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From: carmine@qusavx.UUCP (Carmine Scavo)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Indian Cooking
Message-ID: <205@qusavx.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 25-Jul-84 14:50:07 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 25 14:50:07 1984
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For those interested in cooking their own:

The best Indian cookbooks I have seen are by Jack Santamaria and were
published a few years ago.  One is "Traditional Indian Cooking" and the
other is (I think) "Vegetarian Indian Cooking".  Santamaria intersperses
his recipes with tales from various Indian historical books which makes
both books interesting to read as well as use.  The recipes ar easy to
follow and, although he uses the Indian names for some ingredients, he
explains what these mean in an appendix.  Sources of ingredients are
also listed.

Like Chinese cuisine, there is a tremendous regional variation in Indian
recipes.  Some regions (especially the South?) cook much spicier food 
than do others.

By the way:  from years of experience with extremely hot Italian sausage
and with less experience with Mexican and Indian hot foods, I must agree
with the person who said "Don't drink water" -- in fact, don't drink
anything!! (Yes, including beer).  EAT BREAD -- it's the only thing that
will even begin to redress the pain.

<Have you ever eaten something that was so hot, it hurt to BREATHE afterward?>

Carmine Scavo
@Quantime Corp.
Cincinnati, OH
(SOON to be of Greensboro, NC)