Madhur Jaffrey Indian Cooking if you're looking for a good overview of Indian cooking, this really, IMHO, covers the basics. She also has a *great* vegetarian cookbook...
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Madhur Jaffrey's World Vegetarian A *bunch* of recipes.
A friend (who is Sri Lankan, not Indian, but she says the methods are really similar) made me a *wonderful* tray of curries and brought them to my house. She also told me how she makes dal. It made me really want to re-learn real Indian cooking, which I haven't done since my days in the commune.
World Vegetarian is a wonderful cookbook, but it's organized by main ingredient so it may not suit your purposes as well as a cookbook that's focused on Indian cooking.
I bought this book</a for a friend of mine as a gift a few years ago, and it rocks. It's got a lot of technique info and info on ingredients that might not be as easy to find here. She cooks *amazing* Indian food now as a result. :-) (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0688049958/qid=1101051466/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/102-1817549-5294505?v=glance&s=books)
World Vegetarian is the only one I have, but I can vouch that it's a great book. Very useful, especially if you have a couple of ingredients on hand, and vague idea of what cuisine you want to make--usually you'll find a couple of things that match.
If you want a higher percentage of Indian recipes, WORLDS OF THE EAST VEGETARIAN COOKING is the Jaffray I got started on. It tells you where each recipe is from. Its samosas are stupendous.
if you want a REALLY good book on Indian cooking, try Julie Sahni's "Classic Indian Cooking." the section at the front on ingredients and techniques is *fascinating*.
I liked Indian Home Cooking (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0609611011/qid=1101093631/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/002-3218531-1404056?v=glance&s=books&n=507846)
All of the recipes I made were simple and very tasty.
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Date: 2004-11-21 08:02 am (UTC)*looking it up*
Madhur Jaffrey's World Vegetarian
A *bunch* of recipes.
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Date: 2004-11-21 08:09 am (UTC)A friend (who is Sri Lankan, not Indian, but she says the methods are really similar) made me a *wonderful* tray of curries and brought them to my house. She also told me how she makes dal. It made me really want to re-learn real Indian cooking, which I haven't done since my days in the commune.
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Date: 2004-11-21 06:37 pm (UTC)this is all about my boundaries, i can tell.
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Date: 2004-11-21 11:55 pm (UTC)We also have Foolproof Indian Cooking, which is very pretty. i haven't used it--i bought it for boy, as it has lots of non-veggie dishes.
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Date: 2004-11-21 06:48 pm (UTC)Pamela
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Date: 2004-11-22 06:03 am (UTC)if you want a REALLY good book on Indian cooking, try Julie Sahni's "Classic Indian Cooking." the section at the front on ingredients and techniques is *fascinating*.
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Date: 2004-11-22 03:22 am (UTC)All of the recipes I made were simple and very tasty.
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Date: 2004-11-22 09:48 pm (UTC)