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Rick Stein's India

Stein, Rick2013

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What makes a good curry? Sensual spicy aromas or thick, creamy sauces? Rich, dark dals or crispy fried street snacks? Rick journeys through India to find the answer, searching this colourful, chaotic nation in search of the truths behind our love affair with its food. Rick's travels take him to the heart of both their long-held traditions and most modern techniques. He uncovers recipes for fragrant kormas, delicate spiced fish and slow-cooked biryanis, all the while gathering ideas and inspiration for his own take on that elusive dish the perfect curry.Whenever I hear the word curry, I am filled with a longing for spicy hot food with the fragrance of cumin, cloves and cinnamon. I see deep red colours from lots of Kashmiri chillis, tinged with a suggestion of yellow from turmeric. I think of the tandoor oven, and slightly scorched naan shining with ghee and garlic.When Indians talk of their food, they talk about their life. To understand this country, you need to understand curry. What makes a good curry? Sensual spicy aromas or thick, creamy sauces? Rich, dark dals or crispy fried street snacks? Rick journeys through India to find the answer, searching this colourful, chaotic nation in search of the truths behind our love affair with its food. Rick's travels take him to the heart of both their long-held traditions and most modern techniques. He uncovers recipes for fragrant kormas, delicate spiced fish and slow-cooked biryanis, all the while gathering ideas and inspiration for his own take on that elusive dish the perfect curry.

Record details

Main title:

Rick Stein's India

Author:

Stein, Rick

Work:

Rick Stein's India

Imprint:

[London] : BBC, 2013.London [UK] : BBC, 2013.

Collation:

319 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

Notes:

Cover subtitles: In search for the perfect curry : recipes from my Indian odyssey.This book was published to accompany the television series entitled Rick Stein's Indian odyssey.Includes index.Cover subtitles: In search for the perfect curry : recipes from my Indian osyssey.Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

97818499057879781849905787 (hardback)1849905789 (hardback)

Dewey class:

641.5954

Language:

English

Added title:

IndiaRick Stein's Indian odyssey (Television program)

Subject:

Cooking, IndicCooking (Curry)Cookbooks

BRN:

67803