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Roasting Tin books - Rukmini Iyer

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FlattestWhite · 22/04/2021 09:25

Does anyone have these books? Which one is your favourite?
I saw some of her recipes on the BBC food site and liked them and wanted to buy a book with them in, whichever one it was, so that I don't have loose printed sheets all over the place, but I don't think any of them are actually identical to ones in the books, which is frustrating.

www.bbc.co.uk/food/chefs/rukmini_iyer

(how do you say her name?)

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ProfessorInkling · 22/04/2021 09:36

I have three of these - I really like The Roasting Tin and The Quick Roasting Tin..and then bought the veggie one for a reason I don’t recall and haven’t used it! There are a lot of veggie/vegan recipes in the other two anyway.

They suit me as everything is pretty basic and straightforward, it’s easy to leave out any particular ingredient if I don’t have it or it’s something one of my kids don’t like, etc. Nothing groundbreaking but good dinner ideas if you’re often uninspired, as I am.

Baboutheocelot · 22/04/2021 09:39

I have the green one and I really like it, I’ve used it quite a lot. Some of my friends have the other books and would recommend them too.

Lumene · 22/04/2021 09:41

I have yellow and green, use the yellow a lot. Both really good.

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FlattestWhite · 22/04/2021 09:44

Thanks, sounds like they'd be worthwhile purchases then.

I mostly cook just for me (no family, no dinner parties etc), so mainly interested in main dishes with leftovers as needed. I'm not big on cooking for just me (use a lot of ready-to-cook meals) so the idea of everything in one pan really appealed to me!

I'm not vegetarian, though I did enjoy some of the veggie recipes on the BBC food site - I thought they'd be from the veggie book, but I found a page of the index on amazon, and it didn't list exactly the same ones (e.g., spicy mozzarella aubergines with chick peas - there were other similar aubergine ones, but not that one, so I'd still have to keep my print outs!).
The Round the World one might be interesting, but I quite like the flavours and combinations she put together in the recipes on the BBC site, which I think are vaguely Persian - lots of pomegranate and things like that - so maybe one of the first ones would be better.

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purplegirl13 · 22/04/2021 17:06

I'm vegetarian and cook for myself, and they easily feed me with leftovers but not excessively so and I can easily adapt if I have friends around. Recipes are also adaptable - I leave something out if I don't have/like it and substitute ingredients.

I have the Green Roasting Tin book

FeedingFrenzy5 · 22/04/2021 19:58

I have the original one, the quick one and the round the world one. Round the world is a bit more exciting and special occasion type stuff. The others are both great for weeknight cooking, I have done multiple recipes from both of those.

GrumpyHoonMain · 23/04/2021 11:10

I tried her aloo gobi tray bake and it took longer and was more faff than doing it the proper way. So it put me off. Are her other recipies any good!

romanziere · 23/04/2021 11:15

I'm veggie and also have the green one and use it a lot. There's a curry recipe with carrots that I make most weeks -- I just stick in whatever veg I have and it always works. I also love the vegetable chilli.

Reading this thread with interest as my DC aren't veggie and I've been wondering whether to get one of the other books too.

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FlattestWhite · 23/04/2021 12:18

sounds like I might be best getting the original to start with.

Or maybe now that shops are open, I can go in and browse.

GrumpyHoonMain Yes I like the recipes i've tried - if you look at the BBC site I linked in the first post, it has a selection of different ones, and I enjoyed several of those. I was hoping to find the exact ones in one (or more) of the books, but it seems like they are special ones just for the BBC site, sadly. But they give you an idea of what their like. I haven't found the ones I did to be a faff - I like just putting everything in a pan and being done with it. I often am tempted to just use ready-meals, so the ease of these has made me cook 'properly' more often. The ones I've made have actually be veggie ones, even though I'm not veggie, and I've enjoyed them as main meals.

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Sammysquiz · 23/04/2021 12:37

They’re great books. I love the Kerala prawn curry in the Quick book so much, it’s one of my all-time favourite recipes.

Star555 · 24/04/2021 19:19

@FlattestWhite Her name is pronounced "Ruk" rhyming with "book" (regular "mini" as in minibus). Last name "Iyer" rhymes with "fire".

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FlattestWhite · 24/04/2021 19:39

Thank you! That was exactly how I was saying it in my head (with the emphasis on the 'min' part), but I wasn't sure if it was right as I'd never heard it aloud.

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DontBuyANewMumCashmere · 24/04/2021 19:44

I have the Yellow and Green books. My husband said these are some of the nicest meals he's ever had, and that I've never made a bad meal from these recipes.

I love the Yellow one especially, but was trying to eat less meat so got the Green one too. Some fantastic recipes in both, I love the fact that most of the ingredients are cupboard staples but you might have to get the 'main ingredients' in advance, iykwim.

PS The only meal I haven't enjoyed was the Szhehuan Cabbage, it was fucking rank.

Djchickpea · 24/04/2021 19:53

I've got both the green and yellow one. I use the green one at least twice a week, not got into the yellow one as much

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