Contains over 100 recipes from India discussed in their native religious, historical, and regional context.

Actress-writer Jaffrey gives us a memoir of her childhood in Delhi in an age and a society that has since disappeared. Madhur (meaning sweet as honey) grew up in a large family compound where her grandfather often presided over dinners with forty or more members of his extended family. Picnicking in the Himalayan foothills on meatballs stuffed with raisins and mint and tucked into freshly baked pooris; sampling the lunch boxes of Muslim friends; sneaking...

Presents more than one hundred recipes for Indian soups, snacks, breads, rice, relishes, chutneys, pickles, pulses, and meat, poultry, egg, fish, and vegetable dishes, as well as desserts, and includes suggested menus and information on Indian spices, seasonings, and cooking equipment and techniques.