The New Tastes of India by Das Sreedharan

Devotees of the award-winning Rasa restaurants in London will know what to expect: fresh exotic flavours and a lightness of touch, producing some of the tastiest vegetarian food you'll find from any culture. As Das Sreedharan's style is based on the home cooking he remembers from his youth in the south Indian province of Kerala, these recipes are easy to tackle for the home cook.

The vibrant photography in the book reflects the zinginess of the flavours and belies the view that most Indian food is an unphotogenic affair of indistinguishable lumps of meat in brown sauce. Indeed, this book will confound most expectations: committed carnivores will not miss the meat with the range of textures and tastes on offer, and people who think Indian food is synonymous with chicken tikka masala will find their eyes open to a much more nuanced style of cooking. The result is refreshing in every sense, yet much more authentic than what is passing for modern Indian fusion in the new wave of Indian resaurants.

If you haven't bought an Indian cookery book since Madhur Jaffrey, wake up and smell the spice!

Publication details:
Hardcover - 160 pages
Headline; ISBN: 074727147X
List price: £17.99

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