A Peep Into ‘Around The World with Tadka Girls’ | Cookbook Review along With Recipes To Share | Winners Of ‘Only’ Event

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I’m back with yet another cookbook review and this time it’s very special as it’s a book written by two popular bloggers Ruchira and Ranjini from the popular blog Tadka Pasta.

I was initially approached by Ruchira Ramanujam  in last December for their book launch here in Westin but unfortunately I could not attend it as I was travelling. She approached me again about a month back asking whether I would be interested in reviewing the book and I was ecstatic to give a nod. I found the name of the book very interesting  and after reading the book realised that it was absolutely apt.

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Indian Cooking Unfolded & Uncomplicated By Raghavan Iyer | Recipes & Book Review

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While I write this post, I must confess my heart is humming with joy. It is not always that you are sent a copy of your favourite cookbook author for a review and for that I need to thank John from Workman Publishing, New York, who are the publishers of the book.

I have been a proud owner of 660 Curries by Raghavan Iyer and ever since then I’ve been an ardent fan of his cooking and teaching style. He is a pro at what he does and his new book is all about that.

Let me first begin with the appearance of the book. The appearance is quite unassuming. It does not have the customary glossy lushness but the book attracts you because of the smiling picture of the mentor, creator of the book Mr Raghavan Iyer, who is seen cooking on the cover page.

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Recipe & Book Review- Southern Flavours

A few days back I got a mail from  blogadda, the largest community of bloggers in India  to write a book review for the newly launched cookbook, my reply was an instant ‘Yes'. I was extremely excited. My regular readers  would know that I’ve a penchant for collecting cookbooks and off late book reviewing too..

‘Southern Flavours’..The Best Of South Indian Cuisine (Westland, 2011) by Chandra Padmanabhan, as the name suggests, it has recipes from all the four southern states of India- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh. The book is priced INR.599. There are total of 153 recipes out of which 50 are the new ones and the rest are her favourite recipes, which have been adapted from her previous ‘best selling books’ Dakshin (Harper Collins, 1992), Southern Spice (Penguin, 2006) and Simply South (Westland, 2008). These are the recipes which the author has learnt either from her MIL, friends, relatives and cooks and then penned them to write a cookbook.

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Four Recipes & A Book Review- Master Chef India Cook Book by Pankaj Bhadouria

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2010 was when Master Chef  India was aired for the first time. It was a huge platform  for people passionate about food, to show their hidden talent to the entire nation. So many people from different walks of life tried their luck to get into this competition/reality show and only the very talented could make it to the top twelve. These involved home cooks, strugglers, college going students, a few corporates and amongst them was also Pankaj who had quit her many years of teaching job to participate here, so there was quite a lot on stake…

The entire journey of Master Chef  India was fun and lot of learning, though quite melodramatic at times unlike Master Chef Australia, but I guess all Indian reality shows have a lot of melodrama in it to gain TRP. Millions of the viewers watching the show laughed and cried along with the participants. People had their own favourites and I had mine too. I loved  to watch Radhicka, Zebi, Smitha, Jaynandan and Pankaj  cooking. But in heart of hearts I prayed that either Pankaj or Jayanandan should win as they were not only talented but  both of them needed the title badly as Jaya would have got a direction in his life and Pankaj because she took a big challenge by quitting her job of 16yrs and I surely could relate myself  easily with her..

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