'Om', which means 'I am' in Sanskrit, on my tongue with a little finger dipped in honey. When the family priest arrived to draw up my horoscope, he scribbled astrological symbols on a long scroll and set down a name for me, Indrani, or 'queen of the heavens'. My father ignored him completely and proclaimed my name was to be Madhur ('sweet as honey')." So begins Madhur Jaffrey's enchanting memoir of her childhood in India. Her description of growing up a in a very large, wealthy family (half a train was booked to transport the family from Delhi to the mountains for the summer) conjures up the spirit of a long lost age. Whether climbing the mango trees in her grandparents' orchard, armed with a mixture of salt, pepper, red chillies and roasted cumin, or enjoying picnics in the foothills of the Himalayas, reached by foot, rickshaw, palanquin or horse, where meatballs stuffed with sultanas and mint leaves, cauliflowers flavoured with ginger and coriander, and spiced pooris with hot green mango pickle were devoured, food forms a major leitmotif of this beautifully written memoir. With recipes drawn from memories of dinners, lunches, breakfasts, weddings and picnics, moving effortlessly from the lamb meatballs of Moghul emperors to the tamarind chutneys of the streets, this book will appeal to keen armchair cooks, as well as fans of Madhur the world over. (Source: Amazon UK 7 January 2006) Note: Includes about a dozen recipes.

Climbing The Mango Trees - by Madhur Jaffrey (TV chefs and cookery books)

A memoir of a childhood in India (Frontcover)

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Simple Indian Cookery by Madhur Jaffrey (TV chefs and cookery books)

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Simple Indian Cookery Madhur Jaffrey cook books list

Madhur Jaffrey is renowned as an international authority on Indian food. In Simple Indian, now available in paperback, she shares her knowledge and her passion, bringing us classic dishes from this hugely popular culinary region.

Madhur demonstrates how to cook 40 well-known recipes with simple step-by-step instructions, proving just how easy it is to serve up delicious Indian meals you’ve created yourself.

The book is divided into the following chapters: Soups and Starters, Fish and Shellfish, Eggs, Meat and Poultry, and Vegetables and Accompaniments.

All the dishes use readily available ingredients and there’s even a special menu section, so that you can plan your perfect meal. With the clear and easy-to-follow recipe methods and colour photographs accompanying each stage of the recipe, Madhur’s simple instructions will guarantee even the novice cook excellent results every time.

Ultimate Curry Bible Madhur Jaffrey cook books list

With over 150 recipes, Madhur Jaffrey starts with the best curry recipes in 21st-century India, moves on to Asian curries, and even includes European curry ideas such as French curry sauces. Also included are tips for the best accompanying foods - rice, bread, chutneys, relishes and sweets.

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An Invitation to Indian Cooking by Madhur Jaffrey (TV chefs and cookery books)

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An Invitation to Indian Cooking Madhur Jaffrey cook books list

This ... paperback of Madhur Jaffrey's modern culinary classic is the companion to Eastern Vegetarian Cooking: it will come as a revelation to all those whose experience of Indian cuisine has been confined to restaurants in Britain. In her fascinating Introduction the author vividly describes the vast scope of Indian cooking, the regional differences in taste and method, and the special qualities of the food of her native Delhi; she provides a comprehensive list of the various herbs and spices used in India, a glossary of cookery terms and some suggested menus. The recipes range from soups to desserts, with meat, fish and egg dishes, vegetables, rice and bread, chutneys and pickles, and a section on summer cooking and barbeques. All are clearly and simply set out, with many helpful hints from Madhur Jaffrey's own wide experience. The wealth of colourful detail and incidental information makes An Invitation to Indian Cooking as much a pleasure to read as it is to use.

Eastern Vegetarian Cooking Madhur Jaffrey cook books list

For this book, Madhur Jaffrey, known for her work on Indian cuisine, has gathered together vegetarian recipes from Turkey, Japan, China, India, Korea and the Philippines among others, to create a display of flavours, textures and colours. It includes suggestions for menus and a section of general information.

