Customer Reviews
Simple Indian - the right title - By: Foodlexi, 29 Jun 2008 
After years of struggling for hours, stirring & stewing leaden dishes with heavy spices, it has been the most enormous relief to find this wonderful book. We ate at Benares & I bought the book as soon as I knew it existed. Since then I have cooked most of the recipesin it. They are short, clear & uncomplicated. I usually have most of the ingredientsin the house orin the immediate vicinity of where I live, which makes the recipes ideal. I have fed happy vegetarians & vegans as well as the usual carnivores. I particularly like the ease with which you can produce five or six different dishes so that people can help themselves to an array of flavours, & all without it being hard labour. This is among my top three recipe books now & I recommend it with enthusiasm. I do halve the quantity of chilliin the recipes when I am cooking for people I know less well, but generally, if you are unfamiliar with Indian cooking, this is a fabulous place to start.
same as? - By: Michael J. Sadler, 21 May 2008 recently bought 'Simple Indian' Atul Kochar only to find that it is exactly the same as 'indian Essence' also by Atul kochar. the recipes are excellent but the same book just with a different cover?
Quadrille publishing not doing Atul any favours.
Excellent, authentic, simple - By: Sanchita, 13 Dec 2007 I love this book. I've tried almost all of the recipes and, they've all been really easy to follow, & delicious, & some have even tasted like the food my mum makes.
Every time I cook these recipes for friends/family, everyone always says how tastey they are...and thats pretty good going as most of them are also Indian! Highly recommended.
This is not a new book! - By: Ian Pollington, 16 Oct 2007 
Simple Indian was previously published as Indian Essence, by the same publishers, but this is not mentionedin the information at all - unless you notice that the synopsis is on Indian Essence & the publishers review is on Simple Indian.
Don't let this put you off the book - the recipes are excellent, well laid out & variedin their origin - just don't buy it if you already have Indian Essence!
Ian
Simple and Indian - and look where that got good old Atul - By: J. WHITMEE, 08 Aug 2006 I really liked the look of Atul's food on that programme about cooking for the Queen, & I would give one of my lady's fingers to eat at Benares, his Berkeley Square restaurant, so I thought I'd buy his book.
It is lovely to pick it up when you're hungry as it truly inspires. There are hundreds of recipes from all over India, & the instructions are clear enough even for a simple lad like me.
My curry adventures will now be carried outin my kitchen, & I will be lost as a customer to Sharwoods & Pataks for ever more.
Nice one Atul
