Comments on: Anjum Anand is my new food crush http://www.eatingoutloud.com/2008/03/anjum-anand-is-my-new-food-crush.html Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:28:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Naan Bread http://www.eatingoutloud.com/2008/03/anjum-anand-is-my-new-food-crush.html/comment-page-1#comment-8013 Naan Bread Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:32:39 +0000 http://69.89.22.144/~eatingo1/2008/03/anjum-anand-is-my-new-food-crush/#comment-8013 [...] with winter approaching here in Australia, a curry is the perfect winter warming cuisine. Anyway, Allen had recently been doing a series of posts on Indian food after he had discovered the wonderful [...] [...] with winter approaching here in Australia, a curry is the perfect winter warming cuisine. Anyway, Allen had recently been doing a series of posts on Indian food after he had discovered the wonderful [...]

]]> By: anonymous http://www.eatingoutloud.com/2008/03/anjum-anand-is-my-new-food-crush.html/comment-page-1#comment-4026 anonymous Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:22:59 +0000 http://69.89.22.144/~eatingo1/2008/03/anjum-anand-is-my-new-food-crush/#comment-4026 I have just watched the start of the new series and I would like to say a couple of things. First of all, like Arundathi I too tried the savoury semolina cake which was delicious. Second I also tried her salmon wrap recipe again delicious, but maybe too much peanuts! (but that is an individual preference) However, as a Gujarati I am disappointed with her so called 'Gujarati recipes'. We do not, as she said on her programme, eat chips often as part of our diet. She then conjured up some spicy chips with nuts! Also she made what she called a Gujerati undhyu. Again, not how it is supposed to be made. we use dumplings in it and also do not add coconut and peanuts to it....which I may like to add that she does with quite a lot of her dishes! She also claims to be cooking healthy Indian food, which I was then horrified to read on a recipe on the bbc website for potato curry with cashew nuts and the potatoes were fried! My mother-in-law makes a wonderful version of this with no fried potato in sight. So although some of the recipes are good, many contain the same ingredients of coconut and peanuts - so if you are not a fan of either you could be left disappointed. Like most cookbooks you need to take the best of each one and adapt it to suit you. I have just watched the start of the new series and I would like to say a couple of things.

First of all, like Arundathi I too tried the savoury semolina cake which was delicious.

Second I also tried her salmon wrap recipe again delicious, but maybe too much peanuts! (but that is an individual preference)

However, as a Gujarati I am disappointed with her so called ‘Gujarati recipes’. We do not, as she said on her programme, eat chips often as part of our diet. She then conjured up some spicy chips with nuts! Also she made what she called a Gujerati undhyu. Again, not how it is supposed to be made. we use dumplings in it and also do not add coconut and peanuts to it….which I may like to add that she does with quite a lot of her dishes!

She also claims to be cooking healthy Indian food, which I was then horrified to read on a recipe on the bbc website for potato curry with cashew nuts and the potatoes were fried! My mother-in-law makes a wonderful version of this with no fried potato in sight.

So although some of the recipes are good, many contain the same ingredients of coconut and peanuts – so if you are not a fan of either you could be left disappointed.

Like most cookbooks you need to take the best of each one and adapt it to suit you.

]]> By: Gargi http://www.eatingoutloud.com/2008/03/anjum-anand-is-my-new-food-crush.html/comment-page-1#comment-3889 Gargi Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:21:02 +0000 http://69.89.22.144/~eatingo1/2008/03/anjum-anand-is-my-new-food-crush/#comment-3889 I love this lady Anjum Anand and I worship her! She is not only my Kitchen God but also my Mentor with all her inspiration and positive attitude. Its like whenever I enter the kitchen I think I've to be like her..I have tried out her recipies and i'm trying to acquire her style of cooking. Her recipies have turned out to be simply heavenly! i have tried out her North Indian Chicken and her Coconut Fish Curry and Shahi paneer and they are just wonderful and also very easy to make and ofcourse healthy as they require little oil. Long Live My Kitchen God!! I love this lady Anjum Anand and I worship her!
She is not only my Kitchen God but also my Mentor with all her inspiration and positive attitude. Its like whenever I enter the kitchen I think I’ve to be like her..I have tried out her recipies and i’m trying to acquire her style of cooking. Her recipies have turned out to be simply heavenly! i have tried out her North Indian Chicken and her Coconut Fish Curry and Shahi paneer and they are just wonderful and also very easy to make and ofcourse healthy as they require little oil.
Long Live My Kitchen God!!

]]> By: Arundathi http://www.eatingoutloud.com/2008/03/anjum-anand-is-my-new-food-crush.html/comment-page-1#comment-2748 Arundathi Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:51:00 +0000 http://69.89.22.144/~eatingo1/2008/03/anjum-anand-is-my-new-food-crush/#comment-2748 Thats so funny - I "discovered" Anjum's recipes and was looking for more on the Web, when I saw your post listed first on the list! <br/><br/>Her cooking is really amazing! I just made her savory semolina cake which came out so well! Thats so funny – I “discovered” Anjum’s recipes and was looking for more on the Web, when I saw your post listed first on the list!

Her cooking is really amazing! I just made her savory semolina cake which came out so well!

