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Summary: the secret is in the sauce, and the measurements are correct
Review: excellent book on curries as they are served in *British* curry houses. I think this is where the confusion with the measurements arise. Someone before mentioned that the measures do not add up: they do add up if you are using British pints (550ml) and read the book carefully (the author mentions at the beginning that a cup is 'approximately a quarter pint or 5 fluid ounces'. If you use these measurements then 3/4pint (412ml), 425ml or 3 cups (3*1/4pint) add up quite well.
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Summary: Best curry cookbook I've found
Review: I have tried several books and recipes for curries which usually turned out OK, but they were always more like traditional indian curries than the british restaurant curry I was trying to acheive. With this book I acheived exactly, or as close as possible, the results I was looking for. The curry sauce does take some time to prepare, but if you make a whole bunch of it and freeze it in individual portions, the curries take about 15 minutes to make. Ideal for students as it's cheap and quick. For anyone who wants to make restaurant curries, I HIGHLY recommend this book. It's the best cookbook investment I've ever made. My whole family (who were very skeptical at first) are all hooked on curry now that I've been cooking for them from this book.
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Summary: Hit the buy button if you like British style Indian curries
Review: This is the one and only Indian cookbook that has allowed we to repeatedly recreate the curries of my formative years. While I enjoy the genuine flavours of traditional Indian cooking there is something nostalgic about the curries savoured at the Shish Mahal, The Raj, The Royal India, Bombay Palace and many others around the UK.I would buy this book for ten times the price just for the pilau rice recipe - I never cook basmati any other way now and I repeatedly get asked where to buy the packet I had to have emptied it out of (this could be because it tastes like processed food but I like to think its because it looks and tastes so good) The sauce is also fantastic as well as the tricks and techniques to get it quickly to the table - although the advance prep times are fairly long. To summarize - BUY IT. At this price its the steal of the century.
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