Tasting India is a seminal text on Indian cookery and culture. Organised regionally, each chapter holds detailed secret pleasures and food rituals that entice the taste buds. Featuring over 250 recipes for traditional and contemporary home-style Indian dishes, and with everything from Bengali garam masala and dal-stuffed pastries to cabbage salad and spiced goat curry, you'll be spoilt for choice. India is a visual feast and a gastronomic paradise that seduces with its food and contagious hospitality and this book does exactly the same. Sumptuous background imagery brings the page to life and sets the context for the food, immersing the reader in a colourful and aromatic South Asian climate. There's also an exhaustive spice and ingredient and equipment dictionary to help locate and understand the rich blend of flavours that are involved in Indian cookery. The collection of recipes reflect the stories of countless mothers, grandmothers, daughters and sons, making Tasting India a purposeful and enjoyable read.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE: KOLKATA & DARJEELING Scholars, Tigers & Tea CHAPTER TWO: THE INDIAN HIMALAYA Mountain Villages, Trekking & Temples CHAPTER THREE: DELHI, AGRA & LUCKNOW Mughals, Mosques & Fallen Empires CHAPTER FOUR: VARANASI Pilgrims, Ghats & the Holy River CHAPTER FIVE: RAJASTHAN Deserts, Palaces & Warriors CHAPTER SIX: TAMIL NADU Temples, Vegetables & Silks CHAPTER SEVEN: KERALA Backwaters, Coconuts & Ayurveda CHAPTER EIGHT: KARNATAKA Sandalwood, Coffee & Market Gardens CHAPTER NINE: GOA Beaches, Vindaloo & Cashews CHAPTER TEN: MUMBAI Bollywood, Bazaars & Billionaires INGREDIENTS, EQUIPMENT DIRECTORY BIBLIOGRAPHY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INDEX

About the Author

Christine Manfield is one of Australia's most celebrated chefs, a perfectionist inspired by strong flavours, a creative spirit whose generosity and skills have inspired young chefs, and a writer whose successful books have spiced up the lives of keen cooks from Melbourne to Mumbai and Manhattan. Owner of the award-winning Universal restaurant in Sydney, she has written five highly-acclaimed books: Stir, Spice, Christine Manfield Originals, Christine Manfield Desserts and Fire - A World of Flavour.

Prizes

There is a continuing appetite for high-end, landmark cookery books in the market; India and its regional food is an accessible and familiar proposition that will resonate with a large audience in the UK and internationally; Christine Manfield has a proven track record of imagining authentic home-style food that can be cooked by anyone and has a strong reputation in the food community; With decorative foil-blocking, the high-end design and feel of Tasting India weaves armchair travel appeal throughout.