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Gerry King

Michellin starred home-style Indian cookbook

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 August 2021

I bought the Kindle edition of this partly because of a review titled "Kolanji is not Black Cumin" which it is according to Wikipedia and various retailers on Amazon. After buying a large bag of it for an Asma Khan recipe and I needed some ideas for the remaining 295g. That and the fact that Devina Seth and her husband also hail from Kolkata and serve "home-style" recipes albeit Michelin star winning ones.

Whereas Asma's recipes tend to have a short list of ingredients the ones in "Gunpowder" can be daunting. Over 30 in the case of Tandoori Paneer and Saag (although many are duplicates).

The Big Plates section does have half a dozen game recipes In the event Waitrose is out of pheasant, quail or partridges (they don't sell bunny rabbits) chicken would have to do.

I am particularly looking forward to tackling some of the sweet plates and drinks starting with their Bread & Butter pudding and "Gunpowder Regiment" which both feature Old Monk rum

Yet another 99p Kindle bargin

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Boingboing

Kindle Cooking

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 April 2019

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I've always been reluctant to buy cook books in Kindle format. I like to be able to flick through a cook book and look at the pictures, check out at a glance whether I have all the ingredients and then - more often than not - just cook an old familiar favourite instead. Recently I spotted three really great-looking cookbooks on Amazon for 99p each and I figured they must be worth a punt. 'Gunpowder' was the first I've actually read.

Confession time; I've not actually attempted to cook any of the recipes yet so I can't tell you how easy or followable they are.

Pros: I like the stories about why they picked the recipes, the links to the family histories of the owners and chefs at the Gunpowder restaurant. I like the breadth of regional coverage within India - there are recipes from all over - and on screen at least, the recipes seem to be quite straightforward.

Cons: not everything comes with photos - and it's always a good thing to have at least a rough idea what the finished dish is supposed to look like - and if, like me, you don't live in a major city with easy access to the rarer ingredients, not everything seems very viable.

The recipes cover a wide range of needs - vegetarian, pescatarian, omnivorous, starters, sides, mains, desserts and drinks are all included. There's no pressure to serve things in an authentic way - you can mix your dishes, your sub-regions, and eat what you like without feeling you have to meet any kind of rules.

Perhaps once I've had a go at some recipes I'll be back to upgrade or downgrade the rating.

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cookbookaholic

Great translation of restaurant dishes for the home kitchen!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 June 2018

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LOVE THIS BOOK. It has the recipes for almost all of my favorite dishes from Gunpowder. I've done one recipe so far, and as soon as I have time I'm going to make that Old Monk Rum Bread Pudding and so many others. The photography is great, and I love the idea that I can cook home versions of the restaurant's food, which isn't always the case when a restaurant publishes a cookbook.

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Amazon Customer

Kalonji is not black cumin!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 August 2019

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apart from the insistence that kalonji was cumin when it is actually black mustard seed, even for somebody who has an extensive range of weird and wonderful spices in their cupboard some used in the book were just inaccessible. Some interesting recipes but too much fish and game for my taste, which made a small amount of recipes I was interested in

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duncan

Well presented and different

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 May 2019

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Really well presented and some genuinely new ideas. Tried several dishes already and the flavours are more authentic and clean than many I’ve tried

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MISS J ADAMSON

Great recipes

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 January 2019

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Only had the book a few days. Tried 2 dishes upto now which turned out great and very authentic. Having read through the book there are some very different recipes that I can't wait to try. Very interesting read too.

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Geoff Wrighton

Gunpowder explosive flavours.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 December 2018

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Excellent book with really interesting and thought provoking flavours,certainly not the run of the mill cook book.Would recommend.

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Jeff W.

Disappointing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 September 2021

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Was not inspired by selection of dishes,recipes and photographs

J.S

really good

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 June 2021

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I like the market style scramble egg when having brunch there in gunpowder and when follow the recipe in this book, the flavour is even better!

L

Creative

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 August 2020

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Great inventive recipes in here. Loses a star for having some really niche ingredients which are difficult to source.

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