As I have probably said in one of my posts; your book has been my bible for Maharashtrian cuisine so I am just so pleased to be able to say “Thank you” to you in person.

I shall of course be looking out for your new book when I am in India next.

I also love the name of your site – un-curry. I totally agree with your idea that Indian cuisine is not just tandoori chicken and naan. Indeed, it is a personal mission for me to change the perception that Indian food is not just curry. So to PTA lunches and other school and work-related social events where everyone is asked to bring the food I take the salads from your book, I take dhokla, I take til vale aloo, I take tikkis with green chutney, I take upma or poha- anything but curry… And I always love to see people remark that this is different from any Indian food they know (which is usually the gloopy gravies most Indian restaurants here serve up).

Very chuffed to know you have been here

Best regards,

Chandna

I found my name on your site as I was looking through other mentions of it in the virtual world. I am very pleased to find that you enjoyed Maharashtrian Cuisine: A Family Treasury and that you use it regularly! The carrot salad seems to be popular with many users of the book! Thank you for your kind words about it.

You might be interested to know that I now teach Indian cooking in California and that I have been working on a more definitive book of Marathi food. It is out this November in India, published by Penguin.

I enjoyed looking through your website!

Happy Cooking!

Kaumudi

it used to be tricky i remember to get the thickness of the jaggery syrup right.

are you thinking of making it for diwali?

hey happy diwali to all of you !

I am glad you like the pictures. I am just such an amateur/so uncertain with the camera- and always shall be – that I am pleased to hear you like the images !!

Priyanka about the book – I got it from this very well-known book store (I think it is/was on M.G. Road) in Pune , 9 years ago now.
Let me know if you want the name of the publisher/any other details.

best,

Chandna

Came across your website when I was searching for Kumud Marathe’s Maharashtrian Cuisine cookbook. Love your site and have bookmarked it for future visits. Your photographs are stunning!

By the way, may I ask where you got the book from? I have been searching for that book for ages and unable to procure a copy for myself so far. Any tips would be appreciated…thanks!

Priyanka

how’ve you been? how was the Paris experience?

yes, that letter is a great piece of thinking/writing, isn’t it.

Wheat berry is the kernel/grain of the wheat plant – or basically the part that is ground in to whole wheat flour. only the husk is absent, the rest – bran,germ,endosperm – is all there.