Next Up…. Modern Indian Cooking
Our next cookbook club will take us to India as we explore the pages between the covers of Modern Indian Cooking by Hari Nayak and Vikas Khanna. These two rising stars creatively concoct over 180 recipes blending Eastern and Western ingredients, with a forward by Daniel Boulud.
Here’s how Hari and Vikas describe their book:
Modern Indian cuisine, prepared using fresh flavorful ingredients, designed to accommodate the modern lifestyle. Indian cooking is often perceived as intimidating due to the use of wide range of unusual ingredients and complex cooking procedures. Our book is an attempt to recreate classic Indian dishes by using simplistic techniques along with a juxtaposition of non-Indian ingredients. We have strived to bring traditional Indian cuisine to simplified levels fit for daily living and entertaining, while keeping the flavors and authenticity intact.
Modern Indian Cooking celebrates the grandeur of the food of India while preserving the character of each region’s distinctive style. While creating this book we have taken into account the different ways we cook and eat food and the new types of ingredients that are now readily available. This book adapts a contemporary style of cooking great tasting food for easy entertaining or a busy lifestyle. It provides a wonderful insight into the richly diverse nation of India and the many flavors she brings to our tables.
So start cooking and join us on October 12th when we gather at my kitchen table to discuss the book and indulge in its recipes.
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