Madhur Jaffrey

About the Author

Madhur Jaffrey is the author of seven cookbooks, including the classic An Invitation to Indian Cooking and Madhur Jaffrey's A Taste of the Far East, which was voted Book of the Year for 1993 by the James Beard Foundation. She is also an award-winning actress with numerous major motion pictures to show more her credit. She lives in New York City show less

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Works by Madhur Jaffrey

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Madhur Jaffrey's Indian Cookery (1982) 873 copies

Madhur Jaffrey's World Vegetarian (1999) 790 copies

Madhur Jaffrey's World-of-the-East Vegetarian Cooking (1981) 646 copies

Climbing the Mango Trees: A Memoir of a Childhood in India (2005) 529 copies

An Invitation to Indian Cooking (1973) 481 copies

Madhur Jaffrey's Quick & Easy Indian Cooking (1996) 386 copies

A Taste of India (1985) 328 copies

Madhur Jaffrey's Ultimate Curry Bible (2003) 252 copies

Seasons of Splendour (1985) 220 copies

Far Eastern Cookery (1989) 186 copies

Flavours of India (1995) 159 copies

At Home with Madhur Jaffrey: Simple, Delectable Dishes from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka (2010) 143 copies

From Curries to Kebabs: recipes from the Indian Spice Trail (2003) 120 copies

Vegetarian India: A Journey Through the Best of Indian Home Cooking (2015) 107 copies

Simple Indian Cookery (2001) 97 copies

Curry Easy (2010) 84 copies

Madhur Jaffrey's Spice Kitchen: Fifty Recipes Introducing Indian Spices and Aromatic Seeds (1993) 77 copies

A Taste of the Far East (1993) 75 copies

Madhur Jaffrey's Cookbook/ Easy East/West Menus for Family and Friends (1987) 73 copies

Madhur Jaffrey's Instantly Indian Cookbook: Modern and Classic Recipes for the Instant Pot® (2019) 70 copies

Madhur Jaffrey's Step-by-Step Cooking: Over 150 Dishes from India and the Far East, Including Thailand, Vietnam,… (2000) 67 copies

The Madhur Jaffrey Cookbook: Over 650 Indian, Vegetarian and Eastern Recipes (1992) 62 copies

Madhur Jaffrey's Curry Nation (2012) 51 copies

Curry Easy Vegetarian (2014) 49 copies

The Essential Madhur Jaffrey (Ebury Paperback Cookery) (1996) 45 copies

Market Days: From Market to Market Around the World (1995) 34 copies

100 Essential Curries (My Kitchen Table) (2011) 33 copies

100 Weeknight Curries (My Kitchen Table) (2011) 30 copies

Robi Dobi: The Marvelous Adventures of an Indian Elephant (1997) 23 copies

Madhur Jaffrey Cooks Curries (TV Cooks) (1996) 15 copies

Madhur Jaffrey's Indian Recipes (Pavilion Books for Real Cooks) (1994) 10 copies

Curries (2008) 8 copies

Entertaining with Madhur Jaffrey (1994) 7 copies

Madhur Jaffrey's Essential Indian Instant Pot Cookbook 4 copies

Reader's Digest/Perrier Guide to the Indian Menu (1982) 3 copies

Tandoori Chicken in Delhi: Partition and the Creation of Indian Food (A Vintage Short) (2016) 3 copies

Days of the Banyan Tree (Read & Listen) (1990) 2 copies

Madhur Jaffrey's Illustrated Indian Cookery 1 copy

An Invitation To Indian Cooking by Madhur Jaffrey (2-Oct-2003) Paperback (1600) 1 copy

Madhur Jaffrey's Spice Kitchen, 50 Recipes Introducing Indian Spices & Aromatic Seeds 1 copy

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Associated Works

Best Food Writing 2007 (2007) — Contributor — 113 copies

A Fork in the Road: Tales of Food, Pleasure, and Discovery on the Road (2013) — Contributor — 96 copies

Best Food Writing 2003 (2003) — Contributor — 67 copies

Best Food Writing 2000 (Best Food Writing) (2000) — Contributor — 59 copies

An American Feast : A Celebration of Cooking on Public Television (1999) — Contributor — 33 copies

Shakespeare Wallah [1965 film] (2004) 9 copies

ABCD [1999 film] — Actor — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Jaffrey, Madhur
Legal name: Bahadur, Madhur (meisjesnaam)
Other names: BAHADUR, Madhur (birth)
JAFFREY, Madhur
Birthdate: 1933-08-13
Gender: female
Nationality: India
Places of residence: Delhi, India (birth)
New York, New York, USA
Education: University of Delhi
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupations: actor
chef
Relationships: Jaffrey, Saeed (husband | divorced)
Jaffrey, Zia (daughter)
Awards and honors: Honorary CBE awarded on 11 October 2004

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At Home with Madhur Jaffrey: Simple, Delectable… by Madhur Jaffrey

Five stars just for alllll of the things I would like to make. I'm excited to try a bunch of the recipes and was super happy she had a lot of items with Okra, my favorite veg :)

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ankhamun | 2 other reviews | Nov 2, 2023 |

Climbing the Mango Trees: A Memoir of a Childhood in… by Madhur Jaffrey

Rounded up from 2.5 for the descriptions of food.

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CarolHicksCase | 16 other reviews | Mar 12, 2023 |

At Home with Madhur Jaffrey: Simple, Delectable… by Madhur Jaffrey

Simple Indian food.

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womanwoanswers | 2 other reviews | Dec 23, 2022 |

Madhur Jaffrey's Indian Cooking by Madhur Jaffrey

Absolutely the single best cookbook she's written, IMHO. Unavailable except in print. I understand it was the basis for a BBC cooking series. Clearly, recipes she's traditionally gone to at home. It is my go-to for Indian cuisine.

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mikebhines | 14 other reviews | Dec 2, 2022 |

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