Author: Mona Verma
Publisher: Penguin
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 260
ISBN/UPC (if available): 0143027921
Description
This handy cookbook captures the flavors of street food - the crispness of ragda pattis, the sweet and sour tanginess of papdi chaat and the famous Munbai bhel. Hundreds of unusual and innovative dishes add a dash of verve and excitement to even the most staid menu.
If you've ever stopped to taste the gol gappas scooped out by a roadside vendor or stood in queue for a plate of fragrant, swimming-in-butter pav bhaji, to be washed down by a frosted glass of thandai, this book is for you! It captures the flavors of street food - the crispness of ragda pattis, the sweet and sour tanginess of papdi chaat and the famous Mumbai bhel. In addition, there are interesting variations like macaroni and mushroom chaat, lotus stem cutlets and khaman dhokla. Also included are recipes for bhindi raita, bheja pakoda, keema aur palak se bhare ande, paneer aur shimla mirch paratha and a hundred other unusual and innovative dishes designed to add a dash of verve and excitement to even the most staid menu.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Table of Measures
Equivalent Measures
Basic recipes and Procedures
Dry Masalas
Sherber, Lassi & Other Third-Quenchers
Salads & Raita
Soups to Start Your Meal
Snacks & Starters
Street Food at Home
Greens, Gourds & Other Vegetables
Chicken, Meat, Fish & Eggs
Dal, Roti & Rice
Chutney & pickles
Sweets & Desserts
After-Dinner Extras
Glossary Index