]]> By: Ben http://www.eatingoutloud.com/2008/03/anjum-anand-is-my-new-food-crush.html/comment-page-1#comment-2157 Ben Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:28:00 +0000 http://69.89.22.144/~eatingo1/2008/03/anjum-anand-is-my-new-food-crush/#comment-2157 Oh wow. She is beautiful and so is her food. She could easily be my new food crush too :-p Oh wow. She is beautiful and so is her food. She could easily be my new food crush too :-p

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.eatingoutloud.com/2008/03/anjum-anand-is-my-new-food-crush.html/comment-page-1#comment-2156 Anonymous Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:23:00 +0000 http://69.89.22.144/~eatingo1/2008/03/anjum-anand-is-my-new-food-crush/#comment-2156 Having lived in the UK for almost four years, ten years ago [after previously leaving there at 10yrs old] I can tell you even I was shocked at how fabulous the cooking is there now. If you are a fan of new fresh clean foods and cooking it was all happening there then. <br/><br/>Sainsbury's supermarket used to have a wonderful magazine, glossy, big, fab. gorgeous pictures, recipes and articles, free, for all their customers. Boy do I miss it. To a smaller and lesser degree so did some of the other UK supermarkets. And they also had initiated self check out points, nifty containers you took home and returned with [needing no supermarket bags]...no one here had anything like either at that point.<br/><br/>Search and see if Sainsbury's have an online presence now --most of the famous British cooks [whose names escape me at the mo.] eventually had a recipe, article or some such in Sainsbury's mag. <br/><br/>Oh, yes! You can send Bobby AND Rachel elsewhere...I didn't watch her cooking shows much. And not at all after seeing her behavior, hearing her aggravating voice and just how annoying she can be on another program [other than cooking] where she didn't stop talking long enough for the guest to actually be able to have her say! Why Rachel bothered asking questions of her guest, when clearly she was much more interested in her own answers, I do not know! <br/><br/>I'm off to follow your lead, yum!...Thanks! - elizaduckie Having lived in the UK for almost four years, ten years ago [after previously leaving there at 10yrs old] I can tell you even I was shocked at how fabulous the cooking is there now. If you are a fan of new fresh clean foods and cooking it was all happening there then.

Sainsbury’s supermarket used to have a wonderful magazine, glossy, big, fab. gorgeous pictures, recipes and articles, free, for all their customers. Boy do I miss it. To a smaller and lesser degree so did some of the other UK supermarkets. And they also had initiated self check out points, nifty containers you took home and returned with [needing no supermarket bags]…no one here had anything like either at that point.

Search and see if Sainsbury’s have an online presence now –most of the famous British cooks [whose names escape me at the mo.] eventually had a recipe, article or some such in Sainsbury’s mag.

Oh, yes! You can send Bobby AND Rachel elsewhere…I didn’t watch her cooking shows much. And not at all after seeing her behavior, hearing her aggravating voice and just how annoying she can be on another program [other than cooking] where she didn’t stop talking long enough for the guest to actually be able to have her say! Why Rachel bothered asking questions of her guest, when clearly she was much more interested in her own answers, I do not know!

I’m off to follow your lead, yum!…Thanks! – elizaduckie

]]> By: Allen http://www.eatingoutloud.com/2008/03/anjum-anand-is-my-new-food-crush.html/comment-page-1#comment-2155 Allen Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:56:00 +0000 http://69.89.22.144/~eatingo1/2008/03/anjum-anand-is-my-new-food-crush/#comment-2155 Manggy: As Anjum puts it, if you can make chili or a stew, you can make Indian food. It's just a matter of using a different set of spices and herbs. Oh, didn't you hear? We're sending Rachael Ray to the Philippines so she can make some 30 minute balut :-)<br/><br/>Anonymous: Don't be afraid, embrace Anjum. It's worth it!<br/><br/>Peter M: Haha, always a rebel :-)<br/><br/>Peter G: Glad you enjoyed Anjum - she really does show how simple it can be.<br/><br/>Erin: Well, there are more cookbooks on eBay so go crazy. I found one for $30 US which included shipping. Manggy: As Anjum puts it, if you can make chili or a stew, you can make Indian food. It’s just a matter of using a different set of spices and herbs. Oh, didn’t you hear? We’re sending Rachael Ray to the Philippines so she can make some 30 minute balut :-)

Anonymous: Don’t be afraid, embrace Anjum. It’s worth it!

Peter M: Haha, always a rebel :-)

Peter G: Glad you enjoyed Anjum – she really does show how simple it can be.

Erin: Well, there are more cookbooks on eBay so go crazy. I found one for $30 US which included shipping.

]]> By: Erin http://www.eatingoutloud.com/2008/03/anjum-anand-is-my-new-food-crush.html/comment-page-1#comment-2154 Erin Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:09:00 +0000 http://69.89.22.144/~eatingo1/2008/03/anjum-anand-is-my-new-food-crush/#comment-2154 So jealous that you scored a cookbook. I can't wait to see what you make! So jealous that you scored a cookbook. I can’t wait to see what you make!

]]> By: Peter G http://www.eatingoutloud.com/2008/03/anjum-anand-is-my-new-food-crush.html/comment-page-1#comment-2153 Peter G Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:55:00 +0000 http://69.89.22.144/~eatingo1/2008/03/anjum-anand-is-my-new-food-crush/#comment-2153 Thanks for introducing me to Anjum Allen. I sat and watched a few of her vids and I loved them! She makes it look quite easy. Thanks for introducing me to Anjum Allen. I sat and watched a few of her vids and I loved them! She makes it look quite easy.

]]> By: Peter M http://www.eatingoutloud.com/2008/03/anjum-anand-is-my-new-food-crush.html/comment-page-1#comment-2152 Peter M Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:03:00 +0000 http://69.89.22.144/~eatingo1/2008/03/anjum-anand-is-my-new-food-crush/#comment-2152 I'll be the rebel and stick up for Bobby...he's an Iron Chef for a reason.<br/><br/>There's good & bad on both sides of the pond and currently Delia Smith is on everyone's poo-poo list. I’ll be the rebel and stick up for Bobby…he’s an Iron Chef for a reason.

There’s good & bad on both sides of the pond and currently Delia Smith is on everyone’s poo-poo list.

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