Book Review: Everything Indian Cookbook

"The Everything Indian Cookbook: 300 Tantalizing Recipes is written by Monica Bhide.The book has 15 categories and each includes minimum 10 to maximun 24 recipes in it.

The author has started this book very well explaining the "Basics of Cooking" . She talks about techniques and ingredients required for or used in making these delicious Indian recipes. She explains the terms in both hindi(local indian language) and english so it is easy for all reader's to understand. She talks about basic recipes (masala's) that are used or needed while cooking most of  these dishes. The book has next section  about Starter's or Snacks which includes recipes like Spiced Crunchy Okra to Curried Mixed Nuts. The Drinks/ Soups and Teas includes recipes like Rose-Flavored Yougurt Drink, Ginger Tea, Coconut and Tomato Soup and many more. The next category's in the  book is  followed with recipes for various kinds of Salads, Vegetarian Dishes and  Non-Vegeterian i.e Meat, Poultry and Sea-food recipes. She also has some great recipes on Rice Dishes along with Lentil and Yogurt Dishes. There are also recipes for various kinds of Breads(Roti) and Chutney's(Pickles). At the end of the book she has some great recipes for Indian Sweet Dishes and Royal food.
I really loved this book and tried Nawabi Mutton which turned out great and was easy and quick to make. The book has some great mouth-watering recipes of India. The book also has Glossary section with Hindi-English names for ingredients used or required to make these dishes. The author also has added a section of additional resources of stores where you can shop for these groceries across USA which i thought was great.
I also loved the fact that the author had thanked each and every person who had contributed while writing this book, which i hardly see nowadays.

About the Author's:Monica Bhide (Dunn Loring, VA) is a native of India who has been cooking Indian cuisine for more than twenty years. A graduate of several formal Indian cooking courses, Ms. Bhide is an accomplished caterer and home chef.



Pro's:  A great book with great recipes. Very well explained instructions throught out the book
Con's:  There are no pictures in the book except for the front cover.
Overall:  Great Book

Books can be purchased at Amazon, AdamsMediastore.com
ISBN: 9781593370428
Picture and Author's Bio is Copyright of Adams Media.
Special Thanks to Adams Media for sending this book for review.
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Square cakes with roses

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Just finished other cake and so posting the pics.Let me know what you think.

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Geni Cake...100 % edible

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I am very busy nowadays with my store i.e. www.ssk-craftshop.com for crafts(we are also on face book pls join us we would love to have you there and secondly with all the cake orders i am doing.I just finished this cake of Geni.This cake is 100% edible...lot of work but i am happy with the result on 1st attempt and so i would like to share it with you all.Let me know what you think.

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Whats Happening...new store, cakes and more.

Recently for past few months i have been very busy working on my new online store and completing my 5th course wuth Wilton.I was unable to add any new recipe but i just made 2 cakes recently for the order i received and wanted to share the pictures with you all.

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S

Cakes i made...

I have been unable to upload recipes due to personal reasons but i am glad that i was still able to finish my Wilton course 3 in midst of all that.I would love to share the pics of the cakes i made and would love to hear from you'll.

Grand Finale Cake....Wilton Course 2

Grand Finale Cake

These are some of the picture of the cake i made learning the techniques and trying my own new technique to put into practice....check the pictures and let me know what u think......

Butter Cream Icing cake with Rose Spray.

One of my cake that i made in my course 1 whilst i was learning at wilton cake decorating classes...now looking forward to few more techniques and decorating tips in my course2....i am totally excited and looking forward for the class to begin.......

Rabdi- North Indian Dessert.

Rabdi is prepared in Northern India as Dessert.
I feel it is a ideal dessert for any occasion.You can use rabdi preparation for making Ras malai and Shahi tukra too. I will be posting very soon how to make rasmalai and shahi tukra.

Ingredient:

750 ml Whole Milk
1 Can of condensed Milk
1/2 Cup sugar
3-4 Strands of Saffron
4-5 Pistachios cut into thin slices
4-5 Almonds cut into thin slices
1/2 tspn Cardamom Powder

Preparation Method:

Pour whole milk , condensed milk and sugar in a heavy bottom.
Keep stirring frequently on medium heat(make sure it does not stick at the bottom of pan).
Add Saffron strands , cardamon powder and stir well .
The milk should thicken or reduce to half before you turn gas off.
Add pistachio and almonds.
Chill rabdi in refrigerator for 2-3 hrs before serving.