An Invitation to Indian Cooking

I like Madhur Jaffrey’s writings and I love her recipes. This cookbook is an oldie, but a goodie. It is her first cookery book and contains more background information and a seemingly larger selection of recipes than The better-known Indian Cookery, which introduced Indian food cooked at home through the cookbook and accompanying TV series in the 1980s.I have had nothing but success when cooking anything from this book. All recipes are detailed and explained very well. There are no pictures in this book, and because it is an old skool edition it’s packed full of information ,tips, anecdotes and history of each recipe , I didn’t feel that glossy photographs were needed. All the recipes you could ever want are here in this book. I have about a dozen of Madhur’s book, some are more modern, incorporating shortcuts or using less oil in a dish. This one however is one of my most used and favourite cookery books and in my opinion a must for anyone who appreciates traditional Indian tecipes from a legend.

Bought this book as it came recommended in a cookery magazine and it was a Madhur Jeffery's book that I didn't yet have. Really pleased with it and am looking forward to cooking more recipes from the book. It would be great for those who have yet to try cooking Indian food or for those more experienced cooks. Some reviewers mention that the spicing is too gentle, however, once you have tasted a recipe you can always adjust the spicing next time.

Not pleased about this at all. I’m sure it’s a great book but it was sold as in good condition. It is, in fact, old, shabby and wilth yellowed pages.

Had to buy this one .. as my original one that I got when we married over 38 yrs ago ... is just about falling apart due to constant use! It's a great book for beginners and for those who have a lot of Indian cookery under their belts too.

Excellent book in very good condition, and received quickly

Replacement for a copy that fell apart after decades of use. Full of reliable and trouble-free recipies.

Got this for my step dad. Only thing was he wanted a certain Indian dish and it wasn’t in here 🙈

We lost this book some time ago, and it was great to be able to replace it. thank you.