Vegetarian India : A Journey through the Best of Indian Home Cooking

Initially bought this for my brother as a wedding present. When it arrived and I flipped through it I bought a copy from myself. I am from North India- from Punjab but thought this would add to the considerable recipes from my grandparents because Jafri incorporates great recipes and flavors from across the diverse culinary cultures of India. As a gift it is wonderful and presentable with gorgeous full page color pictures and nice feel to the pages/book. Can easily make a coffee table/display book. We have thus far made several recipes including sprouted bean recipes (excellent), bhartha. I appreciate that her recipes are simple- made to be prepared daily. I am a working mom so certainly there are ways to make these recipes doable during the week- On a day off chop/process a bunch of onions, chop I also like that this book has a good introduction section and comments on each recipe which help to make them approachable for a novice cook or one who is new to Indian food/veggies/spices. My only piece of constructive criticism: My grandmother introduced me to kathal (jackfruit) many decades ago as a meat substitute in her curries after I became vegetarian and I wish that Jaffrey has incorporated this Indian fruit/vegetable into some of her dishes, but there is always the internet for that!

Great range of recipes

This book is amazing. I only tried one recipe so far, but it was phenomenal. I have several others bookmarked to try. The best part is that the recipes are not intimidating and do not appear to be too time consuming. Very pleased with this purchase.

This book is a good read as well having really good recipes in it. Am enjoying it immensely.

Awesome India vegetarian cookbook. I love it. Friday night is cook veggie India night. Am cooking my way through Madhur Jaffrey's book, and everything so far has been delicious! Big book, well worth the money. Loving it!