Crumbs!: Bread Stories and Recipes for the Indian Kitchen

by Saee Koranne-Khandekar

From sheermal to ciabatta, bhakri to baguette - welcome to the magical world of bread-making!

There's something undeniably pleasurable about tearing into a soft, hot naan or biting into the light puffiness of a freshly baked brioche, but have you ever thought how wonderful it might be to make them yourself? In Crumbs! Saee Koranne-Khandekar recounts her journey of becoming a bread-maker (initial blunders notwithstanding), and hand-holds the average yeast-fearing, dough-despairing home cook through the deliciously satisfying experience of literally putting bread on their tables.

Genres: Food, Cookbooks, Cooking

384 pages, Paperback

Published March 1, 2016

Reviews

[P. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Simple, short and sweet and a decent starter book for novice bakers who want to delve into dough and understand the beauty of yeast. The basics were explained pretty well, however I personally found certain recipes to not work as per expectation, with measurements seemingly off.

Decent one to begin with and I loved the informative history of our desi breads!

[Aparajita Nath · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a nice read with lovely illustrations. It has a mixture of recipes of Indian and international breads with nice descriptions and personal experiences of the author alongside. I bought this book expecting to read more about Indian breads and hence was slightly disappointed at first because of the very few Indian breads that were covered. However, I was quite happy to see the detailed recipes and technique/science explored behind the Indian breads which is often hard to find. Look out for the Goan and Irani breads that have been discussed at length in the book.

[Prerna Vijayeni · Rating 4 out of 5]

A simple google search about sourdough landed me on this book in a single scroll. Delightful balance of culinary history and do it yourself recipes, I was seeing the dough rise and crumble in my dreams by the time I turned the last page.

[Anand Ganapathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Covers the whole range of breads baked in India ( from pao and naan to sour dough breads )

[Dhivya · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing book! Recipies really worked...

[Doel Jaikishen · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is awesome, and totally useful for someone like me baking bread for the first time. The book is logically structured, very easy to follow, and the best part is that the recipes are really tailored for the Indian climate. Would highly recommend this to others!