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The Curry Guy

Recreate Over 100 of the Best British Indian Restaurant Recipes at Home
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The Curry Guy by Dan Toombs is a cookbook that brings the vibrant flavours of Indian cuisine into your kitchen with ease. The book provides step-by-step recipes and tips that make it accessible for home cooks to recreate favourite Indian restaurant dishes. Known for simplifying complex recipes, Toombs ensures authentic taste while embracing efficiency.
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You might enjoy this delightful cookbook if you're keen on exploring authentic British Indian restaurant-style cuisine from the comfort of your home. With a focus on replicating the flavours and aromas of your favourite curry house dishes, it's perfect for spice lovers and adventurous cooks eager to recreate these tantalising recipes.

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The bestselling cookbook on making curries at home - just like they taste from your favourite restaurant!

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Dan Toombs (aka The Curry Guy) has perfected the art of replicating British Indian Restaurant (BIR) cooking. After travelling around the UK, sampling dishes, learning curry house kitchen secrets, and refining recipes at home, Dan creates homemade curries that taste just like a takeaway from your favourite local curry house, but in less time and for less money.

Dan has learnt through comments on his blog and social media feeds that people are often disappointed when they make a chicken korma or a prawn bhuna from other cookbooks, only to find it tastes nothing like the dishes at a curry house. However, they thank him for getting it right.

The Curry Guy shows all BIR food lovers around the world how to make their favourite dishes at home. Each of the classic curry sauces is covered, including tikka masala, korma, dopiazza, pasanda, madras, dhansak, rogan josh, vindaloo, karai, jalfrezi, bhuna, and keema.

Popular vegetable and side dishes such as aloo gobi, saag aloo, and tarka dhal are included as accompaniments, along with samosas, pakoras, bhajis, as well as pickles, chutneys, and raitas. Of course, no curry is complete without rice or naan. Dan shows you how to cook perfect pilau rice or soft, pillowy naan every time.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781849499415

Publisher: Quadrille Publishing Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 04 May 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Quadrille Publishing Ltd

Illustration: Photography throughout

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 180.0mm

Height: 233.0mm

Weight: 692g

Pages: 160

About the Author

In five short years Dan Toombs has taken The Curry Guy from an idea to a reliable brand. The recipes are all developed and tested in Dan’s home kitchen. And they work. The 130,000 curry fans who visit his blog every month can testify to that fact.

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