325 authentic curry dishes from around the world: step-by-step recipes shown in more than 325 mouth-watering photographs.

India and South-east Asia have long been known as the spice centres of the world. Exotic spices have been used for centuries to liven up the daily staples of rice, noodles, and bread with tasty sauce dishes known as curries. Historical, religious, and regional cultures and customs have all stamped their identities on culinary traditions across these vast territories, with local produce forming the basis of speciality curries everywhere. Pungent spices and beautifully scented flavourings contribute magical tastes and endless diversity to Indian and Southeast Asian curries, and this makes preparing and eating these dishes such a unique and exciting experience. This book brings together an inspirational collection of recipes and shows just how easy it is to make delicious and authentic curries at home. This essential volume opens with a look into the background of curries to discover how eating habits and the use of ingredients have been shaped over the centuries. For novice curry chefs, the basics of curry making are fully explained, and there is a useful directory-style guide to the essential elements of a curry, including practical information on using spice and key ingredients such as root ginger, tamarind, coconut milk and lemongrass, making curry pastes and powders, and cooking perfect rice and noodles. Featuring more than 150 traditional recipes, the book offers dishes from the far-flung corners of the Indian subcontinent and from Thailand, Burma, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Signature dishes from India include Tandoori Chicken, Lamb Korma, Tarka Dhal and Beef Biryani, while Asian classics include Mussaman Curry, Beef Rendang and the Filipino meat soup known as Puchero. With step-by-step recipe instructions and exquisite colour photographs, making sensational hot and spicy curries has never been so easy.

Easy-to-follow vegetarian recipes with step-by-step instructions for creating wonderful, memorable curry meals from India and South-East Asia as well as the Middle East, Morocco and the Caribbean.

This essential volume brings together an inspirational collection of recipes and shows just how easy it is to make delicious and authentic curries at home. The basics of curry making are fully explained with a useful guide the elements of curries, along with information on spices, herbs and different pastes to use. Over 100 recipes are also featured, including popular dishes such as Tandoori Chicken, Lamb Korma and Chicken Tikka Masala and delicious chutneys, pickles and salads to accompany your meal. With step-by-step instructions and exquisite colour photographs, making hot and spicy curries has never been so easy, so why not try it and spice up your life.

Curry, that wonderfully fragrant spice from the Orient, is actually a mixture of other spices. It's the other spices that determine how hot the curry will be. The great thing is, there are endless ways to spice up your cooking with curry. Curry paste has much more heat than curry powder. The curry powder lends a beautiful, mellow flavor, while curry paste adds a lot heat. Red curry paste has more heat than green curry paste. Madras and Vindaloo are the spiciest curry powers. They add a bold richness to any dish. Garam Masala is a combination of spices similar to curry but doesn't have any turmeric. It has a somewhat sweeter taste.The recipes in this Hot and Spicy Curry Cookbook use a variety of curries. Some dishes are simply meant to be hot, while others can be made a bit lighter while still retaining that curry flavor. All of them are delicious.Curry is strong and bold, but it loses its potency quickly. It's probably a good idea to buy fresh curry before preparing the recipes in the Hot and Spicy Curry Cookbook. That way, you'll enjoy the curry at the peak of flavor.

The latest addition to Agate Surrey's beloved 1001 series of cookbooks is its hottest ever. The largest and most comprehensive cookbook ever published on this subject, 1001 Best Hot and Spicy Recipes is composed of the very best dishes from author Dave DeWitt's collection of chili pepper–laden recipes. Created from his globe-trotting travels, from colleagues, and from research in authentic, obscure, and out-of-print cookbooks from all over the world, the book is loaded with a huge variety of soups, stews, chilies, and gumbos. It also includes a broad selection of barbecue dishes for the grill, a lengthy list of meatless entrees and vegetable options, and even a surprising array of zesty beverages, desserts, and breakfasts. Recipes are organized according to the region from which the chili peppers come: South and Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean, the United States, Europe, the Mediterranean and Middle East, Africa, the Indian subcontinent, and Asia and the Pacific. A treasury of the very best the world has to offer of great spicy foods, no serious cook should be without this jam-packed trove.

Curry, that wonderfully fragrant spice from the Orient, is actually a mixture of other spices. It's the other spices that determine how hot the curry will be. The great thing is, there are endless ways to spice up your cooking with curry. Curry paste has much more heat than curry powder. The curry powder lends a beautiful, mellow flavor, while curry paste adds a lot heat. Red curry paste has more heat than green curry paste. Madras and Vindaloo are the spiciest curry powers. They add a bold richness to any dish. Garam Masala is a combination of spices similar to curry but doesn't have any turmeric. It has a somewhat sweeter taste. The recipes in this Hot and Spicy Curry Cookbook use a variety of curries. Some dishes are simply meant to be hot, while others can be made a bit lighter while still retaining that curry flavor. All of them are delicious. Curry is strong and bold, but it loses its potency quickly. It's probably a good idea to buy fresh curry before preparing the recipes in the Hot and Spicy Curry Cookbook. That way, you'll enjoy the curry at the peak of flavor.