Recipe Reviews for Indian Cooking by Madhur Jaffrey
For the holidays in 2006, I asked my parents for a Indian cookbook (and gave them a number of choices of books I've heard recommended). They bought me:
Indian Cooking by Madhur Jaffrey 2003 edition Barron's Buy from: AmazonBelow are the dishes I've cooked so far by star rating (out of five). I plan to group dishes into categories after I've cooked more of them. Within each star rating, the ordering is arbitrary -- it doesn't mean anything. Click on the dish's name for a review. A list of what I've cooked most recently appears on the right side of the blog under the heading "Recent Dishes." Chicken & Meat & Seafood
Red Lamb or Beef Stew (Rogan josh) | ||
Lemony Chicken with Cilantro (Hare masale wali murghi) | ||
Shrimp with Zucchini (Jhinga aur ghia) | ||
Chicken with Tomatoes and Garam Masala (Timatar murghi) | ||
Delicious Cocktail Koftas (Chhote kofte) | ||
Tandoori-Style Chicken (Tandoori murghi) | (maybe 4) | |
Chicken in a Fried Onion Sauce (Murghi rasedar) |
Red Split Lentils with Cabbage (Masoor dal aur band gobi) | ||
Whole Green Lentils with Spinach and Ginger | ||
Small Yellow Split Peas (Chana dal) | ||
Sour Chick-Peas (Khate chhole) | ||
Red Split Lentils with Cumin Seeds (Masoor dal) | ||
Black-Eyed Beans with Mushrooms (Lohbia aur khumbi) | ||
Red Kidney Beans (Punjabi rajma) |
Gujerati-Style Green Beans (Gujerati sem) | ||
Cauliflower with Cumin and Asafetida (Heeng zeere ki gobi) | ||
Carrots, Peas, and Potatoes Flavored with Cumin (Gajar, matar, aur aloo ki bhaji) | ||
Cauliflower With Potatoes (Phool gobi aur aloo ki bhaji) | (likely, if made with less salt) | |
Frozen Spinach With Potatoes (Saag aloo) | ||
Cauliflower with Onion and Tomato (Phool gobi ki bhaji) | ||
Cabbage with Peas (Bund gobi aur matar) | ||
Beets With Onions (Shorvedar chukander) | (maybe 3.5) | |
Gujerati-Style Cabbage With Carrots (Sambhara) |
Carrot Halva (Gajar ka halva) | ||
Semolina Halva (Sooji ka halva) | ||
Drunken Orange Slices (Sharabi narangi) |
Yogurt with Eggplant (Baigan ka raita) | ||
Gujerati Carrot Salad (Gajar ka salad) | ||
Carrot and Onion Salad (Gajar aur pyaz ka salad) |