Sometime back I received my signed copy of Prerna's The Everything Indian Slow Cooker Cookbook. Need I say, I was thrilled.
The author Prerna Singh is also the author of IndianSimmer, a beautiful blog in its own rights. I have been a long time admirer of her blog and I was looking forward to her book. Given that I am not much of a slowcooker person and do most of my cooking on the stove top and use my pressure cooker far more than the slowcooker, I was curious too. But I must tell you that book is a treasure of recipes and they are delicious, slow cooker or not.
I liked the section "Basics of Indian Cooking" a lot which explains many of the cooking terms and spices used in Indian cooking.There is also a section on Basic Sauces and Spice mixes which has recipes for Pav Bhaji Masala and Tandoori Maslaa which I am making next for sure. There are fifteen chapters in total with an array of about 300 recipes encompassing appetizer to beverage.
I tried the Five-Spice Strawberry Chutney spiced with paanch phoron from her book and though I did it on the stove top it turned out great. It is a simple chutney spiced with the fragrant paanchphoron and sweetened with jaggery and the naturally sweet strawberries. The chutney turned out really good and for recipes of that and more check out her book on Amazon
I am not a slow cooker person but just bought a rice cooker with that option. I should check this kind of book.
ReplyDeleteI hace a slow cookeer which my sis send me some 3 yrs ago with Hans when he visited her, but i have not used it as the electricity here is different, but i love the idea of the chutney made with strawberry.
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