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A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors

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Curry

A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors

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Curry serves up a delectable history of Indian cuisine, ranging from the imperial kitchen of the Mughal invader Babur to the smoky cookhouse of the British Raj.

In this fascinating volume, the first authoritative history of Indian food, Lizzie Collingham reveals that almost every well-known Indian dish is the product of a long history of invasion and the fusion of different food traditions. We see how, with the arrival of Portuguese explorers and the Mughal horde, the cooking styles and ingredients of central Asia, Persia, and Europe came to the subcontinent, where over the next four centuries they mixed with traditional Indian food to produce the popular cuisine that we know today. Portuguese spice merchants, for example, introduced vinegar marinades and the British contributed their passion for roast meat. When these new ingredients were mixed with native spices such as cardamom and black pepper, they gave birth to such popular dishes as biryani, jalfrezi, and vindaloo. In fact, vindaloo is an adaptation of the Portuguese dish "carne de vinho e alhos-"-the name "vindaloo" a garbled pronunciation of "vinho e alhos"--and even "curry" comes from the Portuguese pronunciation of an Indian word. Finally, Collingham describes how Indian food has spread around the world, from the curry houses of London to the railway stands of Tokyo, where "karee raisu" (curry rice) is a favorite Japanese comfort food. We even visit Madras Mahal, the first Kosher Indian restaurant, in Manhattan.

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Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors
2010, Penguin Random House
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Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors
March 7, 2007, Oxford University Press, USA
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Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors
2006, Vintage
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Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors
2006, Oxford University Press
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Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors
2006, Vintage
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August 25, 2005, CHATTO & WINDUS (RAN
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Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors
December 21, 2005, Oxford University Press, USA
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Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors
2005, Ebsco Publishing
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New York

Table of Contents

Chicken tikka masala : the quest for an authentic Indian meal
Biryani : the great Mughals
Vindaloo : the Portuguese and the chilli pepper
Korma : East India Company merchants, temples and the nawabs of Lucknow
Madras curry : the British invention of curry
Curry powder : bringing India to Britain
Cold meat cutlets : British food in India
Chai : the great tea campaign
Curry and chips : Syhleti sailors and Indian takeaways
Curry travels the world.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
394.1/2/0954
Library of Congress
GT2853.I5 C65 2006, GT2853.I5C65 2006

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3401907M
Internet Archive
currytaleofcooks00coll
ISBN 10
0195172418
ISBN 13
9780195172416
LCCN
2005016641
OCLC/WorldCat
60669028
Library Thing
211338
Goodreads
31570

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