It's All the Raj

There's been only one story in the realm of Indian cuisine of late, and that's contemporization. Across the world, Indian restaurants are being revamped, with interiors that look like they've been inspired by a fashionable, Ayurvedic resort. Food-wise, heavy curries are being replaced with more subtly flavored dishes. As a result, interest in the cuisine has been revived and a rush of cookbooks has come on the market to cater for it. Modern Indian Cooking , by Annabel Jackson and Deepak Chauhan, takes one of the more original approaches.

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