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Delicious Indian Recipes for Every Day and Season | Asma Khan

2025/5/16
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Asma Khan: 我一直对人们随意谈论印度食物感到不舒服，他们认为它很复杂，需要很多香料，而且有很多酥油和奶油。这种对印度食物的看法让我很困扰。这就像说我要去吃美国食物或欧洲食物一样。他们到底要吃什么？这种以我的人民的名义提供的虚构的食物让我感到不舒服。这本书真的是在讲述我们的食物是什么，以及它是如何烹饪的。印度烹饪，南亚食物通常是非常模块化的。没有人这样解释过。我们有一个像编织一样的过程。你放入不同种类的味道。你添加任何你正在添加的东西，肉、蔬菜、鱼，然后你添加一些液体。它可以是水，可以是西红柿，可以是酸奶，椰奶。然后你把它煮下来。然后你装饰或不装饰。最重要的是少即是多。所以在这本书中，我讲述了如何使用香料烹饪？如何使用水？人们在这方面犯了错误。当你烹饪时，水的使用。你要么淹没东西，要么烧掉你的马萨拉。你如何真正地使用水，你如何使用油，只是简单地，以及如何制作酥油。因为我的意思是，你可以购买商店制作的酥油。它价格过高，而且很糟糕。你开始制作自己的酥油，你不需要在里面游泳。少用一点，与油混合，加一点到东西里。酥油的香味会给它带来不同的东西。所以这真的是我想要做的。这是一个很长的答案，但我试图写一本感觉就像我坐在你旁边，我在你做饭时和你聊天一样的书。因为在每个食谱中，我都会告诉你它需要10分钟，它需要15分钟，但我会告诉你你的锅里发生了什么。我告诉你你在听什么？它如何转变？你得到的是什么香味？所以这种沉浸式的东西，我的侄子，他绝对没用，他是你们中的一些人这样的技术人员，而且从不做饭，他从这本书里做了三样东西。他邀请我去他的新家。我当时泪流满面，因为我意识到，我的天哪，这家伙太糟糕了。但设法做了三件事。而且味道真的很好。所以这对任何不做饭的人来说都是一种伟大的希望。如果你做过饭，这里也有非常不寻常的食谱。

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Asma Khan's cookbook, "Monsoon," aims to dispel misconceptions about Indian food being overly complicated and laden with ghee and cream. The book reflects her personal journey and desire to showcase the simplicity and modularity of Indian cooking.
  • The book aims to simplify the perception of Indian cooking.
  • Indian cooking is modular, with a process of layering flavors.
  • The book explains the use of spices, water, and oil in Indian cooking.

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Asma Khan is an Indian-born British chef and a social change advocate in the food industry. She joins Google to discuss her book, “Monsoon: Delicious Indian recipes for every day and season,” a masterclass in the flavors of Indian cookery. Originally born in Calcutta, Asma’s journey into the culinary world was not straightforward. She initially pursued academia before moving to Cambridge in 1991 to join her husband. Her passion for cooking began mainly to combat homesickness. Asma's culinary career began in earnest in 2012 with a supper club in her home, evolving into a pop-up in a Soho pub and eventually leading to the opening of her restaurant, Darjeeling Express, in June 2017. Her restaurant is known for its unique blend of street food, comfort food from Calcutta, and royal dishes from her Mughlai heritage. The food is cooked by an all-women team who began, like Asma, as home cooks. In addition to her restaurant, Asma gained recognition as the first British chef featured on Netflix's "Chef's Table." Her episode was part of the series' sixth season and nominated for an Emmy in the Outstanding Documentary section. Business Insider named her number 1 on their 2019 list of the "100 Coolest People in Food and Drink." Asma was also included in TIME 100 as one of the most influential people of 2024.

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