Customer Reviews
simple yet tasty indian food - By: Dazzer, 01 Nov 2008 
I've watched the TV series with interest so I thought I'd take the plunge & buy Anjums new book. There are a lot of new recipes I've not heard of beforein here but the first one I tried was the good old vindaloo. I was a little skeptical because there didn't seem to be a lot of ingredients but as it turned out it made a delicious curry. These proberbly aren't pure authentic Indian recipes but that's not what the book is claiming, after all the series is called Indian food made easy.
I've bought several so called Indian cook books that failed to deliver but this is not one of them. I'm definately going to be hunting out other books by the same author
Don't know what that other person is talking about! - By: C. Elliott, 29 Oct 2008 I have recently bought this book, as I have her other one & use it all the time, & I love it! This is a classic easy, simple Indian cooking book. She makes things easy & interesting by explaining where the traditional dishes come from & what they were made forin the first place.
I think this book is aimed to make Indian food more accesable to the English to make, rather than the curries etc that we are used to from takeaways. Her writing is fun & approachable & she goes through everything from starters, sauces, pudding, drinks.
I for one, will be buying other titles of hers & would urge people who like simple, easy Indian traditional cuisine without the fuss & expense of a takeawy to buy this book!
Great Cookbook for Light, Modern Indian Meals - By: AngelicOne, 29 Oct 2008 
I found Anjum's latest cookbook a refreshingly light, modern take on Indian cuisine, with a fantastic selection of indian light meals & snacks, such as the Spongy Lentil Cake or Goan Chorizo Sandwich, & adapted Anglo-Indian treats like Indian Shepherd's Pie & Spicy Keralan Mash. Unlike some Indian cookbooks, that can focus too much on just curry's, this book offers stews, sundal's & a plethora of fish, chicken, meat, vergetables, beans & lentils & rice suggestions. Her tips & information on the cookingin different regions of India complimented the contents well. I can't wait for her new TV series!
Hmm - aspires to be Nigella, sadly without the substance - By: Niles Crane, 23 Oct 2008 
As a great lover of Asian &in particular Indian food, I have been following the cookery book scene rather closely for years. Anand aspires to be the Nigella Lawson of Indian cuisine. Unfortunately, she fails to do so for me. Her recipes are either not Indian - & this has nothing to do with the fact that there is indeed a Noveau Indian cuisine out there - or have been presented by other authors years ago (i.e. Mehernosh Mody, Madhur Jaffrey, Mridula Baljekar). Disappointing really. This is the second book I bought from her & I don't think I will buy another onein the future.
