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jess_mango's review
4.0
Indian-ish is a charming, humorous and completely approachable cookbook. The author clearly loves her mom and has a great relationship with her and lots of food-related memories. The book is a sort of ode to her mom & the food she (the author) grew up with as an Indian-American.
This book doesn't have many of the staples that you will find on Indian restaurant menus here in the states. There is no chicken tikka masala or tandoori chicken to be found in this cookbook! Instead it has (as the title states) Indian-ish recipes. While the recipes for the most part are at their core Indian (in flavor profile, and ingredients) you will find some unexpected twists...like goat cheese. Or ramen. I've bookmarked a few recipes to try. I will update my review once I've given them a go.
This book doesn't have many of the staples that you will find on Indian restaurant menus here in the states. There is no chicken tikka masala or tandoori chicken to be found in this cookbook! Instead it has (as the title states) Indian-ish recipes. While the recipes for the most part are at their core Indian (in flavor profile, and ingredients) you will find some unexpected twists...like goat cheese. Or ramen. I've bookmarked a few recipes to try. I will update my review once I've given them a go.
kdahlo's review
5.0
This books is awesome, I've already made a few recipes and I'm planning more. I read the book cover to cover since I really enjoyed hearing about the author's family and how the recipes were developed. No professional chefs were involved in the making of these recipes, so it's very accessible home cooking. I'm very picky about cookbooks since I get a lot of recipes online and don't like keeping a whole book around if I only need it for one or two recipes, but I'm strongly considering buying a copy of this book after I have to return it to the library. It's full of recipes that I would like to try out, and staple recipes I can imagine myself making over and over again. The book is also full of shortcuts, substitution guides and flowcharts to emulate the cooking style of the author's mother, the originator of so many of the recipes in the book. It also doesn't hurt that there are great illustrations, photographs and asides from various family members sprinkled throughout the book.
xeniba's review
informative
inspiring
relaxing
medium-paced
4.0
Every recipe of Priya’s we’ve tried is delicious. I initially got this out of the library, but ended up purchasing a copy pretty quickly.
I enjoyed the little blurbs on each recipe as well as the essays from her mom and dad.
The main thing keeping me from giving it 5 stars is the way the recipes are written. Multiple steps are combined into one step, so a recipe may look like it has only 2 steps, but it really has 7 or 8. Even so, the recipes are delicious and worth that minor frustration.
I enjoyed the little blurbs on each recipe as well as the essays from her mom and dad.
The main thing keeping me from giving it 5 stars is the way the recipes are written. Multiple steps are combined into one step, so a recipe may look like it has only 2 steps, but it really has 7 or 8. Even so, the recipes are delicious and worth that minor frustration.
heidihaverkamp's review
4.0
I rarely review cookbooks, although I've "read" a bunch, but I really love this one. Priya has a great writing voice, and she and her mom offer some great recipes - our favorite are Saag Feta, Potato and Cauliflower Aloo, Tomato Rice with Crispy Cheddar, the Kachumber salads, the two dals, the cilantro chutney, and the Potato and Red Pepper Sabzi. Not all the recipes have worked for us, but that's part of the risk of a cookbook! But I just love the overall concept - and it's made me braver about trying to cook Indian, now that I have a bunch of the spices in my cupboard already.
sbox's review
5.0
Just finished marking up this cookbook with post-it’s on the recipes I want to try, and I’ve covered almost every page. The recipes don’t only look delicious and straightforward, but the writing is also full of humor, joy, and family love! Can’t wait to cook everything in here.
lyonsmw's review against another edition
4.0
Fun. Lively. Approachable. Tempting.
“Indian-ish” is everything a cookbook should be.
“Indian-ish” is everything a cookbook should be.
rachel_smrt's review
4.0
Normally I wouldn't put cookbooks on here, but Priya Krishna's writing is so witty and fun that I'm making an exception. Lovely recipes and photos but mostly you will just want to hang out with her family while they make and eat delicious things! Her dad's essay about yogurt is a real classic.
glowbird's review
3.0
Well, the author and her family are adorable. The family stories are totally charming. And the food looks yummy. But it’s fairly high in dairy and there are enough ingredients I need from Amazon…so this is another book for that magical time of life when I don’t have picky toddlers to feed…