Indian Cookbooks

[JoNorvelleWalker]

4 hours ago, Kerala said:

The second link doesn't work for me. The first link to Minnie Matthew looks authentic from the recipes shown. How good the recipes are, I have no idea!

 

Second link does not work for me either.  Let me try again...

(eG-friendly Amazon.com link)

[Kerala]

I just bought this while in-country. The writer takes a systematic approach to different types of dishes and then variations. He pays attention to regional and communal variations without getting bogged down. The recipes are approachable and the ingredient lists are achievable in any large UK city. There are a few line drawings, but no photographs. I have no idea about the availability of this book abroad. I am so looking forward to cooking from this when I get back to England.

[Anna N]

1 hour ago, Kerala said:

I just bought this while in-country.

It is certainly available from Amazon in Canada. 

[liuzhou]

I see it's published by Penguin Books, the company which first popularised paperback books in 1935. They are worldwide. I'd be very surprised if it wasn't available most places.

[KennethT]

2 hours ago, Kerala said:

I just bought this while in-country. The writer takes a systematic approach to different types of dishes and then variations. He pays attention to regional and communal variations without getting bogged down. The recipes are approachable and the ingredient lists are achievable in any large UK city. There are a few line drawings, but no photographs. I have no idea about the availability of this book abroad. I am so looking forward to cooking from this when I get back to England.

Once you cook from it a bit, can you please let us know your thoughts about how the recipes come out? 

[Kerala]

I fully intend to cook from it, and to report back! The limiting factor is the real-life audience for my food, who don't like it hot. The family I was born into like Asian food hot. We'll see.

[Kerala]

 

Well, I have done a couple of dishes from Flavours Of The Spice Coast, and they have come out delicious! Mrs. Mathew has simplified the recipes in Spices, or some editor has, but they have done a good job.

 

 

Tonight, mutton red curry.

 

It took me two and a half hours after getting back from work and opening the book to getting the food on the table.

 

Mise

 

 

Did I cook the recipe as stated? No. I halved the amount of chilli, and I used Kashmiri chilli powder which is not as hot but is more red- for my chilli sensitive girls.The amount of garlic and ginger seemed way too little for a kilogramme of meat, so I doubled the quantities.

 

No pics here of the final dish but it tasted good. Authentic, meaning I would not be surprised to taste this at a home in Kerala. The family loved it, and actually, so did I.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 27 by Kerala
Photo bleurghhh! (log)

[Smithy]

@Kerala, that looks wonderful. Thanks for the recommendation.

 

For anyone in the U.S. Amazon market interested in the book, it comes in two formats:

Flavours of the Spice Coast, in paperback (eG-friendly Amazon.com link)

and Kindle format (eG-friendly Amazon.com link)

[Tempest63]

There only appears to be one Mrs K M Matthew book on Amazon UK.

I have in excess of 150 Indian Cookbooks, most from the U.K. but some sourced from India but, from memory, none by this particular author. 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Mrs-K-M-Mattew/author/B0CBZHFRYK?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true

[Tempest63]

On 2/27/2024 at 10:28 PM, Kerala said:

 

Well, I have done a couple of dishes from Flavours Of The Spice Coast, and they have come out delicious! Mrs. Mathew has simplified the recipes in Spices, or some editor has, but they have done a good job.

 

 

Tonight, mutton red curry.

 

It took me two and a half hours after getting back from work and opening the book to getting the food on the table.

 

Mise

 

 

Did I cook the recipe as stated? No. I halved the amount of chilli, and I used Kashmiri chilli powder which is not as hot but is more red- for my chilli sensitive girls.The amount of garlic and ginger seemed way too little for a kilogramme of meat, so I doubled the quantities.

 

No pics here of the final dish but it tasted good. Authentic, meaning I would not be surprised to taste this at a home in Kerala. The family loved it, and actually, so did I.

 

 

 

 

 

This is definitely one to try at home.

I have a freezer full of venison that needs using up so I will try it with that to start off with.

 

T63