The World's Greatest Ever Curries

I am not one for writing long reviews, so here is my short and to the point review: If you are looking for a curry recipe book, then buy this one!I am relatively new to curries, but have purchased a couple over the past few months. This one is comprehensive in its coverage of the Curry cuisines of the world, and it contains pictures of each recipe so you know exactly what you are getting. The pages are lovely and glossy and it is obviuosly very good quality paper. One of those books that you be proud to give as a gift.I am an experienced cook, but these recipes are written so well and clearly that a cook of any experience could produce a great result.The book covers India (north, east, south and west separately) as well as rices and breads and chutneys, pickles and salads. It then goes on to cover Thailand, Burma, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and The Philippines. It also covers rice and noodles for these Asian nations.All measurements are in metric and imperial to suit cooks from all over the world. Most ingredients that have alternate names have the alternate names given such as coriander / cilantro.I bought the book without having seen it in the flesh first, and was pleasantly surprised - it was one of those books that I sat there looking through and nodding my head thinking to myself 'this is a GOOD book'. I am very very pleased with this purchase.I am from Australia and most, if not all, of the ingredients are available in local supermarkets.WARNING: If you are a fan of curry cookbooks, this one (as it says on the back flap) was previously published as 'Curry', so if you have that book and it sounds as though it covers the same areas of the world, then I'd say there is no point in buying this also. However, it is a bargain price (compared to what you would pay for a book like this on Oz), so maybe buy it anyway - you can never have too many cookbooks!Did I say I don't do long reviews?

I have owned this book for several years and as others have written, have found it excellent from many respects. I gave mine away as a gift and purchased another one at a discount only to find it was a smaller addition with tiny print. Therefore be careful to buy the original size. A terrific cookbook!

Great resource for an abundance of curry dishes.

What a great book! Any curry you love to eat broken down into easy to follow steps. I own a few curry cookbooks but they never taste like dishes I order at restaurants, cooking with this book, they do. And its not complicated. Baljekar includes pictures of each step.My favorite recipe by far, is the Tikka Masala recipe. Baljekar teachs you how to make the tikka chicken and the tikka paste. Other favs are the saag paneer, and the cashew chicken.

Great cookbook! I had never made curry from scratch and had always wanted to, and this book was perfect. It comes with color pictures of most steps (useful if you are new to curry) and many full-page photos of completed dishes. It has recipes from India, Burma, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and elsewhere. It also has recipes for various type of rice preparations, breads, appetizers like samosas that go well with the dishes, and various curry pastes. I was shocked to find myself making mouthwatering dishes almost overnight.

This is a great book, I have many Asian cook books and think this particular book is a good one.Not too involved, but with enough depth to create a great meal from scratch.Two nice recipes to try are the chicken dopiaza and the pork balchao.

Good curry book but unfortunately the print is a bit too small

Had to return it not what I wanted

If I had more stars I would give it to this book. I am Indian and so curry is in my blood, but this book takes curry to a different level. So simple and delicious. Trust me on this one.

great book