This month we miss the recipes by JOYCE FERNANDES but we provide a list of some of the most popular recipe books on cooking and wine-making, through the courtesy of Haji Khalil Ahmed of BROADWAY BOOK CENTRE (bbcbooks@rediffmail.com). We shall be adding more titles to the list as and when we come across them.

Home Style Cuisine
By Joyce Fernandes
PP 111 (2001) Rs.85
More than a hundred ways from the author of the famed "Goan Cook Book" to put the zing back into everyday cooking. Easy-to-prepare snacks, main-dish recipes, desserts, etc, will make family meals and casual week-end entertaining extra special.

 

 

100 Easy-to-Make Goan Dishes
By Jennifer Fernandes
PP 128 (2001) Rs.50
Scores of recipes, culled from three generations of master-chefs, and brimming over with the characteristic flavour of Goa: original Portuguese dishes, adapted in true Goan fashion, with a dash of red chilly here and a cooling splash of coconut milk there.

 

The Best of Goan Cooking
By Gilda Mendonsa
PP106 (2000) Rs.175
This book is a rare and authentic collection of the finest Goan recipes. Starting with exotic Goan cocktails and appetizers to set the mood, the book moves on to savour fish, pountry and meats. Some unusual vegetarian preparations too besides deliocious desserts, snacks and savouries.

 

Goan Dishes
By Sudha S Amonkar
PP 140 (2001) Rs.70
The wonderful cook book deals with various culinary recipes for soups, salads, sweets, puddings, desserts, snacks, fish and meat, pullau, chutneys, ratias, etc. prepared in Goan homes. Some of the dishes may not be typically Goan, but they are prepared and tasted with relish in many a Goan home nowadays.

A Treasure Trove of Goan Mango Dishes
By Nilima M Kamat
PP 125 (2001) Rs.80
The dishes included in the treasure trove will reflect the romance of Goans with the mango in the kitchen. With art learnt through family traditions, Nilima Kamat has taken care to simplify the mango preparations making them user-friendly and easy to master.

 

Delights From Goa
By Aroona Rejhsinghani
PP 135 (1997) Rs.55.00
Called "The Culinary Goddess of India" by Femina and "The real cookery Queen of India" by Eve's Weekly, Aroona Reejhsinghani adds Goa's delicious recipes to her books on regional cuisine.

 

 

Successful Goan Home Wines
By Edwin Saldanha
PP 143 (2001) Rs.80
This book exposes to amateurs the closely "guarded secrets by many cultures". Home made wines of Goa imbibe the knowledge of eastern and western traditions. User friendly instructions to successful wine making at home, using simple ingredients.

 

Goan Fenny Cocktails
By Francisco A Gracias
PP 64 (2001) Rs.120
Feni-cashew are well as coconut-have come into their own. Besides being used for the preparation of Liqueurs, Cocktails, Punches and other hot drinks, Goa's feni finds favour with the upper strata of society and also finds and export market. The books brings to you a number of tongue-tingling cocktails.

JD