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- From: pk@opl.com (Pravin [prah-veen] Kumar)
- Newsgroups: ne.food
- Subject: Re: South Indian cookbook
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- Date: 21 Dec 92 22:04:57 GMT
- References: <1gllcpINNn3c@life.ai.mit.edu>
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- In article 1gllcpINNn3c@life.ai.mit.edu, marie@ai.mit.edu (Marie Lamb) writes:
- > There is a book by S. Meenakshi Ammal called "Cook and See" which
- > although difficult to follow sometimes, is generally considered the
- ^^^^^^^^^
- > bible of southern Indian cooking.
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- That's the understatement of the year. It's obtuse beyond measure.
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- There are two other books that are pretty good:
- o _How to Cook_ (an Indian book)
- o Yamuna Devi's _Lord Krishna's Cuisine: The Art of Indian Vegetarian
- Cooking_ (or something like that)
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- Devi's book contains all kinds of Indian recipes (South, North etc.), and nothing
- even comes close, in terms of describing the processes and the origin of the
- recipes. It's a pleasure to read. It won an award for cookbooks a while back.
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- Of course, there are drawbacks. The recipes are all very orthodox (Hindu) versions.
- None of them contain garlic and onions which are important ingredients. You have to
- ignore her references to her guru, which I find very irritating (I think she
- is a practicing Hare Krishna-ite), and finally, it is somewhat expensive.
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- Anyway, it's a huge white book. You can't miss it.
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- Enjoy,
- pk
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- P.S. Are there any good South Indian restaurants in the Boston area?
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