“Khan’s Curry Kitchen” by Vivian Khan is published
About the Book:
This book is a must for all lovers of curry. It has mouth-watering recipes covering all aspects, from a variety of rice dishes to curries that have fish, meat, poultry, game and vegetables. Barbecued items are also included as well as different accompaniments for the meals. The dessert and drinks section offer some interesting ideas, whilst a chapter on spices truly informs the reader about the wide range of spices available to use in curries. It comprehensively details curry making techniques, including how to add colour, taste and aroma.
Endorsements from the Book:
This book brings together the best of traditional dishes eaten in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa area in particular, and in the wider areas of Pakistan in general. It also combines some more modern dishes to reflect a nouveau Pakistani cuisine. It is unusual for a cookery book writer to have cooked all the dishes that they have written about. This is a great strength for this book.
– Akhtar Hussain, Chef at ‘The Shereen Mahal’, Walsall
Mouth-watering is the only way to describe the recipes, many of which are innovative in this lovely book, The Swordfish steaks in plum chutney and the duck in date and apricot garam masala sauce must be winners. The reader has a wide choice of dishes available from meat, fish, poultry and game, vegetables and BBQ food to snacks, desserts and drinks. A truly comprehensive book.
– Mohammed Zufakar Khan, Chef at the ‘Hot and Spicy Restaurant’, Birmingham
This book is interesting and will educate and inspire anyone who longs to make authentic curries, and curries with a difference, at home.
The Spice section truly informs the reader about the wide range of spices available to use in curries and comprehensively details curry making techniques, including how to add colour, taste and aroma.
The different flatbreads and rice available are explained and the book offers a wide variety of recipes.
– Talat Jalil, Chef at ‘The Karahi King Restaurant’, Birmingham
About the Author:
Vivian Khan’s interest in Asian cookery began when she married her late-husband Barrie, after a six-month whirlwind courtship. His home was in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan, now known as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and previously, pre-partition days, was a part of India, an area of the world that has always held a fascination for her.
Her first visit to Pakistan was in 1972 when her and her husband, Barrie, undertook an overland journey in a Land Rover. When they were thirty miles from her father-in-law’s house, Barrie’s brother them. He brought the bourka, the traditional outdoor wear for women, so Vivian followed tradition and arrived, bourka-clad, to her in-law’s house in Bannu. They drew up at some imposing gates, and her brother-in-law jumped out and ushered anyone walking on the street nearby away. The solid gate was opened and she stepped in to the courtyard, family honour had been maintained, no one had set eyes on her! This was a new culture but Vivian settled and watched with curiosity and interest all that went on around her. As a Westerner, she was accorded more privileges than the locals, and was allowed to sit at the table with the men for meals whilst the other ladies of the house ate afterwards in their own dining room. She enjoyed the conversation and all accorded her the privilege of speaking English, not Pushto or Urdu which were the languages spoken locally.
When out in the bazaar, bourka-clad, it was interesting as she could see all that went on without anyone knowing who was under the bourka!
The bazaar was a shopper’s paradise and the food stalls and small restaurants within the bazaar sent out tantalising aromas. Their food was wonderful, like no other that she had ever tasted, and to this day, this type of food remains her favourite.
Khan’s Curry Kitchen by Vivian Khan is available in paperback from Amazon UK at:
www.amazon.co.uk/Khans-Curry-Kitchen-Vivian-Khan/dp/1785072307
This book is also available to purchase from Amazon USA at:
www.amazon.com/Khans-Curry-Kitchen-Vivian-Khan/dp/1785072307
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