Madhur Jaffrey's Easy, Healthy Indian Recipes
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Chicken with Roasted Coriander in Coconut-Curry Sauce
Flavored with roasted fenugreek and coriander seeds and coconut milk, this rich, succulent South Indian-style chicken dish is ideal for entertaining.
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Toovar Dal
Spooned over rice, this brothy dal is a classic home-cooked dish among the Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmins, on India’s southwestern coast.
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Delhi-Style Green Beans
Jaffrey cooks the beans until they are very tender, so they’ll better absorb the spices.
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Roasted Eggplant and Tomatoes
This light dish can be served at room temperature as a side or dip.
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Potatoes with Sesame Seeds
Jaffrey recommends serving these cumin-spiked potatoes with roasted meat.
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Stir-Fried Carrots with Coconut
Roasted urad dal gives the carrots a subtle, nutty flavor.
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Plain Basmati Rice
Jaffrey takes the guesswork out of cooking basmati rice with her super simple (and reliable!) method.
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Yogurt with Cucumber and Mint
Toast and grind your own cumin seeds to give this cooling cucumber raita a major flavor boost.
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Fresh Cilantro Chutney
Fiery green chiles -- Jaffrey likes the bird's-eye variety -- give this bright condiment just the right amount of heat.
Chicken with Roasted Coriander and Potatoes with Sesame Seeds recipes excerpted from "
," by Madhur Jaffrey, copyright © 2002 Madhur Jaffrey, published by Barron's Educational Series, Inc. All other recipes except Fresh Cilantro Chutney excerpted from "
," by Madhur Jaffrey, copyright © 2015 by Random House. Excerpted by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House LLC. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.