Eastern Vegetarian Cooking by Madhur Jaffrey (TV chefs and cookery books)

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Indian Cooking with Madhur Jaffrey (editor) (TV chefs and cookery books)

The comprehensive guide from the world's best-selling Indian cook

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An appearance on BBC2’s Friends for Dinner in 2001 and the publication in the same year of her best-selling Foolproof Indian Cookery re-established Madhur as the authority on Indian food. Madhur Jaffrey’s Indian Cookery is a revised and updated edition of her seminal cookery book, Illustrated Indian Cookery. With chapters on meat, poultry, fish and vegetables as well as pulses, breads and rice, relishes, chutneys and pickles, Madhur guides you through the colourful range of Indian food, from classics like Rogan Josh, Tandoori-style Chicken and Naan Bread to more unusual dishes such as Salmon Steamed with Mustard Seeds and Tomato, and Drunken Orange Slices. Complete with comprehensive background information on ingredients, equipment, authentic preparation techniques and suggested menus, Madhur Jaffrey’s Indian Cookery brings you Indian food at its best.

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Madhur Jaffrey's World Vegetarian Madhur Jaffrey cook books list

Madhur Jaffrey -- who unorthodoxly still combines a career as one India's leading actresses and film producers with being a best selling cookery writer -- broadens her culinary horizons in this comprehensive global tour. Having popularised Indian cooking with her previous efforts, the world is now her stage for this magisterial global take on vegetarian food. Flesh-free eating, drawing on a wide range of influences and culinary traditions, has never been a more mainstream part of the British diet eating and Jaffrey's book stylishly plugs into this. She deals with all the basic ingredients in turn -- vegetables, beans, lentils and nuts, grains, dairy foods and flavourings, as well as soups, salads and drinks -- together with advice on preparation and storage. The recipes, based on extensive travel and research, are simply laid out and easy to follow as food from Thailand and Tunisia, Italy and India, Mexico and the Middle East, all jostle for position in this clamouring world bazaar of wonderful tastes, entertaining anecdotes and practical tips. -- Nick Wroe (Source: Amazon UK)

Madhur Jaffrey's World Vegetarian (TV chefs and cookery books)

An unrivalled sourcebook of over 700 recipes and ingredients from all over the globe (Frontcover)

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Step by Step Cookery by Madhur Jaffrey (TV chefs and cookery books)

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Step by Step Cookery Madhur Jaffrey cook books list

In Step-by-Step Cookery Madhur Jaffrey celebrates the food not just of her native India but of southern Asia as a whole -- Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. This vast area ranges in climate from temperate to tropical, even equatorial, and even Madhur Jaffrey could only hope to skim the surface and all in 270-odd pages. However, there is a theme running through these invariably well-chosen and delicious recipes, which is that of a healthy emphasis on grains. Rice and wheat, in the form of noodles, steamed buns and breads or pancakes, predominate as the staple. As the title indicates, this is also a tutorial in the cooking methods and ingredients of the East, and a very thorough and approachable one it is. Madhur Jaffrey seems to have been everywhere and eaten everything, as a good cookery writer should, and she has a vast repertoire of techniques and individual dishes at her disposal. Her explanations are clear and the many photographs ensure that everything is easily followed. The scents of chilli, garlic, ginger and soy seem to rise off the page, along with dozens of other fragrances. A few examples, to show just how tempting this collection is: Squid in Chilli and Garlic Sauce (Malaysia); Hot and Sour Prawn Soup (Thailand -- "one of the world's greatest soups"); Lamb with Spring Onions (Hong Kong); Aromatic and Spicy Beef Stew (Vietnam); Pears Poached in a Saffron and Cardamom Syrup (India). -- Robin Davidson (Source: Amazon UK)

Quick and Easy Indian Cookery Madhur Jaffrey cook books list

If you have always believed that long slow preparation and hundreds of impossible-to-find ingredients are essential to Indian food, this book from the world’s favourite author on Indian cuisine will make you think again. Containing over 75 recipes for great dishes, almost all of which can easily be both prepared and cooked in under 30 minutes, ‘Madhur Jaffrey’s Quick and Easy Indian Cookery’ is an essential guide for creating instant meals.

Included in the book are simple recipes for every course – from soups and starters such as Gingery Cauliflower Soup to main courses such as Lamb with Cardamom or Squid in a Spinach-Tomato Curry Sauce, as well as breads, rice, vegetables and desserts. In a comprehensive reference section Madhur Jaffrey explains the recipes’ key ingredients, recommends the best utensils and demonstrates essential techniques – from preparing and cleaning squid to tarka (frying whole spices in hot oil). There is also an easy-reference store cupboard guide which shows you how to keep your kitchen stocked with ingredients for authentic flavours and offers readily available British alternatives to hard-to-find spices, proving that cooking Indian dishes does not mean you have to spend hours shopping for obscure ingredients.

