{"product_id":"no-1-best-indian-cookbook-in-the-world-at-home-recipes-from-the-streets-truck-stops-villages-and-palaces-of-india","title":"No. 1 Best Indian Cookbook in the World: At-Home Recipes from the Streets, Truck Stops, Villages, and Palaces of India","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe swaggering title is partly playful, but Meherwan Irani has a serious goal: to make Indian cooking something home cooks reach for regularly rather than approach with trepidation. The Asheville-based James Beard Award-winning chef behind \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.kitchenartsandletters.com\/products\/service-ready-a-story-of-love-restaurants-and-the-power-of-hospitality\"\u003eChai Pani\u003c\/a\u003e and Botiwalla pushes against rigid notions of authenticity, presenting Indian food as a living cuisine shaped by regional differences, migration, exchange, and constant adaptation. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore than 100 recipes roam across India, from \u003cem\u003ebhel puri,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003evada pav\u003c\/em\u003e, pakoras, and desi Chinese dishes to roadside cooking and family favorites. There’s his grandmother’s two-lentil dal, his mother’s dhansak, and the Sloppy Jai, Irani’s lamb kheema sandwich inspired by the sloppy Joe. Essays explore subjects including chai, curry, and why naan isn’t the universal accompaniment many diners assume it to be. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout, Irani encourages home cooks to take shortcuts, make substitutions, learn from mistakes, and become comfortable cooking by instinct. The result is less a definitive encyclopedia of Indian food than an exuberant invitation to start cooking it. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover. Color photographs throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TSP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41896742617221,"sku":"Meherwan Irani with Jamie Feldmar","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0297\/5046\/0549\/files\/IraniNo1BestIndianCover.jpg?v=1791131252","url":"https:\/\/www.kitchenartsandletters.com\/products\/no-1-best-indian-cookbook-in-the-world-at-home-recipes-from-the-streets-truck-stops-villages-and-palaces-of-india","provider":"Kitchen Arts \u0026 Letters","version":"1.0","type":"link"}