Contents

Cover

Also by Madhur Jaffrey

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Introduction

SOUPS

Cold yogurt soup with chickpeas, cucumbers, and tomatoes

Creamy cauliflower soup

My mother’s red lentil soup

Gujarati mango soup

Lamb or chicken mulligatawny soup

Mung dal, rice, and cabbage soup

BEANS

Buttery dal

Simple mung dal

Mung dal with spinach

Plain chickpeas

Everyday chickpeas

Chickpeas in a gingery tomato sauce

Black-eyed peas with mushrooms

Red lentils cooked in a Muslim style

Brown lentils with zucchini

Gujarati hot, sweet, and, sour red kidney beans

VEGETABLES

Beets in a Delhi-style tomato sauce

Green beans stir-fried in a South Indian style

Carrots and peas with sesame seeds

Sweet, hot, and sour eggplants

Cauliflower with cilantro and ginger

Kale cooked in a Kashmiri style

Southern-style mushrooms in a creamy coconut sauce

Potatoes in a Marwari style

Spicy fat French fries

South Indian mixed-vegetable korma

SEAFOOD

Fennel-flavored fish curry with cauliflower

Goan shrimp curry

Shrimp steamed with mustard

Kerala shrimp with coconut milk

Goan-style clams

Halibut or salmon in a green Parsi sauce

Salmon in a Bengali mustard sauce

Squid in a tomato-chili sauce

POULTRY AND EGGS

Pressure-cooked eggs

Eggs in a tomato-tamarind Hyderabadi sauce

Ground turkey with potatoes

Butter chicken

Chicken cooked with Kerala’s seasonings

Chicken in a yogurt sauce

Chicken stewed in a light sauce with potatoes and cauliflower

Red chicken curry

Royal chicken korma

MEATS

Ground lamb with peas

Kerala lamb stew

Lamb with spinach

Rajasthani red braised lamb

Beef oxtail in a Bazaari North Indian red sauce

Goat curry

Indian-Chinese pork chops

Pork (or lamb) kabobs

GRAINS

Plain basmati rice

Plain jasmine rice

Plain brown or red basmati rice

Basmati rice pilaf with peas

Basmati rice pilaf with whole garam masala and dill

Saffron rice with golden raisins

Lamb pilaf

Quinoa with tomatoes

SIDE DISHES

Avocado-radish salad

Baby arugula salad with mustard oil

Cucumber, onion, and tomato salad

Onion-tomato salad

Cilantro chutney

Fresh tomato chutney

Easy tamarind chutney

Yogurt with carrots and raisins

Yogurt and apple raita

Yogurt with cucumber and mint

Yogurt with cucumbers, tomatoes, and onions

Croutons

Rice noodles

Spices and special ingredients

Index

A Note About the Author