Prashad Cookbook: Indian Vegetarian Cooking

by Kaushy Patel, Cristian Barnett (Photographer)

Overview

A vibrant and original vegetarian cookbook that brings authentic Indian cooking into your own kitchen—vegetarian food will never taste the same again

100 delicious vegetarian Indian recipes from Gordon Ramsay's "Best Restaurant" runner-up Prashad. The Patels and Prashad, their small Indian restaurant in Bradford, were the surprise stars of Ramsay's "Best Restaurant" TV show in autumn 2010. Everyone who saw them fell in love with this inspirational family dedicated to serving delicious, original vegetarian food.At the heart of the family is Kaushy, who learned to cook as a child growing up on her grandmother's farm in northern India. On moving to northern England in the 1960s, she brought her passion for fabulous flavors with her and has been creating and perfecting dishes ever since. Never happier than when feeding people, Kaushy took her son Bobby at his word when he suggested that she should share her cooking with the world—a launderette was converted first in to a deli and then a restaurant, and Prashad was born. Now Kaushy shares her cooking secrets—you'll find more than 100 recipes, from simple snacks to sumptuous family dinners, to help you recreate the authentic Prashad experience at home. Whether it's cinnamon-spice chickpea curry, green banana satay, spicy sweetcorn, or chaat—the king of street-side India—there's plenty here for everyone to savor and share.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781444734713
Publisher:	Headline
Publication date:	11/06/2012
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	7.80(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Kaushy Patel uses the kitchen skills learned at her grandmother's knee in the Gujarat to transform traditional dishes with her own touches and create fresh, flavorsome food—whether cooking for friends and relations at home or for the lucky diners at Prashad, the Patel family's amazing vegetarian Indian restaurant, which appeared on 2010's "Ramsay's Best Restaurant"; Prashad was the series runner-up.

Table of Contents

Introduction 3

Kaushy's Kitchen 14

Kaushy's Spice Tin and Seasonings 14

Kaushy's Ingredients and Utensils 18

Practical Points, Top Tips and How to … 24

Starters

Street Snacks and Nasto 72

Main Dishes 103

Rice and Breads 148

Soups, Pickles, Side Dishes, Chutneys and Dips 184

Drinks, Desserts and Sweets 226

Meal Planners

Kaushy's Stoke Cupboard and Supplies 232

Acknowledgements 254

Index 256

Editorial Reviews

"Prashad—the smallest restaurant with the biggest heart." —Gordon Ramsay

"Prashad is the tiny Bradford outfit that was the surprise star of Ramsay's "Best Restaurant in 2010," and this book brings together the Patel family recipes from the farm in northern India. From simple street food to sumptuous family feasts, the 100-plus dishes are tested through the generations and are refreshingly unusual." —The Times

From the Publisher