Resources for Indian cooking

[Anonymous]

My tween, who has no Indian heritage, is really into cooking and particularly likes Indian food. He is very curious about how Indian foods are put together into meals. For example, he wants to know which foods come from which region, and which foods might typically be served together at which meal. He wants to recreate what typical families eat, as well as food for fancy occasions, and would love to see complete menus.

He has no problems finding recipes, it's this kind of information that's harder for him. Any suggestions for books or shows or websites or something?

[Anonymous]

I would look for a cooking class for that kind of info. The family that used to have the Chatpat truck and Indian Delight restaurant (and another) used to offer cooking classes occasionally.

[Anonymous]

A lot of blogs have that information.

[Anonymous]

660 Curries by Raghavan Iyer

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would look for a cooking class for that kind of info. The family that used to have the Chatpat truck and Indian Delight restaurant (and another) used to offer cooking classes occasionally.

I'll look into that, although generally when I look at cooking classes they're either 6 - 12 and don't include a lot of info, or they have a minimum age that we don't meet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A lot of blogs have that information.

Do you have specific recommendations?

[Anonymous]

https://www.indianhealthyrecipes.com/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.indianhealthyrecipes.com/

That's a great list of recipes, we've used some from there, but it doesn't provide the information we're looking for, unless I'm searching totally wrong.

[Anonymous]

“Thali” by Maunika Gowardhan has sets of recipes from different parts of India.
If you want a history of Indian food then “Curry: A tale of cooks and conquerors” and “Indian Food: a historical companion” cover the gamut.
“India: the cookbook” by Pushpesh Pant is also a comprehensive resource.

[Anonymous]

Monistat Bharadwaj’s “Indian Cookery Course” and Neelam Batra’s “1000 Indian Recipes” are also great books.
The best recipes tend to come from blogs and from regional cookbooks, rather than the pan-India cookbooks. If you have specific recipes in mind we can provide suggestions. Almost all cookbooks will provide ideas on how to put different dishes together to create a meal.

[Anonymous]

Monisha, not Monistat. Sheesh!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.indianhealthyrecipes.com/

That's a great list of recipes, we've used some from there, but it doesn't provide the information we're looking for, unless I'm searching totally wrong.

Literally all of the recipes have serving suggestions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:660 Curries by Raghavan Iyer

This!!! So good.

[Anonymous]

Madhur Jeffrey’s books are excellent:
Invitation to Indian Cooking
A Taste of India
Vegetarian India
Flavors of India

[Anonymous]

Mridula Baljekar’s The Complete Indian Regional Cookbook
Rick Stein’s India

And while this book doesn’t have the most authentic recipes it is a great read with lots of local flavor: Mangoes and Curry Leaves by Naomi Duguid and Jeffrey Alford.