Although based on rich culinary tradition, this informative and accessible guide to Indian cuisine is a contemporary book with a mixture of simple recipes, and a few more challenging dishes for the enthusiastic cook with time to indulge. Moving away from western-influenced curries, these selections concentrate instead on regional South Asian specialties. A celebration of Indian communities across the world, these recipes illustrate how street food and regal feasts have been adapted and recreated for the home. The book is broken down into the sections that include chutneys and salads, chicken, lamb, fish, vegetarian, pulses, and lentils. Each section has basic techniques as well as a selection of mouth watering dishes which will enable the reader to create a sumptuous meal for all occasions.