The New Curry Bible: The Ultimate Modern Curry House Recipe Book (Curry Club) |
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Pat Chapman
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Pages: 288 (Paperback)
ISBN: 1843581590
Pub: Metro Books,London
Pub date: 2006-09-15
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 16470
Reader Reviews:
Do NOT Buy This Book (0/0 people found this helpful)
As a big fan of Indian food, I bought this book with high expectations. I faithfully followed the instructions, blended all the 15 spices etc. and ended up with an overpowering brown gloop, that ultimately went into the bin and the local take-away got a bonus order.
This has to be the biggest waste of time ever, the recipes are completely over the top, and in my opinion do not work. Save yourself a tenner and buy Kris Dhillon's "Curry Secret" instead, it is about half the price and delivers tasty curries that you actually want to eat.
Not for curry in a hurry! (0/0 people found this helpful)
A lovely book. However, not for those who want curry in a hurry. The best book so far by Pat Chapman is his restaurant curry book.
Very good...just a quick warning though (6/8 people found this helpful)
Although this book is very good, if you have the 'older' version, then don't buy this....they are both EXACTLY the same. My girlfriend bought me this thinking it was a different book, it's not. I'm gutted.
Anyway, the recipes are very good. No 'curry in a hurry' here which suits me fine.
Not for 'quick-fix' curry paste fans - good! (12/13 people found this helpful)
In our house we both love cooking all kinds of Asian food. Pat's books have been a favourite of ours for many years and yet we have learned new tips and blends of ingredients from this new book.
So many cookery books are published to sit elegantly on some coffee-table, destined never to become dog-eared from frequent thumbing, especially in the UK where we seem to have an obsession with reading about cookery but never doing it ourselves!
Assembling the ingredients is NOT a chore if, as with the spices, you ensure they're always in stock. What are spice drawers for if not for spices? Car keys/elastic bands/spare nails? This book will certainly encourage everyone to have a kitchen that has great smells wafting round the room every time you open different drawers (better and healthier than any artifical air freshener!).
Make time to (re-)discover the joy of making your dinners from scratch - this book positively demands it. The results are rewarding, believe me.
Go for it!
curry heaven (14/14 people found this helpful)
Having made curries for several years now i can honestly say this is the best book by a long way, i have 1 of Pat's other cook books that i thought was good but this is way better. Yes there is a lot of preparation to start with, but thats the same whichever book you look at and some spices may be hard to find but any good local asian grocer will stock them, ive used the book 3 times to do sheek kebab, chicken tikka, prawn pathia and a dhansak and all turned out lovely. I buy most of my spices whole and then roast and grind them myself - last longer and smell lovely, and yes it can be a pain having to roast and grind them but you get out of these recipies what you put in. In short if you want a quick meal have a stir fry, if you want a nice curry then be prepared to put a couple of hours aside and then enjoy the results of your labour.
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