The Best of Kashmiri Cooking

Book excerpt: Kashmiri dishes are considered the height of gourmet Indian cuisine. The North Indian region's delicately spiced kebabs, famed lamb curries and tender vegetable dishes have acquired an almost legendary reputation. Traditional ingredients include mutton, chicken, fish, wild fowl, and all the fruits and vegetables, such as apples, lotus root, eggplant and morels, for which Kashmir is famed. Create such delectable and subtly flavored treats as Pumpkin Chutney, Lamb Curry, Tomato Eggplant Curry, and Water-Chestnut Flour Cookies. Chapters included are Wazawan Delicacies, Non-Vegetarian Specialties of Kashmiri Pandits, Vegetarian Food, Everyday Non-Vegetarian Food, Fish and Fowl Dishes, Rice, Desserts, Beverages, Snacks and Tea-time Savories, Chutneys and Pickles, and Spice Cakes. With nearly 90 recipes and 12 pages of color photographs, this cookbook is a wonderful introduction to one of India's most famed culinary traditions. All recipes have been adapted for the North American kitchen.