Whether you just want to prepare a quick supper after work or would like to entertain friends without spending all day in the kitchen, ‘Madhur Jaffrey’s Quick and Easy Indian Cookery’, packed with time-saving tips and delicious recipes, is a great demonstration of the versatility and accessibility of authentic Indian cuisine. (Source: Amazon UK)

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Madhur Jaffrey's Flavours of India (TV chefs and cookery books)

Over 100 recipes from Kerala, Goa, Gujurat, Punjab, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu (Frontcover)

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130 dishes from the most popular areas of India: Delhi and the Punjab, Kerala, Gujerat and Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Bengal and Goa. Recipes include: Kashir Rezala, a Bengali Muslim dish using goat meat, lemon, milk, yoghurt and saffron; and Goan Bebinca, cardamom flavoured layered pancakes. Delight in the rich flavours of such tantalizing dishes as: Dosas (crispy rice pancakes stuffed with various fillings); Shukto (a vegetable curry made with bitter gourds and flavoured with mustard seeds, nigella, fenugreek and cumin); Appams (a dosa-style pancake with a mixture of tomatoes, onions and chillies as the topping); or Prawn Caldin (king prawns cooked in highly spiced sauce using coconut and fresh coriander). Sample the handed-down secrets of many an emperor's kitchen, the regions' experts or the ordinary villager's humble, but equally delicious, repertoire of home-cooked dishes. Readers can discover the history and culture unique to each region in this illustrated book, and savour the aromas and subtle spice blends of the Indian subcontinent in the cool comfort of their own kitchens. (Source: Amazon UK)

A Taste of the Far East Madhur Jaffrey cook books list

Chicken Flavoured with Lemon Grass and Ginger; an aromatic Fish Stew with dill; Okra in a Sambal Sauce; slices of Duck pan-fried with Scallops; Iced Cucumber Limeade ... These are just some of the flavours of the Far East that Madhur Jaffrey brings to her classic evocation of the regions' food and drink.

On a gastronomic tour that starts in Thailand and takes us through Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Hong Kong and The Philippines to Indonesia, she delves deeply into local traditions and history to describe, with knowledgeable enthusiasm, the cultural and culinary influences that have shaped each nation's unique cuisine.

The 180 recipes she has selected reflect this diversity, with introductions that describe local traditions and produce. Mouthwatering in themselves, they include suggestions for accompaniments and advice on serving. There are also separate sections on equipment and techniques, and descriptions of ingredients (with substitutes where necessary) called for in the recipes.

Illustrated in full colour throughout with specially commissioned photographs, and rich in anecdote and humour, A Taste of the Far East beautifully captures the atmosphere and colour of the region, its scenery and its people.

Madhur Jaffrey was born in Delhi. She is one of the world's most outstanding cookery writers and a well-known actress. Her television series include Indian Cookery and Far Eastern Cookery. She is the author of An Invitation to Indian Cookery, Indian Cookery, A Taste of India and Far Eastern Cookery among others. (Source: BBC Shop)

A Taste of the Far East by Madhur Jaffrey (TV chefs and cookery books)

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BBC Books

A Taste of India by Madhur Jaffrey (TV chefs and cookery books)

The definitive guide to regional cooking (Frontcover)

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A Taste of India Madhur Jaffrey cook books list

Since its publication in 1985, Madhur Jaffrey's A Taste of India has become the definitive Indian cookbook and is now reissued in a reduced-format paperback edition. Madhur Jaffrey uses her vast knowledge and descriptive skills, together with a wealth of superb photographs to set the foods of her homeland in their regional context. A Taste of India is a magnificent book, spiced with anecdotes and personal reminiscences, which conveys all the colour and diversity of India's rich culinary heritage. From the mountains of northern Kashmir she has selected a sweet pumpkin and walnut chutney that is served at wedding banquets; from the dry plains of western Saurashtra a delicious savoury cake made from a batter of rice and split peas. Dishes like these, together with many other sweets, snacks, breads, roasts, skewered kebabs and pilafs, form an exhaustive collection of recipes that will satisfy the most experienced cook and enthusiastic beginner alike. (Source: Amazon UK)

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