Friday, December 31, 2010

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: Amazon
Below 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
Picture
Name
Rating
Red Lamb or Beef Stew
(Rogan josh)
5 stars
Lemony Chicken with Cilantro
(Hare masale wali murghi)
4.5 stars
Shrimp with Zucchini
(Jhinga aur ghia)
4 stars
Chicken with Tomatoes and Garam Masala
(Timatar murghi)
4 stars
Delicious Cocktail Koftas
(Chhote kofte)
4 stars (optimistically)
Tandoori-Style Chicken
(Tandoori murghi)
3.5 stars
(maybe 4)
Chicken in a Fried Onion Sauce
(Murghi rasedar)
3.5 stars
Pulses (Dals)
Picture
Name
Rating
Red Split Lentils with Cabbage
(Masoor dal aur band gobi)
4.5 stars
Whole Green Lentils with Spinach and Ginger
4 stars
Small Yellow Split Peas
(Chana dal)
4 stars
Sour Chick-Peas
(Khate chhole)
4 stars
Red Split Lentils with Cumin Seeds
(Masoor dal)
4 stars
Black-Eyed Beans with Mushrooms
(Lohbia aur khumbi)
3 stars
Red Kidney Beans
(Punjabi rajma)
3 stars
Vegetables
Picture
Name
Rating
Gujerati-Style Green Beans
(Gujerati sem)
5 stars
Cauliflower with Cumin and Asafetida
(Heeng zeere ki gobi)
4.5 stars
Carrots, Peas, and Potatoes Flavored with Cumin
(Gajar, matar, aur aloo ki bhaji)
4.5 stars
Cauliflower With Potatoes
(Phool gobi aur aloo ki bhaji)
4.5 stars
(likely, if made with less salt)
Frozen Spinach With Potatoes
(Saag aloo)
4 stars
Cauliflower with Onion and Tomato
(Phool gobi ki bhaji)
4 stars
Cabbage with Peas
(Bund gobi aur matar)
4 stars
Beets With Onions
(Shorvedar chukander)
4 stars
(maybe 3.5)
Gujerati-Style Cabbage With Carrots
(Sambhara)
3 stars
Desserts
Picture
Name
Rating
Carrot Halva
(Gajar ka halva)
5 stars
Semolina Halva
(Sooji ka halva)
4 stars
Drunken Orange Slices
(Sharabi narangi)
3.5 stars
Misc
Picture
Name
Rating
Yogurt with Eggplant
(Baigan ka raita)
4 stars
Gujerati Carrot Salad
(Gajar ka salad)
3 stars
Carrot and Onion Salad
(Gajar aur pyaz ka salad)
2 stars
Questions? Comments? Thoughts? Post a comment to the relevant page for the particular recipe (or this page itself) or e-mail me: my first initial followed by pearson42 AT yahoo.com. My name is Mark. Additional keywords: review, reactions, thoughts, changes, revisions, change, revision, descriptions, kitchen, cook, cooking, recipes, Indian food.

7 comments:

La Cuisine d'Helene said...

Thanks for the reviews.

Pumpkin-eater said...

Great project you're working on here. I also have this book and have made many of the recipes, curious to see how you fare with the rest of the book.

Anonymous said...

You have to try her dry-fried okra - amazing...

luckyfatima said...

very interesting project.

Stephanie J. said...

Keep going! Would love to follow you as you go. I love Indian and Madher Jaffrey writes THE best cookbooks!

Confluence Magazine said...

Nice review of Madhur Jaffrey book, There are many similarities to South African cooking due to the Indian influence....you can read about South African cooking at

http://www.confluence.org.uk/2009/04/25/south-african-indian-cooking-distant-relative-of-the-indian-the-devi-rajab-column-south-african-newsletter/

lauren said...

I have this cookbook and you simply need to try mince and pea curry with the buttery rice, it is simply brilliant.