Entice With Spice: Easy Indian Recipes for Busy People [Indian Cookbook, 95 Recipes]

by Shubhra Ramineni, Masano Kawana (Photographer)

Cook healthy and delicious dishes with this friendly and easy-to-follow Indian cookbook.

Entice with Spice shows Indian food enthusiasts how to prepare delicious meals at home without spending hours in the kitchen. A first-generation Indian-American, author Shubhra Ramineni has developed a no-fuss cooking style that re-creates authentic Indian flavors using easy techniques and fresh and readily available ingredients.

The Indian food lover will find nearly 100 recipes--from samosa to naan bread and mouthwatering curries--for easy-to-make versions of favorite dishes from both the North and South of India. Throughout this practical book Shubhra shares tricks and shortcuts she has learned from her mother, who is from Northern India; her mother-in-law, who is from Southern India; family members in India, and professional chefs in the U.S. With a friendly, reassuring voice, Shubhra shows busy home cooks how simple it is to prepare a homemade Indian meal that tastes wonderful quickly.

Favorite Indian recipes include:

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Food, Nonfiction

160 pages, Hardcover

First published September 10, 2010

About the author

Indian culinary instructor, award-winning cookbook author of Entice with Spice and Healthy Indian Vegetarian Cooking, locavore & mom of a veggie-loving girl!

Shubhra grew up in Houston, TX enjoying healthy, traditional Indian food and she learned to cook from her mother, an excellent home cook and a professional dietitian. Determined to eat well despite her busy schedule as a chemical engineer with an MBA, Shubhra set out to adapt traditional Indian recipes for the lifestyles of today’s professionals, creating dozens of delicious, easy-to-prepare Indian recipes. Shubhra’s no-fuss cooking style recreates authentic Indian flavors using easy techniques and fresh and easily available ingredients. Shubhra’s first book, Entice with Spice, Easy Indian Recipes for Busy People (winner of the 2010 Gourmand Award for the Best Indian Cookbook in the United States, and the 2010 Gourmand Award for the top 4 Indian Cookbooks in the world) is considered the Bible of Indian cooking and has all of the basic and popular Indian dishes you love and enjoy! In her newest book, Healthy Indian Vegetarian Cooking, Easy Recipes for the Hurry Home Cook, award-winning author, cooking instructor, Houston locavore, and busy mom Shubhra Ramineni shares easy, healthy, and interesting recipes for vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free dishes, giving you new ways for you and your family to enjoy your fresh, seasonal, bounty from the farmer’s market. Shubhra teaches Indian cooking classes at Williams-Sonoma, Central Market, Sur La Table, Whole Foods Market and Rice Epicurean stores.

Reviews

[Naomi · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an amazing cookbook for anyone who wants to learn how to cook Indian food but has no idea where to begin. The author breaks down everything at the beginning, from alphabetically arranged spices with pictures to how to grind and roast them. She also gives shortcuts on Indian cooking, since the original method can sometimes be very time-consuming. A wonderful cookbook for anyone with a passion for cooking or for Indian food :)

[Sherry · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought this book was very well organized and explained. Ways to simplify the recipes were provided and how to get "around" not having some of the Indian cooking tools were provided. The end has resources for obtaining spices and ingredients not to be found in the average grocery store which is very helpful. Samosas still look daunting to me and can't believe that tortillas can be used instead of the dough....

[Eileen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I just recieved this book today from Amazon.com. Not only did I buy this book to support a fellow Houstonion but I also was looking for an Indian cookbook that had recipes that I could make easily at home. I have to admit after reading through several recipes that these are NOT "Easy" Indian Recipes for "Busy" People... what a deceptive title. I broke down and bought a block of paneer at my "local" Indian spice shop instead of making my home-made paneer as stated in the Saag Paneer (spinach w/ cheese cubes) recipe. This is not an easy recipe for a busy person.. perhaps I will attempt the home-made cheese when I find my cheesecloths.. I also was dissapointed that in one recipe it required fresh pieces for grinding the spices at home, instead of just something you can buy at Indian grocery like "curry" or "garam masala" already prepared... again, not a recipe for a busy person... I have rated 3 stars because of the deceptive title, not that I have tried the recipes yet. Will update when I do Saag Paneer (but with store-bought paneer). Not to mention, I bought this by mistake thinking it was the book I wanted, the other one had 350 recipes, and had better reviews as to the ease and authenticity of the Indian recipes.

[Merari · Rating 3 out of 5]

Though i read this book here and there for some special recipes i couldn't able to prepare tandoori roti properly. i like spiced tomato soup which we call 'rasam' in india. pictures very clear and neat presentation.

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

So far I have made one successful dish (coconut curry w/vegetables) and one unsuccessful (saag paneer). So I'm a keep trying.

[Julie · Rating 4 out of 5]

My husband and I love Indian food. This book really has some great recipes. If you want to learn the basics of Indian Food this is a great starter book.