The Curry Club
since 1982

Curry Bible (original edition)
hardback & paperback

Published by Hodder & Stoughton, 10/97
208 colour pages, 280 x 230mm
Hardback: ISBN: 0 340 68037 7  (October 1997)
Paperback: ISBN:  0 340 68562 X  (October 1998)

BOTH THESE EDITIONS HAVE BEEN OUT OF PRINT SINCE 1999.
We currently have one hardback version in STOCK.

MEANWHILE YOU CAN PURCHASE THE PAPERBACK VERSION PUBLISHED BY BLAKE METRO AND
ENTITLED THE NEW CURRY BIBLE
To view that paperback edition  click here

Called a coffee-table book, Pat Chapman’s Curry Bible just has to be cooked from by all curryholics! This is the first in the trilogy of Pat Chapman’s stunning Curry Bibles. It is the sister volume to the Vegetable Curry Bible and Pat Chapman’s hard-to-find Balti Bible (both available in our online shop).

It is definitive, gorgeously illustrated and brings together a wealth of information on how to prepare a perfect Indian meal. Its unique feature is that all your favourite curry house dishes are arranged in menu order, with descriptions, recipes and pictures of every one.
The book begins with a study of the utensils and specialised ingredients used, and continues with step-by-step colour photo sequences showing how to make basic items, like the all-important curry gravy, garam masala, ghee and paneer, etc. There are over 200 recipes recipes, including 120 main course dishes. First come thirty starters, then Tandoori and Tikka dishes. Next are the sixteen most popular curries from Bhoona to Vindaloo, some of which are compared with their authentic classic counterparts. These are followed by sixteen further curries from Achari to Thai. The recipies continue, as at a restaurant, with ‘House Specials’, Vegetable Curries, Dhal dishes, Rice and Bread favourites, Chutneys and Pickles and finally Indian desserts. All the recipes are easy-to-cook giving superb results.
A must-read highly detailed illustrated A to Z of Spices with life-size colour photos of each spice is interspersed throughout the book, which concludes with a menu glossary, menu serving suggestions and a really useful index.

“A truly authoritative book.” Max Davidson, Daily Telegraph.

Click here to view some pages from Pat Chapman’s Curry Bible.

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Please note: After selling over 100,000 Curry Bibles in a period of one year, Hodder & Stoughton decided to discontinue production for no good reason we can think of!.  Subsequently we handed the rights to a new publisher (Blake) who currently produce the book under the title The New Curry Bible. It is only the title, ISBN and the cover which changed when it went to Blake. So if you already have Pat Chapman’s original Curry Bible you do not need to get this one The New Curry Bible whose ISBNs are:
Hardback, ISBN: 1-84358-087-X,
Paperback, ISBN-10: 1-84358-159-0   //  ISBN-13:  978-1-84358-159-8
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But you could buy the sister Vegetable Curry Bible.
It need not be confined to vegetarians. It’s recipes are fabulous for all. (click here)
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Click here to read some reader reviews of this book.

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