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From: arora@sunybcs.UUCP (Kulbir S. Arora)
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Subject: Re: Re: Indian cookery in America
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Date: Wed, 6-Feb-85 17:15:08 EST
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 > like to direct a request to Indian (or other South Asian) people
 > now living in the US -- Have you developed any recipes, modifications
 > to standard American dishes, or variations on your traditional foodstuffs
 > that use "ordinary" American supermarket ingredients, as opposed to 
 > getting imported or speciality ingredients from import or exotic-food
 > stores? It's fairly easy to find cookbooks with recipes for the
 > "real" dishes, using the "correct" ingredients, which are available from
 > special stores or by mail-order, but I'd love to see what you all have
 > done with "ordinary" American foodstuffs to make dishes with an "Indian 
 > flavor" or to approach cooking in America from an Indian (or other South
 > Asian) point of view.

  There's a good book by Madhur Jaffrey called "Indian Cooking"  (I got
  it from Quality Paperback Book Club) especially written for a western
  audience.  It gives good substitution hints for expensive exotic
  ingredients.  Also, most of the recipes have been tailored to use
  ingredients easily available in supermarkets.
  I think this book will provide a lot of what you were looking for.

  Enjoy !