Tandoor: The Great Indian Barbeque

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Tandoori food is acclaimed by connoisseurs everywhere for its subtle, grilled flavour and unique taste. It is also one of the world’s most ancient cuisines, having been around for almost 5000 years. In this definitive work on the subject, gourmet cook and foodie Ranjit Rai gives the reader over 70 recipes. Enormously wide-ranging, the book includes virtually every lamb, fish and poultry recipe prepared in this ancient style. It has sections on tandoori bread and accompaniments, and breaks anew ground by featuring vegetarian tantoori food. Prefacing the recipes is an absorbing history of this cooking tradition and a detailed account of the tandoor itself, an over of great antiquity and extreme simplicity of design. 

The book is designed for easy use and the recipes are clearly presented and illustrated, with each step of the method of preparing the dish explained in accessible detail.

Practical and comprehensive, Tandoor is the best introduction yet to one of the most delightful culinary arts.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ranjit Rai

Ranjit Rai was born in 1923 and was educated in England and Lahore. He qualified as a Commercial Accountant from the Hailey College of Commerce. After Partition in 1947 his family moved from Lahore to Delhi. Ranjit Rai has traveled extensively through Europe, North and South America, China, Tibet, Afghanistan and Central Asia. During his travels he trained with many of the world’s great chefs and as a result has mastered the intricacies of several types of international cuisine. Ranjit Rai owns and manages an energy engineering firm in New Delhi.

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Title
Tandoor: The Great Indian Barbeque
Author
Edition
1st ed.
Publisher
ISBN
670868329, 9780670868322
Length
262p., Tables; Plates; Figures; Glossary; Index; 26cm.
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