The dal cookbook
Dutta, Krishna2013
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Dal is to India what pasta is to Italy. Cheap to produce, highly nutritional, suitable for long storage and capable of being cooked in a basic pot on an open fire, dal has been providing nourishment to millions of Indians for millennia. It truly is a pan-Indian dish consumed by rich and poor alike. It is high protein and has practically no sugar - in fact it is known as 'poor man's meat' in India - hence doctors now include this as an essential item in a diet for diabetics. Dal is a genuinely impressive dish of infinite variety - there are at least 50 recipes for this humble food. There are multiple ways of cooking it, wide-ranging seasonings are used and there are diverse supplements to serve with it. Over the centuries Indian cooks became innovative and with locally available ingredients they dished out dal to satisfy a regional palate.
Main title:
The dal cookbook / Krishna Dutta.
Author:
Work:
Imprint:
London : Grub Street, 2013, c2013.London : Grub Street, 2013.©2013.
Collation:
141 pages : colour illustrations ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781909166059
Dewey class:
641.5954
Language:
English
BRN:
118637
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Melbourne Library | -Food and Drink | FOOD 641.5954 DUTT | Available |
| Library at the Dock | -Food and Drink | FOOD 641.5954 DUTT | Available |