The Noon Book of Authentic Indian Cooking

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Summary: Gourmet Indian Cooking -- Gourgeous Color Photos & Recipes!
Review: In the past year, I've researched dozens of Indian cookbooks and only found four worth buying because of their authenticity and deliciousness: Royal Indian Recipes (by The Ashhok Group of Hotels; perhaps now lamentably out-of-print), Camellia Panjabi's The Great Curries of India (lamentably her recipe for Kulfi is watered down, but the rest of the book is great), Amma's Cookbook (written by an Indian mother-chef, but incredibly high-brown in presentation and taste), and Chandra Padmanabhan's Dakshin: Vegetarian Cuisine from South India. The Noon Cookbook above was THE FIFTH BOOK I've ordered, even after I promised myself never to buy another Indian cookbook after the first four. As an overview of Indian cooking, it is not as ambitious as Ammas's, but it is the closest to Royal Indian Recipes in presenting the superlative best in Indian fine cooking. If you want an excellent Indian cookbook library consisting of fabulous recipies and color photos of authentic-tasting high-caliber Indian cuisine, starting with Noon's book wouldn't be bad. Incidentally, someone tried to hide Noon's book in the Professional Cooking section of the bookstore I visited. Perhaps the person who "hid it" in the professional cooking section of the food section thought only a serious professional or amateur chef deserved this book. In my opinion, everyone deserves this book. It's magnificent!