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The Indian Slow Cooker: 50 Healthy, Easy, Authentic Recipes (2010)

by Anupy Singla(Favorite Author)

3.94 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1572841117 (ISBN13: 9781572841116)

languge

English

genre

Food & Cookbooks

publisher

Agate Surrey

review 1: The best thing about this cook book , unlike other slow-cooker books, is that there is no need to ”brown” anything before you add it to the slow cooker, and this is a time-saver. Another bonus is that most of the recipes are low-fat, and are vegetarian/vegan. The recipes often require making masalas from scratch, so you need to stock up on a large variety of spices. The ingredients are economical if you buy them in bulk (e.g. spices, legumes). The ingredient lists are long, but the flavours are rich and authentic. Useful appliances to have are a mini food processor and a rice cooker. I have all three appliances on my counter top and find that I can create most of the dishes from this cook book with very little prep time.
review 2: An interesting idea... more for a cookbook. As far as I know it's the only one of it's kind: a cookbook of traditional Indian dishes re-designed specifically for a Crockpot(tm) (aka, "slow cooker"). I love Indian food and I love the easy of cooking with a Crockpot so I figured this would be a good one to get. I have to say, though, I've been rather surprised at the complexity of many of these dishes - far more complex than most slow cooker recipes I've seen. They also typically involve more work than most slow cooker recipes you'll see. Many of them take a tremendous amount of time to cook as well, meaning you'll have to get up really early in the morning if you expect it to be done in time for dinner. Another thing to look out for, the majority of these dishes are vegetarian, so you might find yourself wishing for more meat based dishes. However, that said, I think a lot of these could be tweaked into more meaty dishes with not much work. It's a good jumping off place if nothing else for those interested in Indian food and using their slow cookers to make it. Another good thing about the book is that it has a really good introduction into just what exactly Indian food actually is and the various spices and ingredients that typically go in it. less

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