The Indian Cooking Course: Techniques - Masterclasses - Ingredients - 300 Recipes

This comprehensive guide to Indian cooking explores the myriad regional varieties of authentic, healthy, and exotic Indian recipes. With chapters broken down into Rice, Breads, Meat, etc., Monisha covers a varied range of dishes, with techniques and step-by-step masterclasses to help you recreate more than 450 classic and popular recipes. Monisha encompasses the entire range of Indian cooking and offers a vivid insight into India's colorful traditions, from the earthy lentil dishes distinguishable in the North to the coconut-based curries that are a staple in the South. This is a course in home cooking, based on principles of good health, and touching on the values of Ayurveda, which provides a context to your cooking; from taste and appearance to history and culture. The Indian Cooking Course is the ultimate guide to everything you ever wanted to know about Indian food.

Monisha Bharadwaj was born in Mumbai, where she first learned to cook from her grandmother, mother, and many aunts. Today she is an award-winning author who writes regularly for magazines and newspapers including Elle, The Sunday Telegraph, and Waitrose Food Illustrated. She has served as a judge on Iron Chef America and appeared on BBC. Bharadwaj also runs her own successful cooking school in London. www.cookingwithmonisha.com