With over 100 recipes, this cookbook contains an amazing range of vegetarian curries that traverse the globe. For more cookbook inspiration, check out our cookbooks hub for all our reviews including the best baking cookbooks, the best cookbooks for kids or the best vegan cookbooks. Then sauté cumin in olive oil and pour it over the florets and roast them in a hot oven for about half an hour. The font is quite readable: the ingredients and instructions are in black type on a white background, with the instructions in a slightly larger font size.

Madhur Jaffrey’s “Everyday Carrots and Peas” involves heating some cumin in oil in a skillet, adding the carrots and peas, then after a brief stir fry adding ground coriander, turmeric, chili powder, and salt, then cook till tender. The sauce that accompanies the soup is really a chutney, which may also be used to dress simply cooked vegetables, such as boiled potatoes, carrots, and peas, or diced and steamed zucchini. India: The Cookbook is the first comprehensive guide to Indian cooking, with over 1,000 recipes covering every aspect of India’s rich and colourful culinary heritage. Ah, I’m going to India next year and would love to study vegetarian cooking there, could you suggest me any school?My husband and I are new to real Indian cooking so this cookbook (plus the blog) are opening up a new world of vegan food just like Vegan with a Vengeance did in 2007.

Try your hand at dishes that you have tasted before like Gobi Mutter Masala, Masoor Dal Tadka, Palak Tofu, Chana Masala, Restaurant-Style Puffy Naan, Samosa, and Besan Ladoos. This cookbook also offers a selection of family-made traditional Indian recipes with a personal vegetarian twist.

Featuring sections such as First-Timer Recipes and Kid-Friendly cooking this is the perfect cookbook for the novice Indian cook who wants to get their whole family involved in meal prep. Being a vegetarian isn't required to participate, but please respect that most of us are, by staying on topic and avoiding encouragement of non-vegetarian food.