Indian Pantry

by Sanghvi Vir

Overview

WINNER OF THE GOURMAND WORLD COOKBOOK AWARD 2019

The way we look at our food has changed a lot in the last few years. With a slow-growing awareness about what we eat and where our food is coming from, we all wish there was an expert who could tell us everything we need to know. Why is haldi suddenly so popular around the world? Do avocados live up to the craze? Which fruit and vegetables are indigenous to India?

From food columnist and star journalist Vir Sanghvi comes a collection of insightful, witty and myth-busting pieces about the ingredients in our kitchens.

In his distinctive, no-holds-barred style, Sanghvi introduces the reader to not only the Indian pantry but also the culture, history and unique experiences that make Indian food so popular the world over.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780143440178
Publisher:	Penguin Random House India Pvt. Ltd
Publication date:	08/20/2019
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Vir Sanghvi is probably the best-known Indian journalist of his generation. He became editor of Bombay magazine at twenty-two, making him the youngest editor in the history of Indian journalism. He went on to edit Imprint, and Sunday, which was then India's largest-selling weekly news magazine. From 1999 to 2004, he was the editor of Hindustan Times before being promoted to editorial director, a post he held till 2007, after which he continued at the paper as a columnist. His television career has included several award-winning shows on the Star TV network, NDTV, Discovery and other channels. His weekly political show Virtuosity on CNN-News18 is one of the channel's top-rated programmes.

He has a parallel career as India's leading food and travel writer. His many books include the bestselling Mandate: Will of the People, Men of Steel, Rude Food (which won the Cointreau Award for Best Food Literature Book in the world) and Madhavrao Scindia: A Life.

Table of Contents

Introduction xi

Vegetables

1 The Troublesome Tomato 3

2 The King of Vegetables 8

3 Two Peas in a Pod 13

4 Corn Star 18

5 Bringing Home the Brinjal 22

6 Fungus Phobia 26

7 Just Chilli 31

Fruit

1 All About Fruit 37

2 The Magnificent Mango 42

3 Strawberry Fields Forever 46

4 AvocaDo You Good 51

Meat

1 The Way of All Flesh 57

2 Fowl Play 61

3 Mutton Dressed As Lamb 65

4 Raaning Out of Time 69

5 So You Think You Know Sausages? 73

Seafood

1 Fish Out of Water 81

2 Hooked on Fish 85

3 The World Is Your Oyster 90

Dairy

1 Don't Say Cheese 97

2 Golden Days 101

3 Curd Is Crucial 105

Eggs

1 The Real Chicken-and-Egg Story 111

2 A Rush of Brunch to the Head 115

3 Great Eggspectations 120

4 Eggs Kejriwal 125

5 Nargisi Kofta 129

Spices

1 The Spice Route 135

2 Some Like It Hot 139

3 The Great Coriander Leaf 143

4 Healthy Haldi 147

5 The Secret Ingredient 151

6 The Lassan Lesson 155

7 Vanilla Twilight 159

Staples

1 Bread and Better 167

2 Singing in the Grain 171

3 Dal Almighty 176

4 Maharajma 180

5 Fire and Rice 186

6 They See Me Rolling 190

7 Biryani as Birthright 195

8 The Length and Bread of It 199

9 Dreaming of Dosas 204

10 Noodle Me This 211

11 Momos, Tandoori Chicken and Refugee Food 215

12 Tasty Triangles 221

13 Culture Curry 225

Sweet

1 Kheer for Dessert 231

2 Cream of the Crop 236

3 The Cookie Crumbles 242

4 Choc-a-bloc 246

Afterword 251