Books : Madhur Jaffrey's Ultimate Curry Bible

Rating: - Great Starting Point
I love this book. It was one of the first cookery books I bought and found it easy to use. It can be time consuming gathering the ingredients together but once you have the stocks, the recipies themselves are easy enough to do and always turn out tasty! I have recommended this book to a lot of people and they have all had success with it.

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Rating: - This Bible has converted me!
I've owned a copy of this book for about 5 years and recently bought a copy as a gift for a friend. I've tried about half of the recipes in it and have found every one to be pratical, easy-to-follow and with helpful suggestions for alternate ingredients. All the recipes I have cooked have turned out beautifully and a number have now entered my standard repertoire as they are so easy to remember. The chapters are mainly broken down by main ingredient i.e. meat, poultry, veg etc. but the book also contains recipes for breads and desserts and even how to make your own spice mixes, pastes and chutneys. As the book is about curry in all it's forms you essentially get a number of cookbooks rolled into one as there are recipes from across the globe including malaysia, thailand, the far east, caribbean and even Victorian England (although I've not been brave enough to try this one yet!). You might be disappointed if you expext to open the book and find the names of dishes from your local anglicised Indian Restaurant, however there is a cracking recipe for Chicken Tikka Massalla that we must have cooked dozens of times as it's so good! If you're interested in curry, looking to broaden your horizons or are a complete beginner even then I would heartily recommend this book. Read the bible and be converted!

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Rating: - good book
I picked this up from a friend and went out to buy the essential ingredients for the basic curries - cumin, fennel, mustard seeds, tamarind, cardomom, cinammon etc...and low and behold i have been able to create some lovely authentic curries - just like you get the curry house!!!

what amazed me most was how simple it was and also how cheap it is to eat indian food - once you have a collection of the basic ingredients all you need is bit of meat, veg, stock or coconut milk - obviously there are some recepies that require a few more things buying from the shop but often you can omit the odd ingredient and still get a great tasting dish.

There is a great recipie for a pakistani basic curry sauce which is so chepa and easy to make - i just make a load of it at once, keep the rest for later - which becomes even more flavour full its great without adding any meat or veg to it, you can just dip bits of bread it as a snack.

I have also enjoyed trying the chinese style curries you get from the take away - using evaporated milk instead of stock or coconut milk, this came out just like the take aways do it too! Yummy!

It also has little briefings into the dishes and its history - for example a Vindaloo is originally not hot at all - but is actually a dish or portugese origin created in Goa, from wine and garlic.

only downsides are there a few intimidating recipies that have hard to get ingredients and there are not many pictures in to give you a guide - but it is a great guide to the curries of the world and allthe extras that go with it - the kebabs are well worth trying too.

deffo receommend this book for anyone wanting to try to and cook some good traditional and adventurous curries.

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Rating: - Madhur Jaffrey Ultimate Curry Bible
My brother got me this for xmas after raving about it for ages and yesterday I cooked the Green Coriander Chicken and a red lentil dish with cayenne and garlic - came out delicious!Im thinking of cooking the Durban Roast Curried Chicken with garlic potatoes and salad tonight.

Have only given it 4 stars because I have only cooked once with it but it's a lovely book and the histories of the recipes are fascinating. I find easy to use and Im becoming a bit obsessed with spices and curries!

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Rating: - Just what it says on the tin!
This is the BEST curry book I have ever used. The recipes work, and you would be pleased to be served up any one of the dishes I have tried in a restaurant. One little note - there is a delicious lamb & orange curry, but whereas Madhur Jaffrey suggests minced lamb, we much preferred it with diced. Bon appetit.