It is not, as the title suggests, a cookbook. It is a hilarious peep into life in a fictional mofussil of the Bengal province and is a must-read for anyone wanting to familiarize themselves quickly with the social milieu unique to those times of British landing in India.. Curry and Rice is not, as the title suggests, a cookbook. It is a hilarious peep into life in a fictional mofussil of the Bengal province. It is a very credible caricature of the social life of ...