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| Introduction | |
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| Ingredients and Spices | |
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| Step-by-step Techniques | |
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| Step-by-step Nilgiri's garam masala | |
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| Step-by-step cooking onions | |
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| Spice Mixes | |
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| North - Vari masala | |
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| South - Coondapour masala | |
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| East - Panch phoron | |
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| West - Balchao masala | |
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| Central - Salan masala | |
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| North India | |
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| Starters | |
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| Fried chicken | |
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| Spiced lamb kebabs | |
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| Lamb kebabs with onion salad | |
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| Main Dishes | |
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| Chicken with apricots | |
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| Chicken with spinach | |
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| Chicken Dhaniwal | |
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| Kashmiri lamb korma | |
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| Lamb with saffron and almonds | |
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| Lamb with spinach | |
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| Spicy fish | |
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| Kashmiri fish curry | |
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| Tandoori shrimp | |
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| Spiced spinach | |
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| Cauliflower in spicy yogurt | |
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| Home-style mixed vegetables | |
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| Punjabi black-eyed peas | |
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| Accompaniments | |
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| Spring greens | |
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| Tomato, onion and cucumber relish | |
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| Eggplant with apple | |
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| Desserts | |
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| Warm apple pudding | |
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| Pumpkin halwa | |
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| South India | |
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| Starters | |
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| Chicken with coconut | |
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| Lamb with green masala | |
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| Dry-fried shellfish | |
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| Main Dishes | |
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| Chicken biryani | |
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| Chicken, Mangalore style | |
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| Pepper and garlic chicken | |
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| Fennel and chili lamb | |
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| Ginger lamb curry | |
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| Meatball curry | |
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| Fish in tamarind and coondapour masala | |
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| Fish in mustard-and-tamarind tomato sauce | |
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| Crab curry | |
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| Vegetable stew | |
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| Stuffed eggplant | |
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| Coconut and mustard lentils | |
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| Fried potatoes with dill | |
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| Accompaniments | |
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| Sweet mango pickle | |
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| Tomato salad | |
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| Coconut rice | |
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| Rice pancakes | |
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| Desserts | |
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| Rice pudding with saffron and cardamom | |
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| Semolina pudding | |
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| East India | |
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| Starters | |
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| Curried shrimp | |
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| Lamb chops with tamarind | |
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| Andhra fish fry | |
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| Main Dishes | |
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| Chicken with curry leaves | |
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| Chicken with tomatoes | |
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| Chicken in coconut sauce | |
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| Bengali-style lamb with coconut | |
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| Spiced fried lamb | |
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| Home-style lamb, liver and kidney | |
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| Fish in mustard oil with five spices | |
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| Shrimp with spinach | |
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| Fried fish with tomatoes | |
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| Andhra-style cucumber dal | |
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| Mixed-vegetable stew | |
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| Mixed vegetables, Bengali style | |
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| Spicy fried okra | |
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| Accompaniments | |
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| Chickpea chutney | |
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| Mango pickle, Andhra Pradesh style | |
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| Fava beans in tamarind sauce | |
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| Home-style okra pickle | |
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| Desserts | |
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| Mango and pistachio ice cream | |
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| Cottage cheese dumplings in rose water and saffron syrup | |
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| West India | |
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| Starters | |
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| Onion pakoras | |
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| Spiced fish | |
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| Spiced lamb chops | |
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| Main Dishes | |
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| Chicken with cinnamon and coconut | |
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| Chicken with cauliflower | |
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| Sour-hot chicken curry | |
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| Goan-style lamb | |
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| Lamb pulao | |
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| Beef assado | |
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| Shrimp balchao | |
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| Yellow fish curry | |
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| Sweet, sour and hot crab | |
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| Spiced hard-boiled eggs | |
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| Chutney potatoes | |
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| Red lentil dal | |
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| Eggplant with coconut | |
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| Accompaniments | |
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| Carrot and roast peanut relish | |
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| Mango chutney | |
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| Steamed basmati rice | |
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| Home-style bread | |
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| Desserts | |
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| Stuffed bananas | |
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| Saffron-flavored sweetened yogurt | |
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| Central India | |
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| Starters | |
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| Dry-roasted lamb | |
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| Home-style chicken kebabs | |
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| Panfried marinated fish | |
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| Main Dishes | |
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| Hyderabadi-style chicken korma with saffron | |
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| Chicken khurma with tomatoes and coconut | |
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| Chicken in green herbs | |
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| Home-style meat broth | |
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| Lamb kebabs | |
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| Lamb and chickpeas | |
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| Hyderabadi-style fish stew | |
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| Sweet-and-sour fish | |
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| Shrimp pulao, Deccan style | |
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| Rich tomatoes with cashew nuts | |
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| Sweet-and-sour lentils | |
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| Banana chilies in sesame sauce | |
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| Chickpea dumplings in yogurt sauce | |
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| Accompaniments | |
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| Onion raita | |
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| Sesame seed chutney | |
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| Tomato pickle | |
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| Garlic and red chili chutney | |
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| Desserts | |
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| Bread and butter pudding | |
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| Whole-wheat halwa | |
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| Index | |
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| Guide to Weights and Measures | |