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Which Indian cookery book should I buy?

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redgecko · 02/02/2011 12:02

I've heard good things about "Madhur Jaffrey's Indian Cookery", and Anjum Anand's "I Love Curry". Any views on which one is better? I've got a ridiculous number of cookery books, and am running out of space, so need to restrict myself to just one!

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notwavingjustironing · 02/02/2011 12:04

Vote here for Madhur. Her dahl recipes are great, as are her meat curries. I use it all the time!

storminabuttercup · 02/02/2011 12:05

'the curry secret' and its a small book....

SoMuchToBits · 02/02/2011 12:05

I have the Madhur Jaffrey one and think it is good, but I haven't seen "I Love Curry", so I couldn't say which is better.

Seona1973 · 02/02/2011 12:15

I like the Anjum Anand ones and they seem to have fewer steps than the Madhur Jaffrey ones.

SexyDomesticatedDab · 02/02/2011 12:27

Both are good - you can never have too many cookery books Wink.

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redgecko · 02/02/2011 13:03

Looks like Madhur has the edge so far (although "The Curry Secret" addition has complicated matters even more!). I'm so very bad at making decisions. Can see that I will end up with at least 2 new Indian cookery books after this!

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MrsJohnDeere · 02/02/2011 13:15

I prefer the Anjum Anand books to Madhur Jaffrey, but do use all (we eat a lot of curries here). I think her two earlier books are better than 'i love curry' thigh.

MrsJohnDeere · 02/02/2011 13:16

Though not thigh Blush

Seona1973 · 02/02/2011 13:26

we have the 'Indian cooking made easy' and the 'Anjums new indian' books which I think we have made more out of than the 'I love Curry' book. We have a curry every week!!

cestlavie · 02/02/2011 13:30

Another recommendation for Madhur Jaffrey, though I'd go for her "Ultimate Curry Bible". Very accessible and a lot of great regional dishes in there. "The Food of India: A Journey for Food Lovers" is also pretty good even though it's not by any well recognised author - beautiful to look at as well!

midori1999 · 02/02/2011 19:35

I bought 'The Curry Secret' after seeing people rave about it on here and it really is good if you want Indian restaurant/takeaway style meals. The 'base sauce' is a bit of a faff to make, but once you've made that the recipes are super easy.

kreecherlivesupstairs · 03/02/2011 08:43

I am going to open a can of controversy and recommend Pat Chapman. WE have two of his, DH is able to make some very good curry and accompanyments All On His Own Smile

Sparklywine · 03/02/2011 08:54

Oooh, I don't normally post randomly but wanted to recommend 'Cooking Like Mummy Ji' by Vicki Bhogal. The recipes are easy to follow and the flavours really authentic. It's a little bit different too, you can read lots of good reviews on Amazon. I am having her Keema tonight as it happens Grin

LifeOfKate · 03/02/2011 08:58

I came onto this thread to recommend any Madhur Jaffrey book, so glad to see that is one of the options :o Never seen the other one, so can't judge properly, but Madhur is the goddess of indian cookery, so she would always get my vote :o

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redgecko · 03/02/2011 12:14

Thanks for all the suggestions! I think I'll go for the Madhur Jaffrey book first up and see how I get on with that. The others all sound really good as well; I can see myself sneaking a second (or third) Indian cookery book into my collection at some future point. I have no will-power Grin

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EldritchCleavage · 03/02/2011 12:21

I have both a Madhur Jeffrey and Anjum's New Indian and I say you need both. They're excellent, but very different. Sorry!

Mummy2Bookie · 03/02/2011 17:54

The curry secret is good. Patchapman books are good too but a bit complicated

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